2012 Grange Senior Open

2012 GRANGE SENIOR AMATEUR ON THE WEST COURSE

The 2012 Grange Senior Amateur will again be held on the West Course at The Grange Golf Club.
The dates are Thursday and Friday, September 13 and 14, which will then allow the weekend for those players wishing to also play the 2012 South Australian Senior Amateur Championhsip at Renmark Golf Club (starts on Monday).

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2011 REPORT:

DENIS DALE WINS HIS
SECOND GRANGE SENIORS CLASSIC

FOR ALL FINAL SCORES CLICK RESULTS BUTTON

Final Round Report:
NSW senior Denis Dale played some excellent golf in winning the 2011 Grange Senior Classic. After an opening round of two over par 74 Dale recorded a two under par round of 70 for a 36 hole total of 144 (even par). This gave him a four stroke margin over ACT senior Tony Gover.

Denis Dale had previously won the inaugural Grange Classic in 2009 and now has a pair of fine bottles of vintage Grange Hermitage to share with many new friends. Tony Gover (76-72) also played some great golf and midway through his final round was four under par before dropping a few over the difficult closing holes to finish with a par round of 72.

Legendary Australian senior golfer Tony Gresham (72-80) could not reproduce his form from the opening round and finished with a score of 80. This was enough to take out third place ahead of NSW senior Vince Clark (79-74) who finished well to take outright fourth place ahead of a group of tied for fifth

Tournament host Tony Mazzone used his local knowledge to good advantage and his rounds of 76-78 were his best in this, his own tournament. Unfortunately he did not win any bottles of his own Haselgrove wines. Tony Kennings (73-81) had the misfortune to finish with a triple bogey but otherwise played well and had a good tournament. Ian Read played consistently for a pair of 77's while Ross Percy faded just a little for a second round 79 after his opening 75.

Leading Scores:
1       144    Denis - DALE    74 - 70 NSW
2       148    Tony - GOVER    76 - 72 ACT
3       152    Tony - GRESHAM    72 - 80 NSW
4       153    Vince - CLARK    79 - 74 NSW
5       154    Tony - KENNINGS    73 - 81 NSW, Ross - PERCY    75 - 79 VIC
5       154    Tony - MAZZONE    76 - 78 SA, Ian - READ    77 - 77 QLD
9       155    Colin - HALLAM    78 - 77 QLD
9       155    Alan - BULLAS    79 - 76 VIC

Round One Report:
Legendary Australian senior golfer Tony Gresham showed he is still a force in any event he plays with a great par equalling round of 72 to be the round one leader in the 2011 Grange Senior Classic. In a beautiful display of golf the 70 year old had a highlight eagle 2 on the ninth hole when he holed his 5 wood second shot.

In second place is another experienced senior Tony Kennings who fired 5 birdies in a round of 73 that included holing a bunker shot on the final hole for a par. A stroke behind Kennings is NSW senior Denis Dale who avoided the spectacular play of the leaders but a round of sixteen pars and two bogies gave him a score of 74. These three will be grouped together in the final round tomorrow.

Perhaps the best round of the day came from Ocean Shores golfer Peter Moyle who had two "air swings" in a round of 75 and his best performance in an Australian Senior Ranking event. He was joined by the always consistent Victorian Ross Percy with a steady round of 75. Tournament host Tony Mazzone was another veteran to show that he can still match it with the "young seniors" with a good round of 76. He was joined by ACT golfer Tony Gover who was very tidy in his round of 76.

Other seniors still with a chance of winning with a great second round are Queenslanders Ian Read and Michael Peeck on 77, a score matched by WA senior Graham Bowen.

Other notables who are probably too far away include Rick Oliver (78), Col Hallam (78), Vince Clark (79), Alan Bullas (79) and NSW senior Greg Corben who struggled with a back injury for his score of 83.

Leading Scores:
1    72    Tony Gresham NSW
2    73    Tony Kennings NSW
3    74    Denis Dale NSW
4    75    Ross Percy VIC, Peter Moyle NSW
6    76    Tony Mazzone SA, Tony Gover ACT
8    77    Ian Read QLD, Michael Peeck QLD, Graham Bowen WA
11 78    Rick Oliver NSW, Colin Hallam QLD

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The Grange Golf Club is one of South Australia's premier sporting venues with two internationally rated 18 hole golf courses.

Grange has previously held major professional events including the West Lakes Classic and the South Australian Open and PGA events. The Club has also hosted all major Australian Amateur events including the Australian Amateur and Interstate Team Australian Junior as well as Australian Lady Amateur events.

We are committed to ensuring the Club continues to be recognised at the highest level in Australia's Golf Clubs providing excellent facilities to our members and their guests.

Just the name "The Grange Golf Club" conjures up the most pleasurable and exciting memories; the birthplace of my professional career where I won the West Lakes Classic, my first professional victory. The camaraderie throughout the club has and always will be second to none. It is a club with all the finest Australian traditions of golf and everything that is associated with this wonderful sport we all love. I'm sure everyone who visits this great club will experience the same pleasure. . . . Greg Norman