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Golf tournaments for professional golfers have been held at the Mackay Golf Club since 1951 and
annually as part of the Queensland Sunshine Circuit since 1986.
Previously known as the Holiday Mackay Classic, it was re-named the City of Mackay Open in 2000.
Over the last several years, more than 80 professional golfers have competed each year for
the substantial prize money which has grown to $70,000 in 2011, one of the highest prize purses on the circuit.
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Second Time
Winner! Anthony Johnson won in 2008 and again in
2011
In 2010, he missed the cut, but a rejuvenated Anthony
Johnson this year took his revenge on the course.
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Local Professional Anthony Johnson, who won the 72-hole 2008 Pro-Am in a sudden death play-off from Steven Jeffress after
both players carded a score of 20-under, is keeping
alive his dream of a career playing golf.
Playing only a limited number of tournaments in 2011, Anthony was looking forward to
a good tournament on his home course. Anthony
said that he always looks forward to playing at his
original home course every year, and in spite of the
weather, really enjoyed playing the 2011 event.
I suppose winning the event may have had a bit to do
with that!
Anthony started his golfing career as a Junior amateur member of the Mackay Golf Club, winning the Junior Club Championships as well
as a number of Junior Opens. He followed these successes by winning most, if not all, of the North Queensland district
Opens. He turned Professional in 2004 and has since played a number of the Professional circuits around Australia,
and contested tour schools for the European circuit and in Asia. |
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The M Group - Tyre and Mechanical
$70,000 City of Mackay Open 2012
Top Flight Professional Field Expected Again! |
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In 2012, the City of Mackay Open will be held from
Thursday 12th - Sunday 15th July over four rounds. Also included in the Tournament
program will be a nine-hole Junior Pro-Am on
Monday 9th July and a nine-hole Sponsors' Pro-Am
also on Tuesday 10th July.
The PGA is expecting around 100 Professional golfers
to nominate for the event this year, with last year's Champion
and two time winner, local Professional Anthony
Johnson, expected to defend his title
A 72-hole Single Stroke Open event will be
held in conjunction, in which Amateur golfers with an Australian handicap
may nominate - a handicap limit and/or ballot may
apply. Each playing group is guaranteed to
include at least one Professional player. In
Rounds 1 and 2, Sponsor representatives and members
with an Australian Handicap will contest, in their
playing group, an 18-hole Teams Aggregate Stableford,
with the best three scores in the group counting for
each hole. On Saturday and Sunday, club members
can nominate for the 18-hole single stableford
medley events, to play along side the
top professionals who survive the cut after the
first two rounds. Anthony Johnson
is again looking
forward to playing against local Professional,
Joseph Rickman, in his first home-town professional
tournament, after injury forced Joseph out of the
tournament last year.
As at every Pro-Am at Mackay, members and visitors can watch all the professionals
(and the amateurs too) who are playing in the Open on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free
and there are many good spots around the course for spectators to enjoy watching some awesome play - are they really playing
the same game we try to play?
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