Gippsland Super 6

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Gippsland Super 6
Tournament information
Location Warragul, Victoria, Australia
Established2019
Course(s)Warragul Country Club
Par70
Length5,567 yards (5,090 m)
Tour(s) PGA Tour of Australasia
Format Stroke play and Match play
Prize fund A$200,000
Month playedNovember
Tournament record score
Aggregate19 Tom Power Horan (2022)
To par−4 as above
Current champion
Flag of New Zealand.svg Kerry Mountcastle
Location Map
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Warragul CC
Location in Australia
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Warragul CC
Location in Victoria

The Gippsland Super 6 is a golf tournament that was played for the first time in November 2019. It is played at Warragul Country Club in Warragul, Gippsland, in south-eastern Victoria, Australia.

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Format

The tournament uses a "Super 6" format. The first three days consist of ordinary stroke play, with a cut after 36 holes reducing the field to the top 50 and ties. After 54 holes, the field is cut to a fixed 24. On the final day, there is a knock-out phase, when six-hole stroke play contests are played. The leading 8 players after 54 holes receive a bye to the second round. [1]

History

Because of bad weather the inaugural event in 2019 was reduced to 54 holes, the knockout phase being abandoned. Tom Power Horan won with a score of 205, 11 under par, beating Brady Watt by a stroke. [2]

Marcus Fraser won the January 2021 event, beating Swiss professional Alessandro Noseda by a stroke in the final. Fraser had been close to defeat in his opening knockout match against Andrew Martin. Martin was two strokes ahead with two holes to play but then had a double-bogey, while Fraser made a birdie. [3]

Jack Thompson won the December 2021 event, beating Jordan Zunic in the final. They were tied after six holes but Thompson won at the first extra hole. [4]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-up
2023 Flag of New Zealand.svg Kerry Mountcastle 22−21 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jake McLeod
2022 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Power Horan (2)19−43 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kyle Michel
2021
(Dec)		 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Thompson 22−1Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Zunic
2021
(Jan)		 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marcus Fraser 22−21 stroke Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alessandro Noseda
2020: No tournament
2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Power Horan 205 [lower-alpha 1] −111 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brady Watt

Notes

  1. ↑ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

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References

  1. ↑ "Gippsland Super 6". Golf Australia. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Power Horan beats weather to win Gippsland Super 6". Golf Grinder. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  3. ↑ Webeck, Tony (24 January 2021). "Great escape: Fraser's fortune on way to Gippsland Super 6 crown". PGA of Australia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  4. ↑ Webeck, Tony (19 December 2021). "Thompson's relief after Gippsland Super 6 triumph". PGA of Australia. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
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