RILEY MILLERS WINS THE PETER O'MALLEY JUNIOR OPEN
The 2022 Peter O'Malley Junior Masters took place this weekend (26/27 March 2022) at Bathurst Golf Club, with more than 200 players registering to take part in the biggest regional Junior Masters event on the JNJG Calendar.
The huge field headed up over the Blue Mountains to the Central Tablelands and fortunately the rain predicted missed Bathurst.
As many as seven players were within touching distance of the lead at different stages on Sunday afternoon, before Riley Millers (Avondale) prevailed with a grandstand finish to claim his second JNJG Masters Title in two starts.
Local boy Jacob Lamb (Bathurst) and Brij Ingrey (The Australian) started with the overnight lead but couldn't quite reproduce the same on Sunday. Kade Webber (Stonecutters Ridge) was consistent as always to record yet another Top-5 finish, whilst Ryan Cadle (Stonecutters Ridge) and Cameron Jackson (The Lakes) made back nine charges to finish just short.
That left Millers and Shashank Koirala (Bonnie Doon) as the last two to fight it out, both three under par for the day which left Koirala holding a one shot lead with just two holes to play. Millers rallied, picking up a clutch birdie on the 17th to tie the lead, before applying the pressure with two great shots down the 18th to about 20 feet below the hole. With the pressure on, Koirala needed to get up and down to have any chance, but Millers didn't even give the 16-year old a chance by rolling in the birdie putt for a five under par 67 and a two shot victory.
(Courtesy of JNJG)
The huge field headed up over the Blue Mountains to the Central Tablelands and fortunately the rain predicted missed Bathurst.
As many as seven players were within touching distance of the lead at different stages on Sunday afternoon, before Riley Millers (Avondale) prevailed with a grandstand finish to claim his second JNJG Masters Title in two starts.
Local boy Jacob Lamb (Bathurst) and Brij Ingrey (The Australian) started with the overnight lead but couldn't quite reproduce the same on Sunday. Kade Webber (Stonecutters Ridge) was consistent as always to record yet another Top-5 finish, whilst Ryan Cadle (Stonecutters Ridge) and Cameron Jackson (The Lakes) made back nine charges to finish just short.
That left Millers and Shashank Koirala (Bonnie Doon) as the last two to fight it out, both three under par for the day which left Koirala holding a one shot lead with just two holes to play. Millers rallied, picking up a clutch birdie on the 17th to tie the lead, before applying the pressure with two great shots down the 18th to about 20 feet below the hole. With the pressure on, Koirala needed to get up and down to have any chance, but Millers didn't even give the 16-year old a chance by rolling in the birdie putt for a five under par 67 and a two shot victory.
(Courtesy of JNJG)
Captain William Lombard, Jack Newton Junior Golf Scholarship recipients, Brodie Herring and Riley Millers and JNJG CEO Peter van Wegen
Each year, in conjunction with the CEO of Jack Newton, Peter van Wegen, deserving juniors are identified and are put forward by JNJG to the Nomads Sydney North Committee for consideration.
On Sunday 16 May 2021, at The Springs Golf Club, Sydney North Captain, William Lombard, was pleased to announce that the Jack Newton Junior Golf Scholarship recipients for 2021 were Brodie Herring and Riley Millers.
A cheque of $4,000 was handed over to JNJG to administer, on behalf of Brodie and Riley, and this will be used to assist them in meeting some of the costs in getting to tournaments around NSW. It was pleasing to see their parents at the presentation.
Riley is a member of Avondale and his current handicap is 0.4. His 1st JNJG tournament was in 2016.
Brodie is a member of Manly, his handicap is currently 0.3 and his 1st JNJG tournament was in 2019.
Brodie and Riley, we look forward to your development with JNJG and hope you have a lot of fun while growing in the game of golf.
