Hervey Bay’s Chris Taylor had a self-confessed “lucky day” to capture the William (Bill) Beattie Henderson Memorial Cup on the SParms PGA Legends Tour today.
Taylor carded a 4-under 68 at Meadowbrook Golf Club to score a one-shot win over fellow Queenslander David Fearns and West Australian Robert Mitchell.
The field of 52 senior professionals were greet with great conditions at Meadowbrook thanks to the greens staff who have been hard at work on their 27-hole layout which has been hit with a number of floods in recent years.
HOW THE WINNING ROUND UNFOLDED
Setting the tone for what was to come, Taylor birdied his opening hole, the par-4 eighth, and was 3-under for the day before his only bogey of the round came at the par-5 18th.
Birdies at the first and third followed by a run of pars was enough to secure the one-shot win.
WHAT THE WINNER SAID
Taylor said: “I had an…