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TPS Victoria 2022, Hosted by Geoff Ogilvy, Rosebud CC: 3-6 Febrary
Todd Sinnett (VIC) the champion in Victoria, ahead of Daniel Gale (NSW) and Anthony Quayle (QLD)!
“I’m not going to lie, it was really, really hard,” he said after the win.
So focused on shot-by-shot had he been that he did not even know that he had won.
From PGA Australia, by Martin Blake:
Todd Sinnott has been to hell and back as a professional but with a steady par at the 72nd hole at Rosebud Country Club he secured an emotional first victory on home soil to take away the pain.
Melburnian Sinnott, 29, is the champion of the TPS Victoria presented by Webex after a closing 66 gave him a one-shut buffer over New South Welshman Daniel Gale and Queenslander Anthony Quayle.
For Sinnott, it was the first win since he took out the 2017 Myanmar Open in Asia, coming after a period in which his professional life was threatened first by a serious back injury, and then by the COVID-19 pandemic the prevented him taking his playing rights on the Japan Golf Tour in 2020.
The stress fracture in his back and the fact that he had nowhere to play in 2020 are now behind him.
“I’m not going to lie, it was really, really hard,” he said after the win.
“But I have a belief and I practise my butt off. My coach Denis (McDade), I don’t think I’d be here without his help. I honestly don’t believe I’d be here. I think we can go places together.”
Sinnott began in the final group and in a share of the lead and his 66 was enough to pick up the $36,000 first prize. At one point on the back nine he trailed Quayle by two shots, but the Queenslander paid dearly for two pulled tee shots – at the 15th and the 17th – that led to bogeys.
Then at the 18th after he pitched in close, Quayle could not make the short downhill putt for birdie that would have imposed pressure on the others and possibly forced a playoff.
Meanwhile Sinnott, playing in the group behind, made birdies at the consecutive par-5s, the 15th and 16th, and made regulation pars at the 17th and 18th to close it out, finishing with a par putt of just more than a metre.
So focused on shot-by-shot had he been that he did not even know that he had won. Read more
Day One, from Golf Australia, Media Release
Day Two, from PGA Australia, by Dane Heverin
Day Three, from PGA Australia, by Martin Blake
The Preview, from Golf Australia, by Jimmy Emanuel
TPS Victoria was first held last year, 2021. It presents a unique format wherein amateurs and professionals, men and women, compete "from scaled tees for the one trophy". Juniors are also able to join in during the weekend. Total prize pool is $200,000.
Background Info on TPS Victoria
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