The Surf Coast Knockout was a golf tournament held in Australia in January 2011 at The Sands Torquay, Torquay, Victoria, Australia. Prize money was A$135,000.

Surf Coast Knockout
Tournament information
LocationTorquay, Victoria, Australia
Established2011
Course(s)The Sands Torquay
Par72
Length6,691 yards (6,118 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
FormatStroke play and Match play
Month playedJanuary
Final year2011
Tournament record score
Score1 up Scott Laycock (2011)
Final champion
Australia Scott Laycock
Location map
The Sands Torquay is located in Australia
The Sands Torquay
The Sands Torquay
Location in Australia
The Sands Torquay is located in Victoria
The Sands Torquay
The Sands Torquay
Location in Victoria

Format

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There were 54 holes of stroke-play over three days with a cut being made at the top-50 and ties after 36 holes. After 54 holes, the field was reduced again to a fixed 32. Ties for 32nd place were determined by a sudden-death playoff.

On the final day a knockout match-play format was used with rounds over just six holes. For matches all-square after the sixth hole, the players returned to a purpose-built tee on the 18th hole to play a 90-metre hole until a winner was determined.

The format was later used for the 2017 ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth when it switched from a traditional tournament to this format, except that the Super 6 used a fixed 24-player cut with the top eight receiving byes.

Result

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Peter O'Malley led the stroke-play part of the event with a score of 200 (−16), four strokes ahead of Andrew Buckle and Daniel Fox. Nine players were tied on 213 (−3) and played-off for the final two places. Ashley Hall and Scott Laycock were the two successful players in the playoff. Laycock was the 32nd seed and met and beat the 1st seed, Peter O’Malley, in the first round. Andrew Buckle beat Leigh McKechnie in one semi-final and Scott Laycock beat Adam Bland in the other. Laycock beat Buckle in the final by one hole.

Winners

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Year Winner Score Runner-up Winner's
share (A$)
2011   Scott Laycock 1 up   Andrew Buckle 18,000

References

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