{"id":57067,"date":"2025-01-05T15:02:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T04:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.australiangolfclub.com\/cms\/?p=57067"},"modified":"2025-01-05T22:10:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T11:10:03","slug":"the-australian-medal-2025-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.australiangolfclub.com\/cms\/2025\/01\/the-australian-medal-2025-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Australian Medal 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to <strong>Simon Gunnis<\/strong> (The Australian &#8211; Handicap 11) who won the 2025 Australian Medal. A full field of 96 players from The Australian GC, New South Wales GC, The Lakes GC &amp; Royal Sydney GC commenced round 1 on Saturday morning in pristine conditions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maxime Boucoiran<\/strong> (Royal Sydney &#8211; Handicap 6) lead after round 1 with a net score of 70 strokes, matching past champion, <strong>Ray Balcomb<\/strong> (The Australian &#8211; Handicap 5) who withdrew after the round with injury.<\/p>\n<p>Special congratulations to <strong>Jae Kim<\/strong> (The Lakes GC) &amp; <strong>Alex Bosansky<\/strong> (The Lakes GC) who each recorded a hole-in-one on the 4th &amp; 11th respectively during round 1.<\/p>\n<p>The top 60 available players by net score qualified for round 2 on the Sunday. The players were greeted on a warm summer day with light northerly winds.<\/p>\n<p>Simon backed up his fine round 1 score with another 71 strokes to finish 2-under par, 142 strokes for 36-holes. Despite a shaky start and finish to bookend his second round, he showed some brilliance and was good enough to win the event by 1-stroke ahead of <strong>John Formosa<\/strong> (The Australian &#8211; Handicap 13) with rounds of 73 &amp; 70 which was the lowest score of all players in round 2.<\/p>\n<p>A birdie on hole 12 and hole 16 of round 2 was the highlight for the champion, Simon Gunnis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Daniel Young<\/strong> (The Australian &#8211; Handicap 13) from The Australian GC made it a trifecta for the host Club, claiming the 3rd place prize with rounds of 72 &amp; 73 for a 145 stroke total.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to <strong>Zac Mullins<\/strong> (New South Wales GC) who won the scratch convincingly with rounds of 74 &amp; 70 from the blue tees, winning by 7-strokes from <strong>James Rayner<\/strong> (The Lakes GC).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.australiangolfclub.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-Australian-Medal-Result-Sheet-2025.pdf\" 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