WA Senior Amateur Championship

Harvey Golf Club’s Michael Lucas and NSW visitor Cath Stolz claimed the Senior Amateur Championship of WA titles in contrasting fashions at Rockingham Golf Club.

Despite struggling with COVID throughout the 54-hole championship, Shelly Beach GC member Stolz was in contention from day one and pulled away from the chasing pack to establish a five-stroke lead going into the final round.

On a scorching afternoon at Rockingham, Stolz fired a joint best-of-the-week 79 to close out the championship, extending her winning margin to seven strokes from Denmark Country Club’s Marion Nelson, with Jo Jones (Bunbury GC) a shot further back in third.

Although drained by the experience, Stolz was delighted by the manner of her victory in just her second appearance at the championship after making her debut in 2023.

“I played some of the worst golf I’d played in a while on that first day, but luckily I was able to work things out on the range on the second day and things improved from there,” she told GolfWA.

“Despite not feeling my best, I really enjoyed the experience. The course is great, the greens rolled true and there were some tricky pin positions out there today. It was a lot of fun.”