Gippsland Super 6

The Gippsland Super 6 is a golf tournament that was played for the first time in November 2019. It is played at Yallourn Golf Club near Morwell, a town in the Latrobe Valley area of Gippsland, in south-eastern Victoria, Australia.

Gippsland Super 6
Tournament information
LocationMorwell, Victoria, Australia
Established2019
Course(s)Yallourn Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
FormatStroke play & Match play
Current champion
Marcus Fraser
Location Map
Yallourn Golf Club
Location in Australia
Yallourn Golf Club
Location in Victoria

Format

The tournament uses a "Super 6" format. The first three days consist of ordinary stroke play, with a cut after 36 holes reducing the field to the top 50 and ties. After 54 holes, the field is cut to a fixed 24. On the final day, there is a knock-out phase, when six-hole stroke play contests are played. The leading 8 players after 54 holes receive a bye to the second round.[1]

History

Because of bad weather the inaugural event in 2019 was reduced to 54 holes, the knockout phase being abandoned. Tom Power Horan won with a score of 205, 11 under par, beating Brady Watt by a stroke.[2]

Marcus Fraser won the 2021 event, beating Swiss professional Alessandro Noseda by a stroke in the final. Fraser had been close to defeat in his opening knockout match against Andrew Martin. Martin was two strokes ahead to hole to play but then had a double-bogey, while Fraser made a bogey.[3]

Winners
As a stroke play and match play event
YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-up
2021 Marcus Fraser1 stroke Alessandro Noseda
2020No tournament
2019 Tom Power Horan205[lower-alpha 1]−111 stroke Brady Watt
  1. Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References
  1. "Gippsland Super 6". Golf Australia. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  2. "Power Horan beats weather to win Gippsland Super 6". Golf Grinder. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  3. Webeck, Tony (24 January 2021). "Great escape: Fraser's fortune on way to Gippsland Super 6 crown". PGA of Australia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
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