Bradley Hughes on Tour 2013

Public Forum—Concepts in Advanced Ball Striking
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Bradley shot 67 in the First round of the Australian Heritage Classic. Nice to see him in contention. Great job.

Position Country Player Name Today Thru To Par R1 R2 R3 R4 Total
T1 Bradley Hughes -5 18 -5 67# – – – 67
T1 David Bransdon -5 6 -5 – – – – –
T3 Brent McCullough -4 18 -4 68# – – – 68
T3 Aaron Townsend -4 18 -4 68# – – – 68
T3 Ryan Lynch -4 6 -4 – – – – –
T6 Jason Norris -3 18 -3 69# – – – 69
T6 Ben Wharton -3 18 -3 69# – – – 69
T6 Josh Geary -3 18 -3 69# – – – 69
T6 Nathan Holman (AM) -3 18 -3 69# – – – 69
T6 Kurt Barnes -3 18 -3 69# – – – 69
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T6 Mitchell A Brown -3 18 -3 69 – – – 69
T12 Peter Wilson -2 18 -2 70# – – – 70
T12 Daniel Nisbet -2 18 -2 70# – – – 70
T12 Steven Jeffress -2 18 -2 70# – – – 70
T12 Brad Shilton -2 18 -2 70# – – – 70
T12 Andre Stolz -2 18 -2 70# – – – 70
T12 Brendan Smith -2 18 -2 70# – – – 70
T12 Andrew Tampion -2 18 -2 70# – – – 70
T12 Craig Hasthorpe -2 18 -2 70# – – – 70
T12 Max McCardle -2 18 -2 70# – – – 70
T12 Dylan Perry (AM) -2 18 -2 70# – – – 70
T12 Paul Hayden -2 6 -2 – – – – –
T12 Brody Ninyette -2 3 -2 – – – – –
T24 Ryan Fox -1 18 -1 71# – – – 71
T24 Peter O’Malley -1 18 -1 71# – – – 71
T24 Timothy Wood -1 18 -1 71# – – – 71
T24 Nick Gillespie -1 18 -1 71# – – – 71
T24 Sven Puymbroeck -1 6 -1 – – – – –
T24 Hao-tong Li -1 3 -1 – – – – –
T24 Leigh Deagan -1 3 -1 – – – – –
T24 Anthony Summers -1 3 -1 – – – – –
T24 Chris Gaunt -1 3 -1 – – – – –
T24 Hamish Robertson -1 3 -1 – – – – –
T34 Ryan Haller E 18 E 72# – – – 72
T34 Andrew Tschudin E 18 E 72# – – – 72
T34 Matthew Ballard E 18 E 72# – – – 72
T34 Paul Sheehan E 18 E 72# – – – 72
T34 Edward Stedman E 18 E 72# – – – 72
T34 Jack Wilson E 15 E – – – – –
T34 Rohan Blizard E 6 E – – – – –
T34 Ryan Haywood E 6 E – – – – –
T34 Paul Spargo E 6 E – – – – –
T34 Peter Cooke E 6 E – – – – –
T34 Bradley Lamb E 6 E – – – – –
T34 Clint Rice E 6 E – – – – –
T34 Michael Wright E 6 E – – – – –
T34 Gareth Paddison E 3 E – – – – –
T34 Ian Esson E 3 E – – – – –
T34 Jin Jeong E 3 E – – – – –
T34 Marcus Cain E 3 E – – – – –
T34 Troy Cox E 3 E – – – – –
T34 Neven Basic E 3 E – – – – –
T34 Todd Sinnott (AM) E 3 E – – – – –
T54 Matt Giles 1 18 1 73# – – – 73
T54 Stephen Dartnall 1 18 1 73# – – – 73
T54 Kim Felton 1 18 1 73# – – – 73
T54 Adam Crawford 1 18 1 73# – – – 73
T54 Scott Laycock 1 18 1 73# – – – 73
T54 Marcus Both 1 18 1 73# – – – 73
T54 Damon Welsford 1 18 1 73# – – – 73
T54 Gavin Fairfax 1 15 1 – – – – –
T54 Henry Epstein 1 6 1 – – – – –
T54 Scott Arnold 1 6 1 – – – – –
T54 Matthew Griffin 1 3 1 – – – – –
T54 Anthony Brown 1 3 1 – – – – –
T54 Terry Price 1 3 1 – – – – –
T54 Michael Hendry 1 3 1 – – – – –
T54 Nick Cullen 1 3 1 – – – – –
T54 Grant Scott 1 3 1 – – – – –
T54 Andrew Martin 1 3 1 – – – – –
T54 Tom Bond 1 3 1 – – – – –
T72 Ashley Hall 2 18 2 74# – – – 74
T72 Kris Mueck 2 18 2 74# – – – 74
T72 David Klein 2 18 2 74# – – – 74
T72 Aaron Pike 2 18 2 74# – – – 74
T72 Quinton Howe 2 18 2 74# – – – 74
T72 Lincoln Tighe 2 18 2 74 – – – 74
T72 Alex Hawley 2 18 2 74# – – – 74
T72 Ricky Elward (AM) 2 15 2 – – – – –
T72 DJ Loypur (AM) 2 15 2 – – – – –
T72 Kevin Conlong 2 6 2 – – – – –
T72 Matthew Millar 2 3 2 – – – – –
T83 Matt Stone 3 18 3 75# – – – 75
T83 Daniel Popovic 3 18 3 75# – – – 75
T83 Rika Batibasaga 3 18 3 75# – – – 75
T83 Craig Parry 3 18 3 75# – – – 75
T83 Terry Pilkadaris 3 18 3 75# – – – 75
T83 James Bannan (AM) 3 18 3 75# – – – 75
T83 Benjamin Bloomfield 3 18 3 75 – – – 75
T83 Peter Spearman-Burn 3 15 3 – – – – –
T83 Daniel McGraw 3 6 3 – – – – –
T83 Michael Long 3 6 3 – – – – –
T83 Steven Jones 3 3 3 – – – – –
T94 Michael Curtain 4 18 4 76# – – – 76
T94 Jason Scrivener 4 6 4 – – – – –
T94 Mark Brown 4 3 4 – – – – –
T97 Daniel Fox 5 18 5 77# – – – 77
T97 David McKenzie 5 18 5 77# – – – 77
T97 Leigh McKechnie 5 18 5 77# – – – 77
T97 Kalem Richardson 5 18 5 77# – – – 77
T97 Michael Choi 5 18 5 77# – – – 77
T97 Christopher Campbell 5 18 5 77# – – – 77
T97 Justin Roach 5 15 5 – – – – –
T104 Brett Rankin 6 18 6 78# – – – 78
T104 Grant Thomas 6 18 6 78# – – – 78
T104 Garry Burness 6 6 6 – – – – –
107 David McKendrick 7 18 7 79# – – – 79
108 Geoff Drakeford (AM) 8 18 8 80# – – – 80
– Toby Wilcox – 13:10 – – – – – –
– Pieter Zwart – 13:00 – – – – – –
– Rance De Grussa – 13:00 – – – – – –
– Alex Katholos – 13:10 – – – – – –
– Troy Ropiha – 13:00 – – – – – –
– Craig Hancock – 12:50 – – – – – –
– Shane Butler – 13:10 – – – – – –
– Kota Kagasaki – 13:10 – – – – – –
– Tarquin MacManus – 13:20 – – – – – –
– Lucas Herbert (AM) – 13:20 – – – – – –
– Christopher Thorn – 13:20 – – – – – –
– Kazuki Higa (AM) – 13:10 – – – – – –
– Matthew Buff – 13:20 – – – – – –
– Willie Moore – 13:20 – – – – – –
– Matt Dowling – 13:20 – – – – – –
– Josh Younger – 12:50 – – – – – –
– Adam Bland – 13:00 – – – – – –
– Jamie Arnold – 12:50 – – – – – –
– Leighton Lyle – 12:50 – – – – – –
– Michael Foster – 13:00 – – – – – –
– Wayne Perske – 13:00 – – – – – –
– Euan Walters – 13:10 – – – – – –
– Glenn Joyner – 12:50 – – – – – –
– Brendan Chant – 12:50 – – – – – –

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Thanks
Played real nicely. Enjoyable Nicklaus course that I had never played before this week. reasonably wide in spots from the tee but have to be on the correct side of fairways for angles into the greens. Didn’t hit my driver that well as far as contact wise but irons were fantastic as far as direction and distance control.
16 greens in regulation and left a couple of birdie putts short in the jar too…but no complaints. 13 pars 5 birdies… solid opening day

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Good opener!

I still think the 68 you shot with me at Pasa Tiempo on a first look playing persimmon was better! You would have had a two shot lead over there!

Enjoy the week, and keep us posted!

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Good work and hope it continues!

Tin

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Nice little article here:

pga.org.au/article-display/s … hes/135228

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Another great round…Keep it going!

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68 Round two. 2nd place with a score of -9 after two rounds. Awesome.

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Such great stuff. keep it goin Two!

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Awesome Brad! we are all rooting for ya!

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First Round 67 12/14 fwy 16/18 gir 29 putts
Second Round 68 14/14 fwy 16/18 gir 30 putts
Third Round 73 13/14 fwy 18/18 gir 37 putts

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Ouch. Some tremendous ballstriking though! It’s been inspirational to follow. Good luck tomorrow!

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Happy Australia day brad! Smash the final round!

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I am sure you wanted to shoot lower than 75 in the final round but congrats on a great week of balls striking and a top 20 finish.

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Bradley is one shot back going into the last round of the Victorian Open Championship. Lets hope he grinds out a low final round and brings home the trophy!

Position Country Player Name Today Thru To Par R1 R2 R3 R4 Total
1 Nathan Holman (AM) – 13:20 -10 71# 69# 66# – –
T2 Bradley Hughes – 13:20 -9 73# 67# 67# – –
T2 Steven Jones – 13:20 -9 67# 72# 68# – –
T4 Ryan Lynch – 13:00 -8 70# 70# 68# – –
T4 Richard Green -8 12 -8 69# 74# 73# – –
T4 Matthew Giles – 13:00 -8 69# 71# 68# – –
T4 Craig Parry – 12:40 -8 70# 70# 68# – –
T4 Leigh McKechnie – 13:00 -8 71# 70# 67# – –
T9 Matthew Griffin -6 10 -7 71# 69# 75# – –
T9 Michael Wright – 12:40 -7 74# 69# 66# – –
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T9 Cameron Smith (AM) – 12:40 -7 73# 67# 69# – –
T9 Michael Choi – 12:20 -7 77# 64# 68# – –
T13 David Bransdon – 12:20 -6 73# 69# 68# – –
T13 Jin Jeong -5 9 -6 73# 71# 71# – –
T13 Marcus Cain – 12:20 -6 71# 70# 69# – –
T16 Tarquin MacManus -4 10 -5 72# 71# 72# – –
T16 Stephen Dartnall – 12:00 -5 71# 68# 72# – –
T16 Steven Jeffress – 12:00 -5 72# 71# 68# – –
T16 Neven Basic – 12:00 -5 73# 71# 67# – –
T16 James McMillan -4 7 -5 77# 68# 70# – –
T21 Peter O’Malley – 11:30 -4 72# 71# 69# – –
T21 Aaron Townsend – 11:30 -4 71# 72# 69# – –
T21 Matthew Guyatt – 11:40 -4 73# 70# 69# – –
T21 Terry Pilkadaris – 11:30 -4 70# 72# 70# – –
T21 Anthony Brown – 11:40 -4 69# 72# 71# – –
T21 Scott Strange – 11:30 -4 73# 70# 69# – –
T21 Leigh Deagan -5 15 -4 71# 74# 72# – –
T21 David McKenzie – 11:40 -4 71# 71# 70# – –
T21 Andrew Tampion – 11:40 -4 71# 73# 68# – –
T21 Paul Spargo – 11:40 -4 73# 67# 72# – –
T21 Max McCardle – 11:30 -4 74# 69# 69# – –
T32 Kurt Carlson – 12:00 -3 73# 72# 68# – –
T32 Scott Laycock – 12:00 -3 74# 70# 69# – –
T32 David McKendrick – 12:00 -3 71# 71# 71# – –
T35 Peter Wilson – 12:20 -2 73# 72# 69# – –
T35 Nick Cullen – 12:40 -2 74# 71# 69# – –
T35 Andre Stolz – 13:00 -2 67# 71# 76# – –
T35 Lucas Herbert (AM) – 12:20 -2 76# 68# 70# – –
T35 Ben Wharton -4 15 -2 69# 75# 74# – –
T35 Theodore Coroneo – 12:20 -2 74# 70# 70# – –
T35 Daniel Nisbet – 13:00 -2 74# 70# 70# – –
T35 Tom Bond – 12:40 -2 72# 72# 70# – –
T35 Michael Long – 12:40 -2 77# 67# 70# – –
T35 Kristopher Mueck – 13:00 -2 74# 68# 72# – –
T35 Brett Drewitt (AM) -1 7 -2 74# 71# 70# – –
T46 Paul Sheehan E 7 -1 72# 72# 71# – –
T46 Adam Bland -3 13 -1 72# 73# 73# – –
T46 Josh Geary -1 15 -1 68# 75# 73# – –
T46 Christopher Campbell -1 10 -1 74# 70# 72# – –
T50 Steve Conran E 12 E 71# 74# 71# – –
T50 Rance De Grussa 1 9 E 72# 69# 74# – –
52 Anthony Gilligan -1 15 1 74# 71# 73# – –
T53 Geoff Drakeford (AM) 3 9 2 72# 73# 70# – –
T53 Anthony Summers 2 12 2 73# 71# 72# – –
T55 Ryan Woodward (AM) 1 13 3 72# 73# 73# – –
T55 Taylor MacDonald (AM) -1 10 3 70# 73# 77# – –
57 Kim Felton E 10 4 72# 72# 76# – –
58 Peter Shaw E 8 5 79# 66# 76# – –
59 Ryan Haywood 2 10 6 69# 73# 78# – –
60 Ben Eccles (AM) 6 13 8 74# 70# 74# – –
61 Christopher Wood 2 8 10 72# 72# 80# – –
62 Brent McCullough 5 8 12 71# 73# 79# – –

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Nice playing!

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I had the pleasure of follwing Bradley for the last three rounds. Since the Victorian Open was at a course 1.5 hours drive from Melbourne it was a bit less formal and they did not rope off the fairways allowing spectators to walk with the players and even interact with them from time to time. I must say from a spectator and supporter point of view it was a great experience.

It was a memorable experience to see and hear the quality of ball strike and shot tradjectory from such close quarters in tournament conditions. My intension was stay for one round (2nd) only, but after a 67 to get him into the mix drmanded I stay for another. Then a further 67 to be in 2nd place left me with no option but to potentially share the dream.

In difficult windy conditions my observation was that none of Bradley’s playing partners could match his ball sriking ability from tee to green. He played with some really long hitters but they could not exercute to anything like the quality demanded by the conditions. Even though Bradley mentioned on day three he was sick of playing in so much wind, I believe his shot making capability served him well in the difficult conditions. His distance control onto greens was impressive with pin high puts the norm.

On the last day the conditions were more benign which gave the less skilled players a bit more margin for error and most have good short games which they took advantage of.

Over the three days Bradley putted well with good puts from four to ten feet. He had plenty of kick in birdies inside four feet also. He often lipped out or burned the hole from ten to thirty feet with heaps of stess free tap ins for par. I can only recall a very few puts holed of any length. With a bit of putting luck Bradley could have won the tournament, his ball striking and control were clearly superior to other players remembering he played with the leaders in the last two rounds.

Good luck in New Zealand this week Bradley. I am sure you will be a winner again.

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Did anyone see who the lone American in the NZ Open was this week?

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Massacre. '74 :wink:

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Whatever the backstory on that, very little stands in the way of a determined competitor finding a way to get into a scrap somewhere, anytime, and age be damned.
The photo gallery showed the course looks like a hard hike.
Great.

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Wow. Hale Irwin. I wonder why he entered the event?