Bandura wins first mid-amateur golf title
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SELKIRK – Ben Bandura made a par from the trees on the 72nd hole and grabbed his first Manitoba men’s mid-amateur golf championship Thursday at his home course, Selkirk Golf and Country Club.
Bandura edged Teale Merkeley of Southwood and Rob Oliphant of Rossmere by a single shot and defending champion Garth Collings by two.
After opening the championship with a terrible day of 80, Bandura rallied strongly the rest of the week to post a 292 total, eight-over-par.
With a share of the lead on the 18th tee today, Bandura drove it hard right and into the trees.
He wisely pitched out to the fairway, leaving himself 78 yards to a pin tucked hard to the right of Selkirk’s 18th green. He wedged on and then holed the sidehill eight-foot putt for the title.
Oliphant had a chance for a playoff but three-putted the final green from about 30 feet above the hole for a bogey. He bogeyed the last two.
And Collings, who has won this title six times, bogeyed his last two holes to miss his chance at victory.
tim.campbell@freepress.mb.ca
