Round 3 of the Re/Max World Long Drive Championships Australia was held in windy and wet conditions at Palm Meadows Driving Range. With a 15mph headwind, and plenty of wet weather, contestants had their work cut out for them. By day’s end, Stephen Kennedy had taken top honours, with an impressive 304m blast.
| OPENS | |||
| Finish | Competitor Name | Longest Drive | Points |
| 1 | Stephen Kennedy | 304.1 | 30 |
| 2 | Jason Atkins | 296.7 | 26 |
| 3 | Brendan Moylan | 315.8 | 25 |
| 4 | Daniel Lee | 319.1 | 28 |
| 5 | Shane Keys | 299 | 23 |
| 6 | Brent Kearney | 293.4 | 22 |
| 7 | Robert Cowdroy | 292.3 | 20 |
| 8 | Leon Ratapu | 289.2 | 19 |
| 9 | John Van Schyndel | 283.8 | 18 |
| 10 | Andrew Brennan | 277.3 | 17 |
| 11 | Mark Sanford | 275.4 | 16 |
| SENIORS | |||
| Finish | Competitor Name | Points | |
| 1 | Andrew Brennan | 279 | 30 |
| 2 | Mark Sanford | 279.9 | 30 |
| 3 | Greame McCurdy | 264.1 | 25 |
| 4 | Brendan Gorman | 247.1 | 24 |
| 5 | Peter Neve | 264 | 23 |
| 6 | Kerry Devenish | 264.3 | 22 |
| 7 | Dave Sawtell | 150.7 | 20 |
| SUPER SENIORS | |||
| Finish | Competitor Name | Longest Drive | |
| 1 | Peter Neve | 271.2 | |
| 2 | Kerry Devenish | 266.5 | |
| LEGENDS | |||
| Finish | Competitor Name | Longest Drive | |
| 1 | Brendan Gorman | 263 | |
| 2 | Kerry Devenish | 261 | |
| AMATEURS | |||
| Finish | Competitor Name | Longest Drive | |
| 1 | Matt Haslet | 290.6 | |
| 2 | Brad Hollis | 255.4 | |
| 3 | Aaron Reed | 243 | |
| 4 | Tristan Nichols | 229 | |
| 5 | Brooke Willis | 174 | |
| Open Mens Final | |||
| Round 1 | |||
| Name | Qualifying Position | Longest Drive | Place |
| Brent Kearney | 6 | OB | 6 |
| Brendan Moylan | 2 | 296.7 | 3 |
| Daniel Lee | 1 | 311.8 | 1 |
| Jason Atkins | 5 | 264.3 | 4 |
| Stephen Kennedy | 3 | 303.5 | 2 |
| Shane Keys | 4 | 255.6 | 5 |
| Round 2 | |||
| Daniel Lee | 1 | OB | |
| Jason Atkins | 4 | 292 | |
| Stephen Kennedy | 2 | 296.2 | |
| Brendan Moylan | 3 | 295 | |
| Final | |||
| Jason Atkins | 283 | ||
| Stephen Kennedy | Winner | 301 | |
| Senior Final | |||
| Round 1 | |||
| Name | Qualifying Position | Longest Drive | Place |
| Peter Neve | 5 | 258 | 5 |
| Brendan Gorman | 6 | 258* | 4 |
| Mark Sanford | 1 | 283 | 1 |
| Andrew Brennan | 2 | 277.3 | 2 |
| Kerry Devenish | 3 | 245 | 6 |
| Greame McCurdy | 4 | 266.8 | 3 |
| Round 2 | |||
| Mark Sanford | 1 | 270 | |
| Brendan Gorman | 4 | 252 | |
| Andrew Brennan | 2 | 275 | |
| Greame McCurdy | 3 | 255 | |
| Final | |||
| Mark Sanford | 271 | ||
| Andrew Brennan | Winner | 273 | |
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A four-time winner of the Australian Golf Media Awards, including Best Photojournalism, Best Opinion, Best Column and Best Photographic Presentation, Inside Golf Group Editor Richard Fellner is the quintessential Golf Tragic, having played the game for over 50 years (but has never gotten any better!) He has played and reviewed courses all over the world, and has interviewed many of the great players of the game (including Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson and Greg Norman). Richard is a member of both the Australian Golf Media Association and the Golf Society of Australia, and has been a featured guest on many Australian "sports talk" radio shows and networks, including ABC Grandstand, SEN 1116, Melbourne Talk Radio 1377, 2GB and others.
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