MONTHLY CHALLENGE

The Tom Doak Monthly challenge returns in 2023, with a fresh new playing format and loads of awesome prizes up for grabs! This year will see 10 individual events take place on the second Saturday of each month*.

The major prize for each event will be $200 first place voucher.

The Doak Challenge Series is played from the back tees, with the course set up to play at the full difficulty the course designer Tom Doak envisioned!

Enter Competition

2023 EVENT SCHEDULE

 

11th February 11th March
15th April 13th May
17th June 8th July
12th August 9th September
14th October 11th November
Position Name Total Points
1 Steven Van Aperen 39
2 Sam Morabito 34
3 James Durnan 32
4 Jock Frazer 32
5 John Giandabolis 29
6 Nick Giandabolis 28
7 Rohan Marshall 26
8 Erika Wager 25
9 John Hepworth 24
10 – –
Position Name Total Points
1 Glenn Kerkhof 39
2 Sam Bonser 36
3 James Egan 36
4 Mark Coghill 35
5 Robert Frazer 34
6 Brad Giles 34
7 Paul Bolton 34
8 Peter Bailey 33
9 Mitchell Mckeown 33
10 Roger Schmitt 33
Position Name Total Points
1 Max Warren 42
2 Charlie Warren 41
3 Edward Neal 39
4 Darin Garner 38
5 Ricky Thomas 37
6 James Blair-Holt 37
7 Luke Williams 37
8 Thomas Bernard 37
9 John Giandabolis 36
10 Kelly Loudovaris 35
Position Name Total Points
1 Rohan Marshall 39
2 Ryan Bennett 38
3 Nick Skicko 37
4 Greg Burgess 37
5 Sam Casey 36
6 Leigh Craig 35
7 Brett Hawkey 35
8 David Mccormick 35
9 John Giandabolis 34
10 George Madytianos 34
Position Name Total Points
1 Sam Morabito 40
2 David Winter 39
3 Tim Northeast 37
4 Tristan Whitear 37
5 Michael Johansson 37
6 Nick Drake 37
7 Vin Brancatisano 37
8 Jacob Farrell 36
9 Stuart Dykstra 36
10 Stephen Smyth 35
Position Name Total Points
1 Cameron Purdy 41
2 Mark Godfrey 41
3 Stuart Squires 40
4 Peter Quinn 40
5 George Madytianos 39
6 Mitch Jones 39
7 Tim Luscombe 38
8 Ian Richardson 38
9 Craig Parsons 38
10 Stuart Rowland 38
Position Name Total Points
1 Michael Calleri 37
2 Andrew Russell 36
3 John Giandabolis 34
4 Joshua Bulman 34
5 Nick Giandabolis 33
6 Polua Tusitala 31
7 Ivan Cindric 31
8 Adrian Kelly 31
9 Mark Hindmarsh 30
10 Frank Jugovic 30
Position Name Total Points
1 Jock Frazer 40
2 John Hepworth 39
3 Scott Williams 38
4 Jonathan Dunning 37
5 Christopher Street 37
6 Nick Giandabolis 36
7 John Giandabolis 36
8 Patrick Glavin 36
9 George Lilley 35
10 John Bergin 35
Position Name Total Points
1 Adam Sutherland 42
2 Michael O’driscoll 41
3 David Squire 41
4 Lachlan Cantwell 38
5 Zale Thurgood 38
6 Patrick Rohan 38
7 James Gardner 37
8 John Yeoman 37
9 Brett Hawkey 37
10 Mark Jacobsen 37
Position Name Total Points
1 Steven Van Aperen 43
2 Sam Niedra 43
3 Daniel Riley 43
4 John Iacovangelo 43
5 Dean Smith 42
6 James Cleeve 41
7 Marcus Dollman 39
8 Tony Mithen 39
9 Daniel Moore 39
10 Matt Davis 38
Position Name Total Points
1 Wade Johnson 42
2 James Durnan 40
3 Robert Davin 39
4 David Burke 37
5 Erika Wager 37
6 Michael Dowling 36
7 Terry Lund 36
8 Marc Koenig 35
9 Jordan Purdey 35
10 David Wilkinson 34

ABOUT TOM DOAK

The Tom Doak Challenge is named after world renowned and St Andrews Beach course designer Tom Doak. Doak is also responsible for world class golf courses including Barnbougle Dunes (TAS), Cape Kidnappers (NZ), Pacific Dunes Golf Club (USA) and many others.

Doak is justifiably proud of St Andrews Beach Golf Course, and defines his work as one of his favourites due to the natural terrain requiring minimal artificial work during design and construction.

“While we recognize that not every site lends itself to a minimalist approach, our favorite projects are those where we can find natural holes just lying on the ground, requiring minimal disturbance to build. Of all the projects we have built so far, the Gunnamatta Course at St. Andrews Beach required the least artificial work: other than softening greens contours and digging bunkers, only three holes required any earthmoving at all”.