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Team South goes Back-to-Back, winning 2024 Trans-Murray Matchplay
Team South Goes Back-to-Back, capturing 2024 Trans-Murray Matchplay
It was an exciting week of golf for the 2024 Trans-Murray Matchplay. 66 golfers from both sides of the Murray River returned to Canberra to represent their region, and battle for supremacy in this annual Teams Matchplay event. This was the 11th running of the annual Trans-Murray Matchplay, and Team South was keen to repeat their success from 2023, while Team North was hoping to reclaim their past glory, and bring the "Murray" trophy home.
There was some incredible competition, great sportsmanship, and some truly awesome camaraderie throughout the week.
Day 1
The First day's action (Pairs/Ambrose), was an absolute CRACKER of a day at Royal Canberra Golf Club. The course proved why it is one of Australia's BEST courses, as it was in amazing condition, and a pure delight for our players. Laughs and smiles all around!
Highlights of the day include a "Trick" shot that ended up in a cart (Hey, play it as it lies), and one shot that actually went backwards (straight off the club!), as well as some MONSTER putts made all around. Team South jumped out of the gates with a solid 10-7 Lead, but anything can happen. Full results from Day 1 can be seen below:
Day 2
Day 2 of the TMMP saw HEAPS of action, with Team North putting on a show at Gold Creek. In the Alternate-shot pairs format of the day, it was a wave of light blue, as Team North mounted a stellar comeback, taking 11 matches to South's 6, edging ahead of Team South by an overall margin of 18-16.
Day 3
There was excitement in the air for the all-important Singles matches on Day 3, at the picturesque Gungahlin Lakes. The scoring was tight, and both teams were feeling the pressure. In pleasant playing conditions, on a very playable course, players from both teams battled hard in their matches, as they knew that EVERY POINT MATTERED.
Following the round, the points were tallied as the players enjoyed drinks, food, laughter and stories of made (and missed) putts from the week.
When the points were finalised, Team South had dominated the final day, 20 matches to 12, resulting in a final Tournament Score of 36 South to 30 North. Team South had gone Back-to-Back!
Congratulations to Team South!!
Final points:
| Team | D1 | D2 | D3 | Total Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North | 7.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 30 | |
| South | 10.0 | 6.0 | 20.0 | 36 |
For day-by-day scores and matches, see the leaderboard on Golf Genius.
Special Thanks
We would like to thank all the competitors (and their spouses/partners/plus-ones) for an incredible week at the 2024 Trans-Murray Matchplay. The success of these events is mostly due to the quality of the participants, and we believe that our golfers are of the highest quality anywhere!
A very special thanks to our host courses, Royal Canberra, Gold Creek and Gungahlin Lakes, as well as sponsors Srixon Australia & New Zealand, Garmin and our hotel partner, Mantra on Northbourne.
Photo Galleries: 2024 Trans-Murray Matchplay
Photo Gallery - Day 1. Royal Canberra Golf Club
Photo Gallery - Day 2 Gold Creek.
Photo Gallery - Day 3. Gungahlin Lakes GC
