Mollymook\u2019s Jye Halls and South Australian Amelia Whinney have claimed the men\u2019s and women\u2019s stroke play titles, respectively, at the 2026 NSW Amateur Championship.<\/p>\n
Halls secured the NSW Medal Championship after finishing at ten-under par across the two-round stroke play component, played at Oatlands and Strathfield Golf Clubs. A four-under-par 67 at Strathfield on Tuesday proved decisive, giving Halls a one-shot victory over The Australian\u2019s Darcy Mackay and South Australian Kade Bryant, who finished tied for second.<\/p>\n
Despite finishing one shot behind Halls in the stroke play standings, Mackay claimed the Champion of Champions title after posting a total score of nine-under par.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels pretty good,\u201d Halls said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve played this event for seven or eight years and I\u2019ve come up short before, so to finally get my name on one of those trophies is really nice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Halls opened his campaign with a six-under-par round and said the consistency across both days was pleasing as he turns his attention to the match play rounds.<\/p>\n
\u201cI played well the first day and again today, so hopefully that form continues,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt definitely gives me a confidence boost heading into matchplay.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 2026 NSW Medal Champion said strong driving and limiting mistakes would be key around Oatlands as the championship shifts to a head-to-head format.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve definitely got to drive it well off the tee and not give too many soft holes away,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMatch play is a funny game though, anything can happen. I\u2019ll just try to take it hole by hole and play my own game.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the women\u2019s championship, Whinney emerged victorious after a dramatic three-hole playoff to decide the stroke play title.<\/p>\n
Whinney, The Australian\u2019s Lara Thomsen and Concord\u2019s Jordyn Deen all finished the two rounds locked at four-under par, forcing a playoff at Strathfield. Deen was eliminated after the first playoff hole, before Whinney outlasted Thomsen over two additional holes to claim the title.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels really good,\u201d Whinney said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like this has been a long time coming, so it\u2019s pretty special to finally get one done.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 22-year-old said the win was her first since her junior years, having last tasted victory at age 17.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe playoff was definitely nerve-wracking,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just tried to focus on one shot at a time and reminded myself that I was proud just to be in that position.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Whinney said there wasn\u2019t a single standout moment across the two days, she praised the course conditions and atmosphere.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth courses were in great condition, and it was just fun to be out there,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
With match play set to begin, Whinney said she was comfortable with the format, having played extensive pennant and interstate match play golf.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve played quite a bit of match play, so we\u2019ll just take it as it comes and see how it goes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The top 32 men and top 16 women have now progressed to the match play component of the championship, which begins tomorrow at Oatlands Golf Club.<\/p>\n
Related Links:
Final Leaderboard 2026 Men\u2019s NSW Medal<\/a>
Final Leaderboard 2026 NSW Women\u2019s Strokeplay<\/a>
Final Leaderboard 2026 Men\u2019s NSW Champion of Club Champions<\/a>
2026 NSW Amateur \u2013 Men\u2019s (Matchplay)<\/a>
2026 NSW Amateur \u2013 Women\u2019s (Matchplay)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mollymook\u2019s Jye Halls and South Australian Amelia Whinney have claimed the men\u2019s and women\u2019s stroke play titles, respectively,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-443201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}