Richard Green

Overnight leader David McKenzie together with the left-handed duo of Greg Chalmers and Green all finished at 17-under and headed down the 18th again to decide the winner in a sudden death playoff.

Chalmers found the trees on the right, but produced a brilliant recovery to land on the green. McKenzie's second fell short of the target and they were both outdone by Green.

From the fairway he rifled his approach next to the pin and calmly holed the putt for his first important win on the Australasian tour.

Earlier, Bradley Hughes had reached the 18th with a one stroke lead over the field at 18-under, but hit a wild tee shot right and was forced to take a penalty drop from an unplayable lie.

Playing his third, the shot left Hughes a difficult chip to the green and he put it 12 feet short of the pin. Needing to sink the putt to join the playoff, his putt slipped by the hole and so did his chances of a third jacket.

His double-bogey left him in a tie for 4th at 16-under with the Queensland pair of Brad Kennedy (69) and Steven Bowditch who finished with a strong 68.

Defending champion Robert Allenby was not able to repeat last year's effort with a scorecard that was littered with bogeys. A final day 76, including a back nine of 39, saw him drop right out of contention at 10-under.

The leading amateur title came down to the wire with young Queenslander and World Junior champion Jason Day holding on despite a double-bogey six on the 18th.

He beat Australian Amateur champion Andrew Martin by one stroke after Martin missed a 10-foot put for par on the 18th to tie Day.

THE TOP 20 SCORES

-17 Richard Green* 69 67 68 67; Greg Chalmers 66 71 69 65 271;David McKenzie 67 68 64 72 271

-16 Steven Bowditch 68 69 67 68; Brad Kennedy 67 70 66 69; Bradley Hughes 64 66 71 71

-15 Corey Pavin 68 70 68 67

-13 Peeter Senior 70 67 68 70; Nick O'Hern 70 68 67 70; Peter Lonard 68 67 68 72

-12 Geoff Ogilvy 69 67 73 67; Shane Tait 71 70 68 67; Gary Simpson 72 66 70 68

-11 Peter Fowler 69 70 71 67; Jones, Craig 68 69 72 68; John Senden 72 70 67 68; Stuart Appleby 69 69 70 69: Chris Downes 71 69 68 69; Marcus Cain, 72 67 68 70; Michael Long 69 68 68 72..