Nonetheless, Vines stated his 28 (7 under par) was the best nine holes of his career and his round of 62 put him one behind leader Mark Tapper.
[3] In the final round Vines drove the ball extremely erratically but hit a number of extraordinary approaches from the rough or behind trees and even the wrong fairway.
Burgess, playing behind Norman, was in danger of losing the lead at the same hole after hitting his approach down a bank.
[6] Defending champion Randall Vines had the best final round of the tournament and finished in a tie for fourth.
Subsequently, the tournament then was considering cancellation, as only 34 players had committed by February 20, about two weeks before the event was to begin.
[9] Canberra's Peter Kohlsdorf won the pro-am, held on 3 March, by one shot.
[10] Ian Norrie won the event proper with two rounds of 65, finishing four strokes ahead of Kohlsdorf.