Together with his first day 71, a round in which he lost two balls, his total of 141 was three shots clear of joint second placed John Bae (Christchurch 69 75) and Shaun Richards (Wellington 69 75).

Shaw birdied the par five second hole, but back to back bogeys on 3 and 4 had him out in one over par 38. However he made four birdies on the back nine, 11 and 12, 17 and 18, with a bogey on 16 to be back in 32. The very strong south-easterly made the back nine extremely tough for the majority of the field, but no-one told Shaw!

David Klein (Te Anau 70 75) was alone in fourth place, Leighton James (Hastings 71 75) and Douglas Millington (Paeroa 69 77) were tied fifth, with Aaron Forsyth (Christchurch 70 78) seventh.

There was a three-way tie for eighth position, Ben Guilford (Rotorua 73 76), Jason McIntosh (Taupo 70 79) and Ilsuk Jung (North Harbour 73 76), but with both Shaw and Mcintosh already being professionals and playing to retain their cards this meant that all of those named above now have the opportunity to take up membership of the PGA of New Zealand.

Shaw Wins Q-School, Retains Card 15 Jan 2010 Blair Shaw Blair Shaw from Cape Kidnappers scored a superb two under par round of 70 in very strong winds to be the medallist at the PGA Qualifying School at Taupo today.

Blair Shaw