2024 Lexus of Blackburn Golf Invitational - Royal Melbourne - 4th March

The Lexus of Blackburn Golf Invitational was held at the number one course in the country, Royal Melbourne. The course was in fantastic condition and the weather also played its part, meaning the guests would be in for a great day. Special thanks to Eddie Maguire, Sarah Jones & Mark Allen the Lexus of Blackburn Ambassadors who entertained us over lunch and in Mark's case, gave three owners a great day on the course.

In the end, one team took out the win by just over two shots. The third placed team of Juxiang Pan, Wenjun Zhou, Aaron Zhao & Anselm Chang had a great start and were four under par after six holes. Unfortunately, they could only manage another two birdies for the rest of the round and would have to settle for third with nett 56.87. Just 0.12 shots ahead with nett 56.75 were the runner up team of Giho Kim, Manh Hung Ho, Benjamin Ng & Phuong Nguyen. They started with four pars before something clicked and they had five straight birdies to rocket up the leader board. However, their round slowed again and they would play their last nine holes in one over par. The winners had the lowest score of the day, a fantastic 65 and had a great start with a par, eagle and birdie in their first three holes. Reality would strike on the next hole with a bogey, but four more birdies and another eagle later in the round would mean they took out the win with an impressive net 54.62. Congratulations Mark Allen (+2), Matt Hyatt (17), Wilma Smale (32) & Karen Ding (36). For the full results from the day, please click on the button below - 'Download All Results'.

The on course charity event, post golf raffle and auction raised in excess of $15,000 for the Otis Foundation - thanks to all who contributed! Flightscope was on the 15th hole - for a collection of swings, please see the video below:

Fourteen guests also took part in the beginner golf lessons - congratulations to the following winners:

Putting Winner - Louise Cass

Putting Runner Up - Tommy Teoh

Chipping Winner - Christopher Meldrum

Chipping Runner Up - Yasuko Gould

A brief video of the day was also put together and can be seen below, together with the photos taken further down the page:

The opportunity to go to the Lexus Melbourne Cup and was drawn at the end of the day and Brett Philipp was the lucky winner. Brett will play golf at Royal Melbourne and the following day attend LANDMARK by Lexus for the running of the Lexus Melbourne Cup.

The Lexus owners tours is back on after a number of years that were Covid affected. We are looking at a NZ tour later this year and in 2025 will be hosting a group to the US Masters in April as well as Portugal in June. Please click on the link below for more information about the Masters or simply sign up to the mailing list to be made aware of future tours.