Townsend leads Open qualifiers
Australian Aaron Townsend shot a pair of 2-under 70s to win the Australasian qualifying tournament for this year's Open Championship by three strokes.
Australians Ashley Hall (71) and Nicholas Cullen (73) took the other two qualifying spots after beating Champions Tour regular Peter Senior (71) in a playoff.
The three golfers had finished in a share of second place at 1-under 143 after two rounds of regulation.
The Open will be held from July 19-22 at Royal Lytham & St. Anne's in northern England.
The next international qualifying tournament will be January 18-19 at Royal Johannesburg & Kensington in South Africa.
LEADING FINAL-ROUND SCORES (x-qualified)
140 - x-Aaron Townsend, Australia 70-70
143 - x-Ashley Hall, Australia 72-71, x-Nicholas Cullen, Australia 70-73, Peter Senior, Australia 72-71
144 - Anthony Brown, Australia 71-73
Others
145 - Peter Lonard, Australia 73-72
153 - Jeong Jin, South Korea 73-80, Craig Parry, Australia 74-79