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Congratulations Peter Lonard! Peter won his third Australian PGA Championship today after shooting a sensational final round 65 to finish on 20 under, 3 shots ahead of his nearest rival, kiki David Smail. It's great to see Peter Lonard back in the winners circle. I'm a huge fan of Peter's, I hope to see him take this form onto the Australian Open next week at the Australian Golf Club in Sydney, and then onto the pga tour next year.

I'm pleased to see Adam Scott in the lead back here at home. Adam is still yet to win on home soil, so it's good to see him playing well. Especially considering he claims he hasn't been feeling well. Adam has a one shot lead over my favourite Peter Lonard and Rory Sabbatini. Looks set for a good weekend of golf.

Leaderboard
-10 Adam Scott
-9 Peter Lonard
-9 Rory Sabbatini
-8 Cameron Percy
-8 Scott Laycock
-8 David Smail

There was some great scoring on the first day of the 2007 Australian PGA Championship at Coolum lead by Aussie Michael Sim at -7. It's good to see a lot of big names have made a good start including Peter Lonard, Adam Scott and Rory Sabbatini.

Leaderboard
-7 Michael Sim
-6 Craig Parry
-6 Richard Green
-6 J.B. Holmes
-6 Peter Lonard
-5 David Smail
-5 Adam Scott

The 2007 Australian PGA Championship tees off today in my old stomping ground, Coolum. It's the first time this summer we will see Australia's top ranked golfer, Adam Scott. Also teeing up are defending champion Nick O'hern and last years runner up and two time winner Peter Lonard. The big name international guess this year is the South African and world number eleven, Rory Sabbatini.

When
Date: Thursday 13th December 2007
Time: 7.00pm

Where
Hitwise Melbourne
Level 6, 580 St Kilda Rd
Melbourne

With things starting to wind down for holidays, we're holding a social event this December. Ben Balbo & Ben Cornwell will be presenting a recap of highlights from the 2007 Open Source Developers' Conference, Ben Balbo will be presenting a lightning talk, we'll be screening Antitrust (a film by Peter Howitt) with a generous supply of popcorn & coke, then heading to the pub to toast the end of another busy year.


OSDC Recap + Patents Rock! - A Lightning Talk (tm) by Ben Balbo - 7:00 - 7:15 pm

Come along to hear the highlights from OSDC 2007, and why Ben Balbo likes patents - in 5 minutes or less!


Antitrust - A film by PeterHowitt - 7:15 - 9:00 pm

This movie is the fictional story of computer programming genius Milo Hoffman after graduating from Stanford and getting out into the competitive world of computer software. In his contemplation of where to begin his career, he is contacted by Gary Winston whose character is loosely based on Bill Gates. Winston is the CEO of a company called NURV, and they are on the brink of completing the global communication's system, Synapse. They need Hoffman to help them meet their launch date, so after much thought and with the full support of his girlfriend Alice, he accepts the job. Tragedy soon after strikes and Milo becomes suspicious of the company he has been wrapped up in. He learns that trusting anyone could be a mistake, and that nothing is as it seems. [www.imdb.com]


Socialising & Networking - 9:00 pm onward

Pizza, softdrink, tea, coffee and comfy swivel chairs will be provided with compliments of our major sponsor, Hitwise.