Camden Golf Club’s Noah Graham and The Australian’s Camilla Kim have emerged victorious at the 2025 Macarthur Junior Masters, navigating tough winter conditions and strong competition to book their spots in the prestigious Bonville Champions Trophy later this year.
Graham, playing on home soil, fired rounds of 67 at Campbelltown and 71 at Camden to finish at three-under par, clinching the boys’ title by a single stroke ahead of Concord’s Ti Fox.
“It feels good, even more special that it was my home event,” Graham said.
“I’m a local from Camden. And it was my last Macarthur Junior Masters as well.”
He credited his familiarity with the course and mental resilience for the win.
“It definitely helped me yesterday with a bit of local knowledge, missing in the right spots—especially with the wind. It was tough out there yesterday,” he said.
“The past couple of days, my putting definitely saved me. I made a lot of the six to ten footers to keep momentum going, and also my attitude. I tried to stay positive and just keep myself in it. I knew it wouldn’t be a low-scoring day so I tried to steady myself with a few pars and hopefully give myself a chance.”
Heading down the final hole, Graham kept his focus.
“Coming down the last I was just trying to play my own game and not worry about what others were doing,” he said. “Just tried to simplify it and not do anything erratic.”
The win also earns him a maiden trip to Bonville.
“It’ll be exciting, I’ve never been there so it’ll be a special event and a good fun week.”
In the girls’ division, Kim held off a late charge from Castle Hill’s Jordyn Deen, whose second-round 74 wasn’t quite enough to overtake the lead. Kim recorded back-to-back rounds of 74 to finish at +3, two clear of Deen.
“Obviously feels awesome to win, and to get that ticket to Bonville feels amazing,” Kim said.
“I feel obviously really good and feel good to be done with all this cold weather these last two days, but obviously feels really nice to win,” she laughed.
It wasn’t all smooth sailing for Kim, who had a shaky start in the final round.
“First day I was over it and I was trying to forget that today,” she said. “Bit of a rough start on the first nine but clutched up on the back nine, so I’m really happy with that.”
“Shots were working really nice, my iron game was pretty good, and I made some solid putts so I’m happy with that.”
Age Division Winners Crowned
Cowra’s David Kang triumphed in the Boys 13 & Under division, finishing at +11, one ahead of Lachlan Symons (Emerald Lakes) on +12.
In the Boys 14 & 15 Years, Blake Cranston of The Australian secured the title with a +3 total, while Everglades’ Shaylan Bennett and Queanbeyan’s Sebastian French shared second at +6.
Bayview’s Mackenzie Tiscareno took out the Girls 13 & Under title with a +10, just edging Monash’s Sophie Tong (+11).
Chloe Zhang of The Lakes claimed the Girls 16 Years and Over crown, finishing at +9, with Avondale’s Kiara Connolly-Jackson just one stroke behind on +10.
