BOORT golf legend Andrew Kane took out a remarkable 12th Champion of Champions title at the Kara Kara Golf Association shield day last Sunday.
Kane won by two strokes from Wedderburn’s Byron Bird, with a one-over 72.
Craig Burn from St Arnaud finished third on 75.
Kane first won the Champion of Champions event in 2006, with further victories in 2007 and 2012.
Since 2016 he has won the title every year except for 2017, when he didn’t play after a shoulder reconstruction.
Kane said he didn’t enter the competition with great confidence, feeling that his form was a little off.
“I was playing well in May and June, then I lost my touch somehow.”
However, on Sunday he said he “got off to a reasonable start, then on the second nine found a groove.”
A couple of missed putts did not prove too costly.
Host club St Arnaud took out the scratch shield by the narrowest of margins over Wedderburn, 398 to 399.
However, Wedderburn got revenge in the nett event, winning by 10 shots from Sea Lake.
Only two Boort golfers entered the junior championship, with Flynn O’Rourke (92) finishing five shots ahead of schoolmate Luke Boyd.