Kingston Heath Golf Club the site of the World Final of the adidas Junior 6s Tour that Porter created to offer increased competition and playing opportunities for juniors while honouring his late father Norm who played a crucial role in his own success as a young player on his way to becoming a Tour pro.

The fields were greeted with cold Melbourne weather on the Sandbelt that didn’t deter crowds from gathering to witness some of our best young players up close as they chased tournament exemptions and more.

It was the player who has been feature on the circuit that eventually took the lion’s share of the spoils, New South Welshman Jeffrey Guan capturing the World Final and the season long Boys points race, while Victoria’s Amelia Harris claimed the Girls Super 6s match play final. 

Arriving just days before the event after claiming the Junior Players Championship, and already back on his way stateside to take part in the Junior Presidents Cup, Guan managed a 54-hole total of eight-under-par over two days in windy conditions where the temperature never pushed past 12° Celsius.

RIGHT: Jeffrey Guan continued his dominant form on Ewan Porter's Tour to take home an array of tournament exemptions. PHOTO: Supplied.

Guan’s strokeplay total was equalled on the girls side by Jeneath Wong. The Victorian who is set to join the Pepperdine University golf team shortly, almost capturing a course record in round two when she went around in seven-under-par, one shy of Aussie Tour pro Steph Kyriacou’s mark.

Wong wasn’t the only player to go low, with eventual Girls Points race winner Grace Lee firing a third round of six-under when she needed it to capture the season long title and the spoils.

Sitting in a share of eighth before the round, Lee needed to finish inside the top-five to secure the points victory and responded in dramatic style, while it was Harris who finished in second to Wong, and third overall. Her two-under setting up a match play showdown with fellow local Wong.

Just 14 years of age, Harris accounted for her opponent 3&2 in the Girls Super 6 final, while Guan was victorious by the same margin over Declan O’Donavan.

As the strokeplay winners, both Guan and Wong received an invitation to the Sandbelt Invitational in December, the brainchild of Geoff Ogilvy and Mike Clayton that debuted last year to great acclaim.

The extremely impressive Amelia Harris in action at Kingston Heath. PHOTO: Supplied.

Wong also receiving two starts on the Ladies European Tour events in 2023 and a Play Today NFT.

Guan also claimed a spot at the 2022 Gippsland Super 6 and a seven night stay at Hotel Melia Bali, with Harris receiving the same holiday and an invitation to the 2023 Australian Women’s Classic on the Ladies European Tour.

In addition to these prizes, Guan, who won five events of the 20 held over 2021/22 received a spot in the 2023 NSW Open, a 12 month adidas scholarship and a Play Today NFT, with Lee, a three-time winner earning exemptions into the 2023 NSW Women’s Open and a WPGA Tour event to be determined as well as a 12 month adidas scholarship.

Jeneath Wong launches a drive during the World Final. PHOTO: Supplied.

With the elongated 2021-2022 season finally in the books and the summer of golf about to begin where players from his Tour will be making regular appearances, Porter is already hard at work on the 2023 circuit schedule that will be announced in the coming weeks with more international expansion part of the calendar after the Tour visited New Zealand for the first time earlier this year.