The quartet of Joe Madeira, Jack Malthouse, Stanley Stone and Jordan Swan claimed top honours on countback after a gripping opening day at the Bermuda Golf Association Team Challenge at Port Royal Golf Course.
In breezy, testing conditions over the Southampton layout, the contest went right down to the wire as two sides posted matching totals of 86 Net Stableford points at the summit of the leaderboard.
Madeira, Malthouse, Stone and Swan edged out Sheldon Chychrun, Brian Desmond, Robert Vallis and Ivan Blinoff via the tiebreaker to seal first place on an ultra-competitive afternoon.
Just two points adrift in a joint share of third were two more teams tied on 84 points, with the lineup of Jesse Marshall, Alex Bates, Dario Flood and Ed Ferrari-Willis finishing alongside Craig Brown, Shaun Green, Matthew Durrant and Colin Brown.
Rounding out the top five was the team of Ryan Miller, Byron Rencken, Michele Gavin-Rizzuto and Rowan McLean, who carded a creditable 83 points.
BGA Team Challenge Leaderboard — Net Stableford
1 Joe Madeira, Jack Malthouse, Stanley Stone, Jordan Swan 86 (won on countback)
2 Sheldon Chychrun, Brian Desmond, Robert Vallis, Ivan Blinoff 86
3 Jesse Marshall, Alex Bates, Dario Flood, Ed Ferrari-Willis 84
4 Craig Brown, Shaun Green, Matthew Durrant, Colin Brown 84
5 Ryan Miller, Byron Rencken, Michele Gavin-Rizzuto, Rowan McLean 83
6 Richard Hinwood, Rory Worrall, Gareth Tavares, Johann Hunter 82
7 Lewis MacFarlane, Gary Burnet, Andrew MacFarlane, Roderick Forrest 81
8 Ross Orr, Luke Mercer, Robert Urquhart, Douglas Kerkmann 81
9 Bradford Laing, Sa-Qui Robinson, Arman Newton, Johnny Bart 80
10 Tracy Burgess, Katrin Burnie, Ann Symonds, Carine Brule 80
11 Daniel Lourens, Marnus de Lange, Will Haddrell, Wayne Montgomery 80
12 Robbie Bailey, John Bailey Sr, Ryan Good, Kris Abramowski 79
13 Patrick Graham, Gavin Davis, Brent Giannone, Richard Fulton 79
14 Antony Than, Matt Hagerty, John Park, Richard Marriot 79
15 Husayn Symonds, Shawn James, Aaron Bean, Allan Wilkinson 78
16 Fred Pye, Michael Veale, Chris Jouppi, Stuart Quinlan 78
17 Brian Gooding, Joanne Gooding, Tom Courteau, Jennifer Courteau 78
18 Darren Klein, Malcolm Gosling, Kenneth Walsh, Adam Petty 78
19 James Godwin, Paul Egan, James Caplice, Daniel Holland 78
20 Nathan Clarke, Filip Nygren, Peter Webb, Callum Smith 76
21 Gillian Campbell, Richard Neame, Michelle Quinlan, Paul Adams 72
22 Nicolas Plianthos, Mark Harris, Mike Sakata, Martin Merritt 69
23 Graham Redford, Philip Hagen, Iain Redford, Vivian Redford 66
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