Jack has just won the 2010 State Junior Matchplay for 12-year-old and under boys at Camden Golf Club, after taking out the silver medal in the State Junior Medals at Bankstown Golf Club last week.

After coming second to his friend Tony Jung, of Liverpool, in the earlier medals event, Jack said: “I wished we both could have been in the final, but I versed him in a play-off for a final place”.

In the final against another state league team-mate Daniel Kolar, Jack admitted to some nerves on the 17th hole.

“I was feeling the pressure and I ‘domed it.’ I ‘lipped out’ my putt to lose the hole and went to the last hole, one-up with one to play,” Jack said.

“I played the last hole like a pro, winning the match two-up.”

The left-handed golfer has learned a lot about golfing etiquette from his teachers and when asked whether he would be pressing his proud parents Donna and Mick for a celebratory dinner as a reward, he wasn’t interested.

“I don’t really care about that. They took me down there and paid for it, so that’s good enough,” he said.

“I just wanted to thank Bill Mackay, Matt Allan and Peter Pearce of Coffs Harbour Golf Club for their help in getting me here and the hard work they do for us kids,” Jack said.

This weekend Jack will travel to Ballina for another junior golfing tournament and his next major challenge is the Subaru State Age Championships mid-year.