"It's one of the biggest events held in the Northern Territory and they had a lot of Australia's best golfers contesting it," Harry said.

"That was against some of the best amateurs in the country, so it's nice to see how you're going, the result is comparing myself to where I should be at in a couple of years and I'm almost there.

"The biggest take away for me is being able to stand up to the open division."

He fired a 78 on day one, but was able to dial in to the course and 33-degree heat with a pair of 72 nett results in the subsequent rounds.

Indicating the strength of the competition, one player fired a course record, carding a 62-nett during the weekend.

"The last day I was playing quite well, I gave myself a lot of opportunities to have a good score, but I just didn't putt well, which is rare for me, that's usually one of my strengths," Harry said.

The 17-year-old is now looking forward to finishing out his junior career with two more tournaments before his 18^th birthday in July that will see him join the Open ranks.

Tournaments in Rockhampton and Byron Bay will signal a finish to Harry's junior career where he will switch focus to finishing the HSC.

Harry said he had been "playing pretty good in the lead up" following a win in the Bega Championship and a runner-up spot in the Tathra Championship over successive weekends.

He said the crucible of 144 holes over two weekends had forged his form on the way to the tournament, but stumbled early before consolidating later rounds.

"Leading up to Darwin I had been playing quite well and I think the reason why was playing two club championships down here - 72 holes a weekend over two weekends," Harry said.

Finishing the HSC will see the young golfer heading overseas with scholarship offers rolling in from American colleges for Harry to join their National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) teams.

Harry said it was a thrill to chase his chances in the US and was hoping to be accepted by a Division one school.