• Men’s Golf Report – Week ending 9th June 2019

  • The Midweek results

    Tuesday had a field of twenty-two players competing in a stroke event.
    The winner was Brad Grant (10) with a fine nett 71 from Taki Murakami (10) with a nett 72. Ball rundown went to nett 77 on a countback. Nearest the Pin on the third was Brad Grant, on the ninth was Nick Siperki and on the sixteenth was Brad Grant.

    On Wednesday 12 adventurous golfers went on a trip to Black Bull Golf Club

    Adam Holt in full flight on the seventh tee recently at Yarrawonga. Whilst a great day was had by all, it was even more pleasing for Geoff Brown, taking out the bus pool as well as the daily competition at the club with a great score of 42 stableford points. Well played Geoff.

    Thursday’s event saw the regular Stableford event being conducted with some great scores being returned, with sixty players in the competition and two in the Gold event. The winner of Division One was Dave Octigan (11) with a fine score of 39 points from Tony Pridham (9) with 37 points.
    The winner of Division Two was Kevin Jacobs (31) with 38 points from Kerry Hartwig (20) on a countback. Ball run down went 34 points on a countback. Nearest the pins were Peter Sargeant on the third, Steve Cooksey on the seventh, Don Clutterbuck on the ninth, Rod Sargent on the twelfth and Dave Wilson on the sixteenth. Nearest the pin second shot on the eighteenth was collected by Steve Chisholm. The closest to the second shot on the tenth was Tony Pridham.
    The Gold event was won by Geoff Lowry (28) with 40 points.
    There were two rabbits for the day, being Brad Grant and Tony Crawford.

    The Weekend results

    Saturday’s event was a par event with twenty-five hardy golfers out on the course. The winner was Ross Penny with a great plus 5 from Fred Rogers with plus 3. Ball rundown went to square on a countback.
    Nearest the pins were Chris Leaman on the third, Martin Lloyd on the ninth and Trevor Wright on the sixteenth. The best score on holes one thru six went to Rob Fankhauser, whilst on the par threes it went to Fred Rogers.

    Upcoming events:
    Saturday 15th June – Open Stroke
    Saturday 22nd June– Open Stableford
    Saturday 29th June – Open Par
    Friday 5th July – Ski Golf Challenge, sponsored by Mark Adams
    Saturday 6th July – Open Stroke, June Mens Monthly Medal

    By Phil Conway