Men’s Golf Report – Week ending May 28th

A big congratulations to Nick Siperki on winning this month’s medal.

 

A quick quote for this week-

“A golf ball can stop in the fairway, rough, woods, bunker or lake. With five equally likely options, very few balls choose the fairway” – Jim Bishop

 

Tuesday’s stroke event attracted a field of 29 players fronting the starter with visitors from Benalla, Alexandra and Yarrawonga.

The winner was evergreen Neil Walker (25) with a fantastic nett 64 from Oliver Pearson (2) with a nett 69. Ball rundown went to nett 73. Nearest the pin went to Colin Standfield on the 7^th, Frank DeVries on the 9^th and Nick Siperki on the 16^th. 2^nd shot on the 18^th went to Steve Cooksey. The Pro pin on the 3^rd went to Adrian Smith. The novelty events were birdies on par threes and they went to Oliver Pearson, Nick Siperki, Adrian Smith and David Smithwick. 2^nd shot on the 17^th went to Chris Leaman.

 

 

 

Thursday’s Stableford event attracted a field of 53 players fronting the starter. The Gold Event had five contestants.

The Division 1 winner was Alan Agar (16) with a great score of 43 points from Dave Octigan (13) with 40 points. The winner of Division 2 was again Dave “Skippa” Wilson (30) with a score of 40 points from John McCombe (24) with 38 points. Ball run down went to 34 points on a countback. Nearest the on the 7^th was David Smithwick, 9^th was Taki Murakami, 12^th was Alan Agar and the 16^th Don Clutterbuck. Geoff Morris collected the pro pin on the 3^rd, and the nearest the pin 2^nd shot on 18 was won by Dave Octigan.

The following events were awarded,

2^nd shot on the 10^th went to Alan Parrott whilst the 2^nd shot on the 17^th went John McCombe. The nett two’s were won by Steve McMahon, Geoff Payne, Rob Healy, Alan Agar, Gary Johnson and Geoff Morris

The rabbits this week are Brad Grant and Geoff Lowry.

The Gold Course winner was Graham Smith (29) with a score of 40 points from Les Wood (33) with 39 points.

 

Weekend Results

Saturday saw a field of 34 players contesting the May Monthly Medal.

The Division 1 and medal winner was Nick Siperki (14) with a good score of nett 69 from Oliver Pearson (2) with a nett 72. The winner of Division 2 was Heinz Gogol (22) with a nett 70 from Perrin Gooding (25) with a nett 75. Ball run down went to nett 77 on a countback. Nearest the on the 7^th was Steve O’Sullivan, 9^th was Peter Vallance, 12^th was Gary Barnes and the 16^th Domingo Diaz. Rod Sargent collected the pro pin on the 3^rd, and the nearest the pin 2^nd shot on 18 was won by Mark Jones.

The following novelty events were awarded,

2^nd shot on the 10^th went to Craig Walsh whilst the 2^nd shot on the 1st went Rod Sargent. The birdies were won by Kane Blunt, Josh Green, Oliver Pearson, Craig Walsh, Brad Grant and Rod Sargent.

The JD Perks scratch for this month went Oliver Pearson with a score of 74 gross.

 

A quick tip for this week:

To break 90, you need to do two things:

1) Realize that 89 is 17 bogeys and 1 par (on a par 72 course)

2) You WILL not three putt.

 

Upcoming events:-

Saturday 3rd June – Stableford event

Sunday 4^th June – NEDGA Championships at Bright

Saturday 10^th June – Stableford event

By Phil Conway