Good Friday Stableford 14th April 2017
A drizzly start gave way to a brilliant afternoon for the 22 golfers who played Stableford today. Mark O’Dwyer took the honours with 40 points on countback from the unlucky Matt Bowey.
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Thursday Stableford 13 April 2017
On a very enjoyable day for golf the Best Round of the Day was played by Gerard Mooney with 43 points. The sharp shooter of the day was Tony Gedye taking both nearest the pins.
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Update on Tuesday Championships
With two rounds completed of the Men’s Tuesday Plate, and 88 players having played across the last two Tuesday’s, things are hotting up with Geoff McDonald clinging onto a one stroke lead with a Best Two Round total of 69 points.
Following closely behind is Terry Grace with 68 points and then a gaggle of other players within striking distance.
With the format being Best two Rounds of Three, this event always goes down to the wire on the last round, which is next Tuesday 16th April. There are at least 64 players who could slip past Geoff’s current score should any one of them shoot the best score of the two rounds so far, which has been a very handy 39 points.
With 45 players having put in only one score in the first two rounds, I am expecting it will be a full field next Tuesday to have a go at the title. 26 degree’s and sunny I hear, what a day for golf.
Beware the sleepers!
The top ten scores so far are:
| Surname | FirstName | Score | Score | Score |
| McDONALD | GEOFFREY | 33 | 36 | 69 |
| GRACE | TERRY | 36 | 32 | 68 |
| McRITCHIE | GRANT | 34 | 33 | 67 |
| VORWERG | DAVID | 32 | 35 | 67 |
| HUTTON | BRUCE | 31 | 34 | 65 |
| HORMAN | PETER | 29 | 35 | 64 |
| WALLACE | DENIS | 33 | 31 | 64 |
| CLEMANN | DOUG | 34 | 29 | 63 |
| SMITH | JON R | 33 | 30 | 63 |
| WALSH | PETER | 34 | 29 | 63 |
Wednesday 12th April 2017 – Stableford
Today’s event was sponsored by Loris Clark and Sue Bowler. We had a total of 37 players in the 18 hole event and 10 players in the 9 hole event. The winners were A Grade – Toni West 39 pts, B Grade – Sue Bowler 39 pts and C Grade – Lianne Adamson 29 pts on c/b. The winner of the 9 hole event was once again Marion Chalmers with 21 pts on c/b.
Women’s Pennant Monday 10th April
The last round of pennant was played today, with no joy for the Section 1 team who went down 4/1 to Meeniyan, the winners of this section. Colleen Touzel was our only winner on the day. Unfortunately our No 1 team is now relegated to section 2, we will have two teams in this section next year. Congratulations to Meeniyan Golf Club who have won this section for the second successive year, a very good effort.
Section 2 did not play in this round and finished second on the ladder. Korumburra won this section and they will now move up to section 1. Well done Korumburra.
Section 3 had little joy on the last day, winning only two games against the section winners Welshpool. Coral Gray and Louise Schache were our winners. Leongatha 3 now goes down to section 4. Congratulations go to Welshpool, a good effort for a small club.
Section 4 provided the highlight of the YEAR by coming from behind to win their section by one game. Starting the day 4 points and 2 1/2 games behind Woorayl a win was mathematically possible but not probable. However when our girls defeated Meeniyan 3 1/2 – 1 1/2 Korumburra helped us out by defeating Woorayl 5/0 to allow us to draw level on points and go to 17 matches won, one ahead of Woorayl. This means section 4 winners will go up to section 3, so in reality Leongatha will still have one team in section 3 and one team in section 4.
The winners yesterday were Loris Clark, Sue Woods, Lianne Adamson, Sue Bowler squared her match and Marg Griffiths just lost a close match. Others players to play for the victorious team over the season have been Louise Schache, Lynda Bassett, Jan Brownlie, Karen Orford and Libby Seebeck.
Congratulations to all for bringing home a flag to our club.
Men’s Pennant Round 3
Divisions 3 & 4 were due to play at Leongatha GC on Sunday 9th but all matches were postponed to be replayed on the 23rd April (as I understand at this time).
As Men’s Captain, I was Starter on the day and ultimately responsible for the decision to postpone the LGC matches, and as we know the day turned out to be quite a nice day for golf, nevertheless I stand by my decision and support Denis Stanes, the SGDGA Secretary, for his decision to postpone the whole round. From what I have heard the other host Clubs were reporting very similar conditions.
Denis told me that he was getting a bit of stick over the postponement so to placate some of those disgruntled golfers, should they read our website, I offer the the following as way of explanation of Sunday’s decision.
Hindsight is wonderful but it rarely melds well with caution, which I prefer to err on the side of.
I examined the Course before the start of play. Despite constant rain and squalls overnight and leading up to the start, the Course was in good nick with some bunkers carrying water and inundations on the usual lower lying greens, but very playable especially as the rain was clearing and a good breeze was blowing.
My biggest concern was the amount of lightning I had encountered in the vicinity of the Course that morning. Whilst there was a lifting of the rain and breaks before the next rain band according to the radar we were watching, the Bureau of Meteorology forecast was for continuing thunderstorms and lightning for the rest of the morning and later in the day.
Whilst you can keep a weather eye open for rain and storms, lightning can strike when the conditions suit and it’s too late after the event if someone was struck, to call play off and to postpone the rest of the match.
If I want to know if the Course is ready to play, I rely on the professionals, our Green Keeper Dylan for the Course and the BoM for the weather. The lightning risk was real and present and underpinned the decision.
See you on the 23rd.
Andy Bassett.
S.G.W.G.Assoc. Bowl held at Leongatha 7th April 2017
In perfect conditions, both course and weather, 60 women from all 9 clubs in the South Gippsland District took part in the annual Bowl. With the aggregate stableford points from each team of 3 players, the winners with a score of 88 points was Leongatha 1, closely followed by Wonthaggi 1 87 pts, Wonthaggi 2 85 pts and Phillip Island 85 pts.
The winning Leongatha team was Maxine Eabry 26 pts, Trish Owen 33 pts and Marg Griffiths 29 pts. Well done team!
A Grade winner Anne Walker (Wonthaggi) 34 pts,
B Grade winner Trish Owen (Lga) 33 pts
C Grade winner Loris Clark (Lga) 32 pts
Thursday Par – 6th April 2017
Best score of the day today was a very good +4 by Hugh Goodman who is in top form.
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Round 1 Men’s Tuesday Championship – 4 April 2017.
On a very pleasant day for golf and the first round of the Tuesday Championship, the Best Round of the Day went to the Men’s Captain, Andy Bassett with a 39 points.
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Friday Night 9 Hole – Big Hole Competition.
With the end of daylight saving, Friday night Big Hole events have well and truly finished. Commencing in line with daylight savings, the Friday night 9 hole competition uses bigger diameter holes on the back nine greens at LGC.
Anyone can enter and handicaps are not necessary. It’s a case of come out amd play golf and enjoy yourself.
The competition begun over the Christmas holiday period and each player’s best four stableford rounds were taken into account for the overall winner.
This year the winner is Louise Schache with 81 points. Well done to Louise.
Wendy Brown and Colin Bear tied for second with 77 points just nudging out Rod Brown with 76 points.
Many thanks to all players and visitors who joined in the fun of a Friday night’s Big Hole comp.
Andy Bassett
Men’s Captain.
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