Perfect weather conditions greeted contestants in the 2015 Putting Competition Finals this evening. On a night where quarter finals, semi-finals, and the grand final were played, it was Trish Owen who powered her way to victory with an awesome display of putting. Trish proved too good for the fellas that stood between her and victory, firstly dispatching Norm Hughes in her quarter final, then John Payne in her semi final, before overcoming a gallant John Eabry in the final. At one stage during her semi-final match Trish knocked in 6 consecutive 1 putters!

In direct contrast to Trish, John had a much easier run to reach the “granny”, not even having to get his putter out of the bag! Unfortunately Julie Howard (injured) had to give John a walkover in the quarter final, and neither Barry Stevens (ill) nor Oscar Harry (on school camp) were able to front for the semi-final. So after winning his first round match only, John found himself fighting it out in the Grand Final!

Congratulations to Trish, she put on a stunning performance!

Results of the finals were as follows:

Quarter Finals:

• Trish Owen defeated Norm Hughes 3 & 2
• John Payne defeated Tom Sorrell 2 & 1
• John Eabry won by walkover

Semi Finals:

• Trish Owen defeated John Payne 5 & 4
• John Eabry won by walkover

Grand Final:

• Trish Owen defeated John Eabry on 18^th.

Thanks to Josh for running the event, it was a lot of fun. Next year we plan to run the competition on a single day – probably a Sunday – with all rounds and finals completed on the day. It promises to be a great fun day!

Thanks also to those (Pam, John, Lynda etc) who helped Ros in the kitchen, and to those who made the effort to come along and lend the contestants support.

The winning team from the recently-held Leongatha Holden Scramble Qualifying event acquitted themselves very well in the Regional Final of the Holden Scramble event held at Sandhurst Club today, but just missed out on the placings.

The team comprising Dan Poynton, Tom Sorrell, Davern Goss and Marcus Luscombe (Woorayl), along with our own Pro Josh Hall contested the event which brings together the winners from qualifying events held thoughout southern Victoria. Our team posted a very creditable 9 under par 63 off the stick on the par 72 Sandhurst course, for a nett team score of 56.4. The winning team from Amstel Golf Club posted a nett 54.0, and now progress to the Australian final to be played at Novotel Twin Waters Resort on the Sunshine Coast.

Well done boys, you were certainly not discraced. For example, their nett 56.4 put them 2 shots ahead of the highly fancied Kingston Heath team that I scored for.

48 Players

The early season hot weather was matched by some equally hot scoring.  Congratulations to Grant McRitchie for posting the best score of the day, an impressive +6.

Welcome to new member, Ian Baker, who played his first comp round with us today.

Winners

• A Grade (0-20)   Grant McRitchie (16) +6
• B Grade (21-36)  John McClennan (21) +3 (on count back from 1 other)

NTP’s

• 4^th:  Chris Leaver 5.1m
• 7^th:  Bruce Hutton 7.1m
• 14^th:  Ian Barlow 2.8m
• 16th :  Allan Schache 2.6m

DTL Balls

• Rod Brown  +5
• Bob Smith  +3
• Allan Edney +2
• Allan Schache +2
• Steve Fisher +1
• Joe Lowell +1
• Keith Finney -square
• Peter Walsh – square
• Bruce Hutton -square
• Will Norden -1
• Barry Stevens -1
• Peter Waters -1 on c/b from 2 others

58 Players

Winners

• A Grade (0-15)   Daryl Prior (9) 37 pts
• B Grade (16-22)  Barry Stevens (16) 40 pts
• C Grade (23-36)  Geoff Maher (23) 37 pts

Super Comp winner: Bec Thomas 40 pts (on c/b)

NTP’s

• 4^th:  Dave Forbes 4.4m
• 7^th:  D. Prior 2.7m
• 14^th:  Rod Brown 0.56m
• 16th :  Jon Smith 1.7m

DTL Balls

• Grant McRitchie 36
• Peter Buttinger 36
• Peter Brownlie 35
• Geoff McDonald 34
• Bruce Hutton 34
• Nick Lafferty 33
• Chris Leaver 33
• Glenn Marsham 33