Although coming of a cold and wet week, the weather eased and the golf got hot. A good field of 76 turned out for the JP Malone Diggers Day Ambrose event. The winning team with a nett 55 was Arthur Nilsson, Michael Thomas, Mark Warby and John Renwick.
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86 players bid our friend and great club man, John King, farewell today. Our best wishes to John and our thanks to him for his contribution to the club.
Today’s winners with 45 points were Josh Hall and Michael Thomas. A stunning 30 of the stick on the back nine helped them beat Peter Hartigan and Trevor Moss on a countback.
John Dumont and Alan Kuhne took out 3rd prize with 44 points.
Tuesday the 18th of April was the final round of the Tuesday Championship. With the best two stableford scores of three rounds counting towards the final score.
After the second round the top 4 scores were:
| Surname | FirstName | Score | Score | Score | Played | |
| McDONALD | GEOFFREY | 33 | 36 | 69 | 2 | 1st |
| GRACE | TERRY | 36 | 32 | 68 | 2 | 2nd |
| McRITCHIE | GRANT | 34 | 33 | 67 | 2 | |
| VORWERG | DAVID | 32 | 35 | 67 | 2 |
But Today, the third Tuedsay, three players hit 39 points and the mix was bound to change.
Unfortunately for Geoff, he didn’t improve on his current scores and had a nervous wait to see if anyone bettered his score.
Best previous rounds were scored by Joe Lowell and Andy Bassett with 39 points, and both were in the box seat to come from behind on such a great day for golf.
Joe rounded off today with a 30 as his second best round leaving him short of Geoff’s mark, and I struggled today with 12 points on the front after starting on the 18th. I came home well and had scored 20 points on the back 8 holes leading onto the last being the 17th. After a strong drive on the final 17th hole I could see a ray of sunshine and that Championship title within reach after the tragedy on the front nine.
The hand of fate then reached out and slapped me as my second shot clipped those trees on the left of the 17th leaving me short of the green, I cruelled my chip and after putting above the hole, paid the penalty by having my final putt run past the hole for a wipe.
But I new 32 was enough to inch past Geoff’s old score. It was just a matter of waiting for all the cards to fall now.
The cards came in, Norm Hughes had a great 39 points but was only backed up by a 27 which left him short of the title. My playing partner Nathan Wardle crafted a lovely 39 also with a big back nine to take the $1.00, also only had a 29 to add to his score which left him short, and with only three cards to come in, I was looking good again with that nett total of 71.
The last card in was another great 39 from Denis Wallace, our Division 5 Pennant Captain and all round Mr Consistency. I checked his other two rounds and saw he had a 31, which I had covered, but his first round was a 33, giving Denis the title of Tuesday Champion for 2017 with a total of 72.
Congratulations again to Denis for a well earned come from behind title.
That’s the best part of this Championship, it’s never over till it’s over.
The other great feature of this event was to see Wendy Anne Parker finish strongly with a 35 finishing equal third. Let’s hope Wendy’s outcome encourages more Women to join in next year.
| Surname | FirstName | Score | Score | Score | Score | Played |
| WALLACE | DENIS | 33 | 31 | 39 | 72 | 3 |
| BASSETT | ANDY | 39 | 32 | 71 | 2 | |
| LOWELL | JOE | 23 | 39 | 30 | 69 | 3 |
| McDONALD | GEOFFREY | 33 | 36 | 33 | 69 | 3 |
| PARKER | Wendy Anne | 34 | 29 | 35 | 69 | 3 |
| CLEMANN | DOUG | 34 | 29 | 34 | 68 | 3 |
| GRACE | TERRY | 36 | 32 | 68 | 2 | |
| WARDLE | Nathan | 29 | 39 | 68 | 2 | |
| McRITCHIE | GRANT | 34 | 33 | 30 | 67 | 3 |
| SCHACHE | ALLAN | 31 | 36 | 67 | 2 | |
| VORWERG | DAVID | 32 | 35 | 67 | 2 |
Winner of the Tuesday Championship Denis Wallace with Runner Up Andy Bassett.
Andy Bassett
Men’s Captain.
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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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 |
77 players played in some tough windy conditions. Best score of the Day went to Jason Dennerley with a good score of 36 points on c/b. The B-Grade winner was Neale Gillin with 35 points. Allan Schache won C-Grade with a good score of 36.
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Best score of the day today was a very good +4 by Hugh Goodman who is in top form.
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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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Sunday 2nd April was a good day for LGC Pennant Teams with all three Divisions scoring wins.
Div 2 played Phillip Island at Meeniyan and won by 4 Matches to 3 with Chris Leaver and Russell Williams each winning 1 up , Tom Sorell 5/4 up and Michael O’Keefe 7/6 up. Tom Williamson lost a close one on the 17th ,Matt Bowey was beaten 3/2 and Leroy Sharrock lost his match 5/4.
Div 3 played at Wonthaggi against Woorayl and won 5 matches to 2. Grant McRitchie and Nathan Wardle both won their matches on the 18th hole, Brendan Simon won 2/1, Colin Bear won 5/3 up, and Peter Dowling won 7/6. Bruce Hutton went down 5/4 and Luke Drummond went down 8/7.
Div 5 played at Lang Lang against Welshpool and won 6 matches to 1. Denis Wallace and Keith Finney both won 1 up, Tim McCarty won 3/2 up, Alex and Nick Hill each won 4/3 up and John McLennan won 5/3 up. Michael Oliver went down 3/2 in a close tussle.
The Captains are happy they have full teams and the results reflect the closeness of the competitions.
Good golfing for round 4.
A vocal crowd of golf players and spouses watched the finals of this year’s summer putting competition. In a new format to the draw to reduce walkovers in the early rounds, the resultant finals were played as a round robin format between three players on either side of the draw.
In a change from last year, this years final was an all Men event with all the Women having been early casualties.
The Greenkeepers had prepared a very slick putting circuit with the green like glass and hole layout challenging from the very short puts to a long par 3 like hole. The layout had a touch of “Dennis” about it if I may say so, as it was a very testing track. A very good course for putters at this high level of competition nevertheless.
Results:
Group A
Barry Stevens played Hugh Goodman in a close encounter before Hugh finished the match on the 17th hole 2 up.
Barry then played Doug Clemann and missed a chance on the 18th to seal a win before Doug bounced back and won the 20th hole to win the match.
Doug then played Hugh Goodman, and by this stage had his eye in and finished the match 5/4. With two wins, Doug earnt his spot in the grand final.
Group B
Peter Waters continued on his 2016 winning form with a very tight win over Dave Vorwerg finishing the match 2 up. It was an ominous sign as Peter sank some very good long putts.
Pete then played Craig Hams and the 1st 9 holes was fairly even with Craig saving a very long missed 1st putt on the 9th to square that hole. Craig then hit his straps and sank everything in sight, finishing the match in great style winning 5/4 over Peter.
At one game each to Peter and Craig, it seemed they might be going towards a sudden death knock out game with all three players in the same match, if Dave Vorwerg could beat Craig Hams in what was possibly the last round robin match.
Dave and Craig battled well with each taking the lead at one stage but in the end, Craig had his putting stick on fire and eventually won 3 /2 up, putting Craig straight into the grand final playoff against Doug Clemann.
The putting final between Doug Clemann and Craig Hams was another tight match through the first 9 holes without either securing a match winning lead.
The putting was excellent with some great putts holed by both players, however Craig finished in top gear winning the contest on the 16th hole 3 up-2 to go.
A great win and well deserved.
2017 Putting Champ Craig Hams with runner up Doug Clemann.
Congratulations to everyone who competed.
Andy Bassett
Men’s Captain.
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