A good field of 80 golfers enjoyed what turned out to be a pretty tough windy day at Leongatha today, with the Best score of the Day being decided on countback and going to Greg Ellt on 36 points.

Sharing that score was Doug Clemann, who took out A Grade. A score of 36 points also gives Greg and Doug equal lead in the Thursday Championships which is decided upon by the best two, of three possible rounds.

Results:

Today Thursday the 14th September was supposed to be the first Round of the Thursday Championship however this stableford event was postponed due to the wet conditions of the Course which also prevented cart use.

What that means is another lost opportunity to improve on your best stableford score, to qualify for the BJS Insurance Top Gun Shootout in November.

Despite the recent wintery conditions there have been some big moves since my last update and they were from Tyler Marotti (39) closely followed by Denis Wallace (38).

The Top Qualifier’s at the moment are Chris Leaver and Tyler Marotti, both on 39 and the Men’s Captain is desperately hanging on to the 19th qualifying position with 32 points. So now’s as good as time as any to get in and knock off the Men’s Captain, all you need is a lazy 33 points.

See you on the Course and don’t forget to let me know when I’m out of the top 19. This weather doesn’t affect my play, I’m terrible all the time… but I have this saying which I repeat to myself  and share with you for next it’s raining ;

In any weather you will see us with a grin
Risking head and shin
If we’re behind then never mind
We’ll fight and fight and win

Many thanks again to BJS Insurance for their continuing support of this event.

Tuesday’s 4BBB saw a small field of 34 players start the round in reasonable conditions with the threat of rain.  Rain was expected and arrived early in the round although light, it was constant as there was no wind about.  By the start of the 2nd nine, the rain was more consistent and greens became water logged, and a large percentage of the field withdrew due to the conditions. However some groups continued on and finished their rounds, finding most greens playable although wet.

Best score of the day went to Wendy Anne Parker and Andy Bassett with a combined score of 58 points (although Wendy Anne had 33 of those points.) For full results click here:

What a great change to see the sun shining all day. With a drying course and near perfect conditions for golf, we all expected to play like champs and it was Wendy- Anne Parker who showed the men a thing or two and took out Best Score of the Day with 37 points. For full results click here:

As we near the beginning of Spring, the scores are rising and the Women are starting to bloom in the BJS Insurance Top Gun event.  Lianne Adamson is showing a lot of the Men what a good qualifying score looks like.

Still earlier in the qualifying period however, I urge all members to consider entering this Competition sooner rather than later, as a number of fabulous scores have gone to waste as the players had not signed up for the Top Gun before having that sweet round.

Current Top 19 qualifiers as of the 26th August 2017 are: