The third and final round of the Mark Edwards Thursday Championship was played today at Leongatha in near perfect golfing conditions. This stableford event which has been played over last 3 Thursdays, is a best 2 rounds of 3 competition.

With the leader after 2 rounds, Dylan Clark unable to play today due to work commitments, the event was wide open. Trevor Steer, just 1 behind Dylan after 2 rounds needed only to better his second round 33 points, while Peter Waters needed 33 points to draw level with him. Several others, including Kevin Scott, Jim Arnott, Mike Street and Rod Brown were also in contention.

As it eventuated, relatively few players bettered their 2 round scores. However, Peter Waters did score the 33 points he required to equal Dylan Clark’s best 2 round total of 71. With Peter having the better 2^nd card that counted towards his best 2 round total, he won the event on count back from the unlucky Dylan.

The leader board at the completion of the event was:

68 Players

Winners

• A Grade (0-13)   Ken Wardle (11) 37 pts
• B Grade (14-20)  Denis McDonald (17) 40 pts
• C Grade (21-36)  Brett Windsor (26) 38 pts

Super Comp winner: Brett Windsor

NTP’s

• 4^th:  Dan  Poynton 6.8m
• 7^th:  John Feddersen 2.7m
• 14^th:  Marty Shaw 4.3m
• 16th :  L. Afford (Visitor) 1.1m

DTL Balls

• Jason Dennerley 36
• Nick Lafferty 36
• Dan Poynton 36
• Darryl Matthews 35
• Jon Smith 35
• John Payne 34
• Ian  Watson  34
• Rob Martin 34
• Phillipe du Plessis 34
• Peter Stivic 34
• Marty Shaw 33
• Rod Mackenzie 33
• Will Norden 33
• Ian Murchie 33
• Barry Stevens 32
• Ben Charlton 32

In ideal conditions for golf, after a closely-fought match it was David Forbes (14) who emerged victorious over Doug Clemann (12) in the final of the 2015 Hyland Cup which was played today.

Doug worked his way to 2 up at one stage of teh match, but David fought back and won the match on the 18th hole. Congratulations to David on his first win in this event, and commiserations to Doug who has won the event several times before. The match was played in great spirit and with good sportsmanship and was a reflection of the character of both players.

The leaderboard after round 2 of the Championship (played today, Thursday 24 th September) is as follows:

With next Thursday’s round still to be played, the Championship is wide open with many players in with a chance of winning!