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Hyland Cup – Final

May 20, 2018Comments Off on Hyland Cup – FinalLatest News

Congratulations to Tom Sorrell on becoming the 2018 Hyland Cup winner.   Tom won the final against Brendan Simon on the 17th hole  when he holed a 15 metre birdie putt.

Tom got off to a flying start to be 3 up after 5 holes but Brendan fought back to be just 1 down at the turn.   Tom’s consistency was proving a key factor and wins on the 12th and 13th had him back to a 3 hole lead with 5 to play.   Brendan again turned the tables to grab  a couple of hard fought halves and then a win on 16 to be only 2 down.   Tom stepped up with a  birdie the 17th to clinch the match.  In a very thorough matchplay performance Tom was threatening on every hole and putting a lot of pressure on his opponent to stay in the match.

Thanks to everyone who participated this year.  We had a very successful event with a lot of hard fought matches played in the right spirit.

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Brendan (left) congratulating Tom

Thank a Superintendent Week

May 17, 2018Comments Off on Thank a Superintendent WeekLatest News

This week is recognised by Golf Australia as Thank a Superintendent Week.  It’s a time to recognise the great work done by the staff who keep our Golf Course’s in pristine conditions.

Our Superintendent is Dylan McMeekin who joined Leongatha Golf Club in 1999 as an apprentice to Greenkeeper Steven Earl. Steve & Dylan were the team who carried the Santa Anna fairway project through to completion during the 2004-2006 period.  After Steve retired, Dylan became Superintendent and has re-introduced the annual coring of the greens, undertaken rebuilding of  many of the Course Tee’s including 2nd, 3rd, 5th,8th, 11th & 13th, implemented a de-thatching program to improve fairway health, oversaw the bunker improvement program, managed the implementation of the recent irrigation upgrade program, and continues  to implement recommendations in accordance with David Elvin’s strategic review of the Course.

During recent years Dylan has been ably assisted by Denis McDonald who joined the Greens staff full time in 2009.  Dylan & Denis have been the central team that has maintained, prepared  and managed the health of the Course in recent years and whilst assisted by some excellent colleagues and many volunteers, they have remained true to, and focussed on the Leongatha Golf Club.  Our beloved Vern Morcom designed Course is currently rated in the top 100 public access golf courses in  Australia at number 65, and Dylan & Denis deserve credit for that.

 Well done to both of you, and thank you.

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President Peter Waters with Superintendent Dylan McMeekin & Denis McDonald

 

Thursday 17 May 2018- Stableford.

May 17, 2018Comments Off on Thursday 17 May 2018- Stableford.Latest News

The Course remains in great shape but the players were suffering the winter blues  in today’s drizzly conditions.  Best score of the Day was won on countback by C Grade winner, Paul Luck with 36 points over B Grade winner Andy Bassett also 36 points, and Jon Smith taking out A Grade with 35 points.

 

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Wednesday 16th May 2018 – Rd 3 Championships Stroke

May 16, 2018Comments Off on Wednesday 16th May 2018 – Rd 3 Championships StrokeLatest News

Today’s event was very generously sponsored by Shirley Welsford.  There was a total of 38 players.  The winners were A Grade – Maxine Eabry 95-21-74, B Grade – Anne Gibson 104-26-78 c/b and C Grade – Lesley Renwick 113-37-76.

Congratulations to the following winners of the Club Championship events.  Club Champion – Rebecca Thomas, B Grade – Melina Willder, C Grade – Melinda Martin, Senior Champion – Dot Stubbs, Senior Nett – Maxine Eabry and D M Stubbs Trophy – Rebecca Thomas.

There were 10 players in the 9 hole comp and the winner was Marie Sands with 18 points.

Please click here for 18 hole results

Please click here for 9 hole results

Tuesday 15th May 2018- Stableford

May 15, 2018Comments Off on Tuesday 15th May 2018- StablefordLatest News

On a cold and wet day half the field soldiered on to finish the event with Andrew Smith finishing with a very good 39 points to take Best score of the day and B Grade, Leroy Sharrock winning A Grade with 37 points and Brad O’Brien taking out C Grade with 36 points.

 

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Final of the A.E.Edney 4BBB Par

May 10, 2018Comments Off on Final of the A.E.Edney 4BBB ParLatest News

The final series of the A.E Edney 4BBB Par event has been completed for 2018.

The semi finals were played out with the first match between father & son combination of Alan & Martin Edney against Ross McRobert & Bill Howson with the Edney Team winning 2/1.

The second semi was the match between Wayne Keen & John McLennan against Barry Attwood & Russell Williams  with the latter  pairing also winning 2/1.

The final match was a show down between the sponsor, Alan Edney & son Martin Edney against Barry Attwood & Russell Williams.  The match played in good conditions with Barry and Russell opening up a handy lead being 4 up before Alan & Martin fought back before going down 2/1.

Once again an excellent event and many thanks to Alan Edney for sponsoring the event.  Congratulations to all who played in the event and especially to the winners Barry Attwood & Russell Williams

Inverloch Publican’s Day- Open Ambrose Thursday 10th May 2018

May 10, 2018Comments Off on Inverloch Publican’s Day- Open Ambrose Thursday 10th May 2018Latest News

On a cold day for golf the weather held long enough for the Open with the winning team of Bruce Cathie, Alan Sperling, Leroy Sharrock & Rodney Hopcraft scoring a fine 57.625 to take out the event over the team of Michael Street, Geoffrey Maher, Brad O’Brien and Joe Lowell on 58.625.

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Inverloch Public Day’s Open Ambrose Winners: Leroy Sharrock, Bruce Cathie, Rod Hopcraft & Alan Sperling.

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Tuesday – May 8 – Stableford

May 8, 2018Comments Off on Tuesday – May 8 – StablefordLatest News

Congratulations to Brad O’Brien on winning today’s stableford event with 38 points, pipping Ian Barlow on a countback.  Brad is looking good to win a few more events before the handicapper catches up with him.

Ian did, however, win B grade so he was all smiles as he left the clubhouse.

Norm Hughes won A grade with a solid 37 points and got the Wombats off to a flying start in the Super League final against the in-form Platypuses.

Click here to see who picked up a DTL ball who won NTP.

SGG Men’s Pennant Finals Sunday 6th May 2018

May 6, 2018Comments Off on SGG Men’s Pennant Finals Sunday 6th May 2018Latest News

On a perfect day for golf, Foster Golf Club hosted the finals for the Div. 1, 4 & 5 finals.  The Course was in great nick and Foster were great hosts for the event. Leongatha Golf Club  had teams in each of those finals with our Div. 1 team playing Wonthaggi, Div. 4 playing Phillip Island and Div 5 playing Welshpool.

Div. 1  won their contest 4/3 with Captain Tom Sorrell winning with a solid 4/3 3 under for the day, Michael O’Keefe in dazzling form winning 5/4 with two eagles, Michael McGrath in nice touch winning 6/5 over the Wonthaggi Captain, and Leory Sharrock bringing home the Shield with a  5/4 win. Russel Williams & Matt Bowey both got pipped on the 19th and Chis Leaver in a hard battle losing 4/3 to his opponent who was red hot with the putter. A great win to the boys in Div. 1 considering they lost their first two rounds and languished on the bottom of the ladder.

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Div. 1 Leroy Sharrock, Matt Bowey, Tom Sorrell (Capt.), Michael McGrath, Michael O’Keefe, Russell Williams & Chris Leaver (Jon Cowling & Anthony Sparkes absent)

Div. 4 took out their title over Phillip Island 6/1 in what appears to be a convincing win, but the scores show how tight the contests were.  With Rod Mackenzie winning 1 up,  John Wheatley winning on the 19th, Nathan Wardle winning on the 20th and Captain Chris Indian winning on the 21st shows the contests were a tight battle.  Brendan Simon won 3/2 and Grant McRitchie was solid with a 7/6 win to complete the contests.  Tom Williamson lost on the 18th in what was another exceptionally close match.

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Div 4. Bruce Hutton, Grant McRitchie, Brendon Simon, John Wheatley, Chris Indian (Capt.) Rod Mackenzie, Tom Williamson & Nathan Wardle. (Colin Bear Absent)

To make it a clean sweep for Leongatha Golf Club, Div. 5 defeated Welshpool 5/2 with Craig Hams solid with a 7/6 win, Alex Hill winning 5/4, Denis Wallace winning 4/3 , Andy Horvarth winning 3/2 and Tim McCarthy winning 2/1 to secure the shield with Garry Rotteveel & Captain John McLennan missing out on a win this week.

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Garry Rotteveel, Andy Horvarth, Alex Hill, John McLennan (Capt.) Denis Wallace, Tim McCarthy & Craig Hams. (Bryan McCorkell absent)

Many thanks to players who contributed to the Divisions getting into the finals, in  particular Bruce Hutton, Colin Bear and Bryan McCorkell who qualified for the finals. Also thanks go the peter Waters and George Misson for acting as starters when Leongatha GC had to host the three rounds of Pennant, and to Colin Bear for coordinating Men’s Pennant for 2018.

Michael McGrath was named Pennant Player of the Season for seven wins in Division 1 from seven games.  Clearly the best player in the District Pennant this year.  Andy Horvarth(Div. 5)  was a close runner up as having won his 6 matches from 6 contests.  Alex Hill, Chris Indian, Brendan Simon, Tom Sorrell, John Wheatley and Craig Hams, Michael O’Keefe and Rod Mackenzie rounded out the top 10.

Well done to all involved in the Men’s Pennant this Year and I hope it inspires others to give pennant a go in 2019.

 

Andy Bassett

Men’s Captain.

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