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W.McCaughan 4BBB Results

April 30, 2017Comments Off on W.McCaughan 4BBB ResultsLatest News

The W McCaughan 4BBB Par and Scratch event has been run and won over Saturday 22nd and 29th of April.

With mother nature dishing out some wet and challenging conditions this last weekend, 71 off the stick by Jason Dennerley and Leroy Sharrock on the first round, would be hard to match.

Best scratch round on the second week was a 73 by Barry Attwood and Russell Williams but with a first round of 76 their combined two round total of 149 was well earned but the title shaky.

Finally, with all cards in, and with a very good score again of 74, the winners of the W McCaughan 4BBB Scratch event for 2017, are Jason Dennerley & Leroy Sharrock with a two round total of  145, over Barry Attwood & Russell Williams with 149, and Trevor Rickard & Steve Fisher on 160.

The leaders from the first week, of the W McCaughan 4BBB Par event with a best round score +10 were Chris Leaver & Peter Hartigan, however with a second round of +2, they knew they were in for a fight for the title.

Three groups finished the two rounds on +12, with the eventual winners identified by countback are John Dumont & Alan Kuhne, from Russell Williams & Barry Attwood ,and Peter Hartigan & Chris Leaver. One shot behind on +11 was the team of Jason Dennerley & Leroy Sharrock.

Well done to all those who competed in this event.

Andy Bassett                                                                                                                                       Men’s Captain.

 

 

John King 4BBB Stableford

April 20, 2017Comments Off on John King 4BBB StablefordLatest News

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.

Click here for a full list of prize winners.

Tuesday Championships- Final

April 19, 2017Comments Off on Tuesday Championships- FinalLatest News

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

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Winner of the Tuesday Championship Denis Wallace with Runner Up Andy Bassett.

 

Andy Bassett

Men’s Captain.

Update on Tuesday Championships

April 13, 2017Comments Off on Update on Tuesday ChampionshipsLatest News

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

Men’s Pennant Round 3

April 10, 2017Comments Off on Men’s Pennant Round 3Latest News

Divisions 3 & 4 were due to play at Leongatha GC on Sunday 9th but all matches were postponed to be replayed on the 23rd April (as I understand at this time).

As Men’s Captain, I was Starter on the day and ultimately responsible for the decision to postpone the LGC matches, and as we know the day turned out to be quite a nice day for golf, nevertheless I stand by my decision and support Denis Stanes, the SGDGA Secretary, for his decision to postpone the whole round. From what I have heard the other host Clubs were reporting very similar conditions.

Denis told me that he was getting a bit of stick over the postponement so to placate some of those disgruntled golfers, should they read our website, I offer the  the following as way of explanation of Sunday’s decision.

Hindsight is wonderful but it rarely melds well with caution, which I prefer to err on the side of.

I examined the Course before the start of play. Despite constant rain and squalls overnight and leading up to the start, the Course was in good nick with some bunkers carrying water and inundations on the usual lower lying greens, but very playable especially as the rain was clearing and a good breeze was blowing.

My biggest concern was the amount of lightning I had encountered  in the vicinity of the Course that morning.  Whilst there was a lifting of the rain and breaks before the next rain band according to the radar we were watching, the Bureau of Meteorology forecast was for continuing thunderstorms and lightning for the rest of  the morning and later in the day.

Whilst you can keep a weather eye open for rain and storms, lightning can strike when the conditions suit and it’s too late after the event if someone was struck, to call play off and to postpone the rest of the match.

If I want to know if the Course is ready to play, I rely on the professionals, our Green Keeper Dylan for the Course and the BoM for the weather.  The lightning risk was real and present and underpinned the decision.

See you on the 23rd.

Andy Bassett.

 

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