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DEEP CREEK
A thick fog descended on Deep Creek Golf Club on Saturday morning before the sun poked through to present a beautiful day to resume competition play after the recent Covid-lockdown.
The June Monthly Medal was up for grabs, played under stableford conditions instead of the traditional stroke format.
Adan Voumard walked away the big winner, scoring 39 points – off a handicap of 12 – to score a one-shot victory over long-time member Geoff Percival (16).
Percival’s 38 points kept him one-shot clear of Shane Dehaan (19), Levi Sua (11) and Clayton Inia (17) on 37, with David Mair (10) and Steven Smith (11) a further shot away on 36.
They were the only seven golfers to play to their handicaps, with Glenn Rees (10), Theo Van Roy (18) and Ronald Zomer (29) not far off the mark on 35 points.
Next best were Michael Anlanger (16), James Dimtsas (17), Martin Bukin (35) and Fergus O’ Gallagher (19) on 34, with Shaun Hegarty P (18), Harry Elyasie (5), Alex Blanck (20), Steven Holmes (19), Jarrod Leontini (12), Noel Bonne (14) and Tim Pratt (7) all scoring 33 points.
Thursday’s ladies competition produced a close finish with Leanne Barker (34) putting her new clubs to good use to score 36 points to score a one-shot victory over Leah Barker (25).
Two shots further back on 33 points was Liz Garvey (39), with Yvonne Smith (19) the only other player above the 30-point barrier – scoring 31.
Next best were Sue Nelson (40) and Helen Aurish (38) on 28, Kay Jones (28) 26, Shirley McGrath (30) 24, Anne Donovan (35) and Beverley Clymo (47) 23, Helen Drummond (40) 22, Norma Crebbin (38) 17, Josephine Wilson (30) 16, Julie Cheng (29) 14 and Ginny Carter (28) 2.
The best performance of the week was carded in Wednesday’s stableford competition where Rex Ryan kissed his 20-handicap goodbye by shooting a fine round of 41 points.
The course was at the mercy of many golfers with David McMahon (10) finishing second on 39 points with Rob Nobelius (13), Royce Thompson (21), Graeme Steel (28), Mal Davey (6) and Timothy Pratt (8) just a shot further back on 38.
Rounding out a healthy list of scores were Harry Elyasie (5), Roger Parker (12), Kel Trickey (28), John Hutcheon (13) and Ronald Zomer (30) on 37, Chris McConnell (14) 36, with Bajan Sangah (16), Tom Mc Dermott (23), Theo Van Roy (18), Heath Barclay (7) and Chris Kondarios (16) all coming in with scores of 35 points.
A leftie took control of Sunday’s stableford competition with Matthew Hogan (16) scoring 37 points to score a comprehensive three-shot victory over Simon Fay (26) 34.
Next in Hogan’s wake were Darren Grayson (9) and Matt Yusoff (12) on 33, Glenn Rees (10) 30, and Damian Drake (17), Brian Bateup (22) and Brenton Hollingworth (28) all on 29 points.
DROUIN
Competition golf returned this week for our regional members on Wednesday and for all golfers on Saturday.
Members were pleased to see how well the course had coped with the heavy rains of the previous week.
Wednesday, 16 June: Men’s Stableford.
• Division One: (6.0 to 17) Winner: Angus McArthur (13) 38 points from Kevin O’Brien (11) 37 and Nick Rowe (3), Allan Logan (15) and John Roach (16) with 36 points.
• Division Two: (17.1-54.0) Winner: Tim Gargan (21 Warragul GC) 38 points, from James Harper (34 Warragul GC) 37, Benjamin Ayache (20) 36, Max Luck (30) 36, Stephen Henning (20) and Ian Hemphill (25) 35.
Down the line balls went to 36 on a countback and the median score was 32 points.
Saturday, 19 June: Men’s Stableford.
It was great to have metropolitan members back on course to enjoy fine conditions with the greens in great shape.
• Division One: Winner: Michael Lithgow (9) 37 points, on c/b from Mathew Coad (6) 37, Shane Davidson (12) 37, Freddie Roknic (6) 36, Robert Simpson (12) 36, Nick Rowe (3) 36, Daniel Gorman (10) 36.
• Division Two: Winner: Sam Clebney (13) 34 points, from Reg Dixon (15) 32, Bill Toogood (15) 31, Mark Klaver (13) 31, Jim Bransgrove (13) 31.
• Division Three: Winner: John Wise (36) 40 points, from Mark Keegan (22) 35, Luke Rose (Kiama GC 23) 35, Paul Duivenoorden (24) 34.
Down the line balls to 35 on a countback and the median score was 29 points.
Next Wednesday is Par and Saturday is Stableford for men.
DROUIN LADIES
Drouin Ladies were back to competition last Tuesday with an individual stableford event.
The winner of A Grade was Anne Neilson (16) with 37 points. Runner up, on a countback, was Leanne Pollard (11) with 33 points. B Grade winner was Jane Stone with 31 points, runner up was Kay Grieve 28 points.
Down the line balls went to: Shirley Roberts, Marg Purcell and Glenda Warren.
Saturday’s winner of the ladies Stableford event was Leanne Pollard (11) with 29 points, runner up was Marg Purcell (17) 27 points from Robyn O’Brien 26 points.
Today will be Monthly Medal rescheduled from June 1 as well as the fourth round of the Silver Spoon.
Grandmother’s Trophy (stableford) will be held next Tuesday, 29 June. The Doris Chambers event will be rescheduled for later in the year, as will be the Drouin/Garfield Challenge.
GARFIELD
After yet another shut down of two weeks competition golf finally returned on Saturday with a big field of 115 presenting for the day’s game of single stableford which got under way after a foggy start.
Damien Hammond, having a long consistent run of good results, was the best by far with an A Grade win of 42 points playing off his mark of 10 to defeat Richard Perry by five points.
Gary Bassett, yet another golfer whom is enjoying a consistent run, finished third with 36 points playing off his handicap of just five. Peter Marquis broke a long run of outs to get the B Grade decision with a nice score of 40 points playing off his mark of 17 to defeat Paul Kaye by the two points.
Robert Murphy won the C Grade event with a score of 36 points playing off his handicap of 21 to defeat Allan Milkins by two points.
A final score of 32 points, less than usual, was good enough to win a ball down the line which highlights that typical winter golf scores are now the norm and adds further merit to the score achieved by Damien Hammond.
Leesa Matthews was the best achiever for the ladies event with a winning score of 37 points playing off her mark of 17 as well as having the three nearest the pins. Speaking of nearest the pins Amanda McLure made it 28 in total over the last six months by scoring the other two nearest the pins. Please check the clubs facebook page for next week’s event type.
Garfield Results
Saturday, 19 June: Stableford – Field of 115
• A Grade: Winner Damien Hammond (10) 42, second Richard Perry (11) 37, third Gary Bassett (5) 36.
• B Grade: Winner Peter Marquis (17) 40, second Paul Kaye (16) 38, third Steve Humphrys (15) 37.
• C Grade: Winner Robert Murphy (21) 36, second Allan Milkins (28) 34, third Peter Lazarus (31) 33.
• Down the lines: Glen Attwood, Peter Medwin, Brett Dwyer 35, Trevor Franklin, Anthony Hart, Kevan McMillan 34, Greg Wasmund 33, Mark Gould, Craig Hunter, Phil Williams, Andrew Went, Ban Balfour 32.
• Nearest the pins: Four – Geoff Turner, eight – Kevan McMillan, nine – Greg Wasmund, 11 – Travis Jack, 14 – Chris Williams, 16 – Damien Hammond.
• Second shots: A Grade – Peter Glasscock, B Grade Clinton Smith, C Grade Tom Fowler.
• Ladies Stableford: Winner Leesa Matthews (17) 37. Down the lines: Amanda McLure 33.
• Nearest the pins: 8, 9 and 16 Leesa Matthews, 4 and 14 Amanda McLure.
