GARFIELD GOLF
At last…finally a decent dump of rain came through the course on Friday evening and early Saturday morning and stopped just in time for the March Monthly Medal.
Gary Vitiritti broke the shackles with an excellent round of nett 65, playing off his mark of 14, to win the medal by the three shots from Brett Dwyer and a further shot back to Barrie Cousin in third place.
Ray Pund continues on with his excellent summer/autumn form by coming in with an A Grade best scratch score of 74 playing off his mark of just six.
Brett Dwyer’s 83 off the stick got the B Grade best scratch whilst Jim Jenkins won the C Grade scratch with a round of 94.
The highlight of the day – it was a big one – was the magnificent eagle scored by Ian Hopper on the par-four 18th.
Hopper smashed his drive some 260 metres on the 390-metre hole then struck his eight iron perfectly straight into the hole. This is the first time in many a year that this has been achieved.
On Thursday a field of 57 presented for the regular stableford competition and was played in fine conditions with most of the tees off the full markers.
Greg Needham broke a long run of outs to win the A Grade event with a tally of 37 points to win by one point from Jim Accettura.
Greg Noonan had the day’s best round with a B Grade-winning score of 39 points to defeat Des Kerr by one point whilst Graeme Martin, having a good form patch, got the C Grade victory with a round of 37 points defeating Barrie Cousin and Don Stark in the process.
A final score of 33 points or better was good enough to get a ball down the line.
David Churchill had the top score of the week with a round of 41 points to win Monday’s stable ford event.
This Saturday is the 27-hole King Trophy event and the week after that is the annual Colliver Trophy which is a Four-Ball Mixed Aggregate Stableford event played from 10.30am onwards.
Results
Monday/Single Stableford/Field Of 29
Winner: David Churchill (30) 41. Down the lines: Stephen Bird 40, Les Reynolds, Dek Bell, Danny Hill 37.
Tuesday/Ladies/Monthly Medal
Winner: Georgi Lowndes (17) 70. Nearest the pins: 4th, 11th and 14th Karli Van Der Horst, 8th Georgi Lowndes.
Thursday/Single Stableford/Field Of 57
A Grade: Greg Needham (13) 37, second Jim Accettura (14) 36, third Paul Kaye (14) 34.
B Grade: Greg Noonan (18) 39, second Des Kerr (16) 38, third Trevor Burnie (20) 35.
C Grade: Graeme Martin (25) 37, second Barrie Cousin (28) 36 C/B, third Don Stark (22) 36.
Down the lines: Geoff Roberts, Antonio Mafodda 35, Paul Barrett, Stephen Bird and Greg Wadeson 34, Gary Kelly 33.
Nearest the pins: 4th Glenn Whelan, 8th Geoff Roberts, 9th, Neville Howe 11th, Geoff Clingin 14th, Trevor Male, 16th Kevan McMillan.
Thursday/Twilight/Single Stableford/Field Of 19
Winner: Ross Mitchell (12) 22. Down the lines: John Reid 21 and Lou Milner 20. Nearest the pin: 9th Peter Bogart.
Saturday/Monthly Medal
Winner: Gary Vitiritti (14) 65.
Scratch winners: A Grade: Ray Pund 74. B Grade: Brett Dwyer 83. C Grade: Jim Jenkins 94.
Handicap winners: A Grade: Gary Vitiritti (14) 65. B Grade: Brett Dwyer (15) 68. C Grade: Barrie Cousin (27) 69.
Handicap runners up: A Grade: Clint Williams (10) 67. B Grade: Ben Balfour (19) 71. C Grade: Pat McDonagh (28) 71.
Nearest the pins: 4th Doug Amos, 8th Brian Webster, 9th Trevor Franklin, 11th Pat McDonagh, 14th Mark Kelly, and 16th Bob Collins. Down the lines not available.
Closest second shots: A Grade: Graeme Lowndes. B Grade: Bob Collins.
Saturday/Ladies
Winner: Tina Cowie (28) 66. Nearest the pins: 4th and 16th Amanda McLure, 9th and 11th Georgi Lowndes.
Sunday/Single Stableford/Field Of 23
Winner: Tyler Booth (15) 40, second Daniel Ribaux (14) 38, third Peter Van Elmond (17) 36.
Down the lines: Ross Mitchell 35 and Georgi Lowndes 34.
Nearest the pins: 4th and 16th Mark Delaney, 8th Robert Taylor, 9th Graeme Lowndes, 11th Richard Stead, 14th David Manning.
