GARFIELD GOLF
Garfield’s biggest ever Saturday field of 174 players took part in the opening round of the 2025 Club Championships; played in fine and mild conditions.
Matt Wouters was best for the day, winning the A Grade event with a great round of 75/nett 66, one shot to the better of Harry Elyasie who had a brilliant round of 73/nett 67.
Finishing third was Chris Davies, having a good consistent year with a round of 78/nett 69.
Damien Hammond won the B Grade event with a score of 79/nett 68, whilst John Hoare, also having a good year, won the C Grade event with his round of 80/nett 67.
Jeremy Payne, a star on the rise who’s only being playing for a few months, won the D Grade event with his total of 90/nett 68.
Other good rounds were scored by Shane O’Brien, a visitor from Lang Lang, with his 73/nett 70, Mat Van Der Horst 77/nett 70, Peter McNeish 78/nett 71 and Gary Bassett with a round of 79/nett 71.
A final score of 74 to a countback was the number needed to make the prizemoney cut.
Cameron Miller scored an eagle three on the first hole whilst a total of 18 birdies were achieved on the par threes for the day; the 11th giving up the four of those and the 13th being plundered on five occasions.
Chris Thorn, by his standards, opened up his title chase with an average round for him with 69/nett 72.
Jenny Sullivan cleaned up the lot for the ladies’ comp with a winning score of 78/nett 67 as well as a birdie and a pair of nearest the pins.
Thursday’s game of single par attracted a field of 107 punters.
The day started out in overcast cool conditions however at around 11am a huge dump of rain saw a number of retirements mid-round.
Ian Hopper broke a long run of outs by easily having the day’s best round of 77/+ 5 to get the A Grade win, two shots better than Cody Hoghton.
Jeremy Payne made it a week to remember by winning the B Grade event with his score of 88/nett +3. Grant McKay had a very good week also, firstly finishing with +2 on Thursday then turned out on Saturday to finish third for the B Grade event with his round of 84/nett 69.
A final score of -1 to a countback made the prizemoney cut.
The Ladies Club Championship is currently under way with Daphne Elleman winning Tuesday’s event by a countback from Carol Beard with her total of nett 76.
A field of 53 lined up for play on Monday with the mercurial Darren Grayson winning the day’s A Grade event with a great round of 74/nett +1, whilst Terry McLaughlin won the B Grade event with a round of square with the card.
A final score of -2 was the number to get into the prizemoney.
This Thursday is a game of single stableford whilst Saturday will be moving day for the second round of the Club Championships.
Results
• Sunday/Single Stableford/Field Of 30
Winner: David Garnepudi (20) 42, second Stephen Barrett (8) 41 C/B, third Peter Van Helmond (17) 41.
Down the lines went down to 36 points (5).
Nearest the pins went to 4th Shane Davidson, 8th Peter Van Helmond, 9th David Manning, 11th Richard Stead, 13th Damien Needham and 16th Gary Bassett.
• Monday/Single Par/Field Of 53
A Grade: Darren Grayson (6) +1, second Darren Stanton (9) Square, third Martin Atkins (16) -1 C/B.
B Grade: Terry McLaughlin (16) Square, second Terry Bull (22) -1 C/B, third Peter Korteman (22) -1.
Down the lines went down to a countback of -2 (9).
Nearest the pins went to 4th Darren Stanton, 8th Tim Sallai, 9th Peter Bogart, 11th David Manning, 13th Jim Accettura and 16th Darren Mouser.
• Tuesday/Ladies/Club Championships/Field Of 15
Winner: Daphne Elleman (26) 76 C/B, second Carol Beard (25) 76, third Jill Gay (23) 77.
Nearest the pins went to 4th Jill Gay, 8th Bernie Clark, 11th Carol Beard and 16th Yvonne Tisdale.
• Thursday/Single Par/Field Of 107
A Grade: Ian Hopper (12) +5, second Cody Hoghton (17) +3, third Richard Perry (10) +2 C/B.
B Grade: Jeremy Payne (22) +3, second John Ivett (30) +2, third Paul Keysers (20) Square C/B.
Down the lines went down to -1 (21).
Nearest the pins went to 4th Ugo Tettamanti, 8th Nick Hoghton, 9th Kevan McMillan, 11th Peter Johnson, 13th David Turner and 16th Martin Atkins.
• Thursday/Twilight/9 Hole Stableford
Winner: Adam Milnes (33) 22, second Jason Howlett (23) 21, third Aaron McQualter (22) 20.
Nearest the pins: Check with Club.
Raffle Cash: Dean Jones $300.
• Saturday/Round 1/2025 Club Championships/Field Of 174
A Grade: Matt Wouters (9) 66, second Harry Elyasie (6) 67, third Chris Davies (9) 69 C/B.
B Grade: Damien Hammond (11) 68, second Ben Balfour (14) 69 C/B, third Grant McKay (15) 69.
C Grade: John Hoare (19) 67, second John Blair (16) 71 C/B, third Steven Van Roy (16) 71 C/B.
D Grade: Jeremy Payne (22) 68, second Jahvis Mateariki (31) 69 C/B, third Ken Pettiford (22) 69.
Down the lines went down to a countback of 74 (52).
Eagle: 1st Cameron Miller.
Nearest the pins went to 4th Gary Vitiritti, 8th Peter Marquis, 9th Graeme Lowndes, 11th Nick Gray, 13th Evan Williams and 16th Harry Elyasie.
Second Shot: A Grade: Greg Wasmund. B Grade: John Hoare.
• Saturday/Ladies/Stroke
Winner: Jenny Sullivan (11) 67. Nearest the pins went to 4th and 16th Jenny Sullivan.
-Terry Webster-
