GARFIELD GOLF
Plenty has happened since the last newspaper report from the Garfield Golf Club just prior to Christmas last year beginning with two golfers landing hole-in-ones in the month of December.
Jeremy Payne scored his first ever ace on the eleventh hole on December 22 before Doug Amos received a belated Christmas present; scoring his second career ace at Garfield on the fourth hole on Saturday December 27.
Well done to both gents on their great achievements.
Veteran golfers were also busy during the break with a game of two-person ambrose stableford being held at Morwell.
Two Garfield members, Phil Barling and Mick Pfieffer, had the bet result for the day winning the C Grade event with a great score of 52 points.
Garfield will host the next Vet’s event on Monday 19 January, with a stableford event commencing at 8.30am at a cost of just $30 including lunch.
This week’s star golfer was definitely Mat Van Der Horst when he came out on Monday and shot 69/nett 42 points which included an eagle on the first and four par three birdies for his round.
On the same day Rich Paton scored a very rare eagle two on the par four 18th.
Other good rounds for that day were shot by Robert Harley with 72/nett 40, Richard Perry 73/nett 38, Ross Mitchell 75/nett 38 and Scott Milnes with 71/nett 37 points.
A field of 121 turned up on Thursday for a game of single stableford with Darren Stanton winning the A Grade event with a score of 75/nett 41 points.
Andre Van Gent had the day’s best result winning the B Grade event with his score of 79/nett 42 points.
Michael Davey took out the C Grade event with a total of 38 points.
Other good rounds were shot by Nick Gray, a regular in this column with 71/nett 40 points, Harry Elyasie 72/nett 38 points and Darren Grayson who signed for 72/nett 38 points.
A final countback score of 35 points made the prizemoney cut.
Jason Tivendale won that night’s twilight event by a countback from Lou Milner with 23 points.
A huge field of 169 presented on Saturday where Matt Allen won the A Grade event with his 75/nett 40 points and David Zaffarese took out the B Grade event with 42 points.
John Milkins won the D Grade event also with 42 points, while Ryan Stark won the C Grade event with his 40 points.
Damien Hammond scored a rare eagle on the par-four fifth as well as landing a pair of birdies on the par threes.
Back to last Sunday now where the club paid tribute to its good late friend Paul Wheeler for the Garfield Plate where a field of 108 lined up.
Harry Elyasie took out the A grade award with his round of 72/nett 39 points whilst Paul Hobson from Morwell won the B Grade event with 37 points and Greg Meldrum from Maffra won the C Grade event also with 37 points.
The Gross winner was Tim Ford from Morwell playing off +1 with his score of 68.
The pair’s event was taken out by a ‘booming’ Harry Elyasie and Bob Calderara with a score of 106 points.
The rainfall total for 2025 came in at 710mm which is the lowest amount in the last five years; the course is now bone dry with bone hard fairways.
Good Golfing to all our members and visitors for 2026.
RESULTS
• WGVGA/Vets/Morwell/2 Person Ambrose Stableford/Field of 100
A Grade: Mark Henderson and Darryl Henderson 49 C/B. Runners Up: Peter Smart and Rick Scurlock 49.
B Grade: Mark Allen and Stephen Allison 50 C/B. Runners Up: Tom Traill and John McFarlane 50.
C Grade: Phil Barling and Mick Pfieffer 52 C/B. Runners Up: Craig Gosling and Barry Mathieson 52.
Nearest the pins went to 2nd Mark Henderson, 8th Rick Scurlock, 11th Adrian Jones and 15th Barry Atkins.
Down the lines went down to 45 points (24).
• Sunday/Paul Wheeler Garfield Plate/Field of 108
A Grade: Harry Elyasie (6) 39. B Grade: Paul Hobson 37 C/B. C Grade: Greg Meldrum 37.
Down the lines went down to 34 points (12).
Nearest the pins went to 4th Wayne Forsyth, 8th Paul Buchanan, 9th Doug Amos, 11th Tim Ford, 13th Paul Buchanan and 16th Glenn McQuillen.
• Paul Wheeler/Teams Event/Field of 108
Winners: Harry Elyasie and Bob Calderara 106, second Graham Harvey and Dale Burridge 102, third Mick Stephenson and Tony Cardillo 101 C/B, fourth James Thompson and Glenn Helmuth 101.
• Monday/Single Stableford/Field of 99
A Grade: Mat Van Der Horst (6) 42, second Robert Harley (7) 40, third Matt Botha (12) 39 C/B.
B Grade: Matt Yusoff (18) 40, second Tony Power (20) 39, third Des Kerr (20) 37 C/B.
C Grade: Peter Diss (25) 39, second Deanna Hargreaves (27) 37, third John Kingman (23) 36 C/B.
Down the lines went down to a countback of 35 points (21).
Eagles: 1st Mat Van Der Horst and 18th Rich Paton.
Nearest the pins went to 4th Harry Elysie, 8th Mat Van Der Horst, 9th Darren Grayson, 11th John Roberts, 13th Scott Milnes, 16th Ben Nobelius.
• Tuesday/Ladies/Single Stableford
Winner: Christine Riley (42) 40. Nearest the pins went to 4th and 11th Yvonne Barrot, 13th and 16th Christine Riley.
• Thursday/Single Stableford/Field of 121
A Grade: Darren Stanton (11) 41, second Nick Gray (6) 40, third Nick Hoghton (11) 38 C/B.
B Grade: Andre Van Gent (16) 42, second Rob Coates (15) 41, third Leo De Jager (15) 40.
C Grade: Michael Davey (20) 38, second Ian Nicholson (20) 37 C/B, third Jake Went (17) 37 C/B.
D Grade: Peter Diss (26) 39, second Mick Matthews (24) 38, third David Thorp (23) 37 C/B.
Down the lines went down to a countback of 35 points (26).
Nearest the pins went to 4th Arti Koopman, 8th Greg Nicholls, 9th Hayden Newnham, 11th Sam Collins, 13th Lenny Walker, 16th James Dimtsas.
• Thursday/Twilight/Front 9/Single Stableford/Field of 43
Winner: Jason Tivendale (14) 23 C/B, second Lou Milner (11) 23, third Philip Morley (16) 22 C/B.
Down the lines went down to a countback of 19 points (5).
Nearest the pins went to 4th Jason Tivendale, 8th Nick Gray, 9th Scott Squires.
Cash Jackpot: Sean Somers $175.
• Saturday/Single Stableford/Field of 169
A Grade: Matt Allen (10) 40, second Darren Allen (11) 37 C/B, third Damien Hammond (11) 37 C/B.
B Grade: David Zaffarese (15) 42, second Craig Hunter (15) 39, third Terry Garratt (13) 38.
C Grade: Ryan Stark (16) 40, second Ashley Graham (16) 38 C/B, third Andrew Baille (2) 38 C/B.
D Grade: John Milkins (23) 42, second Stephen Ferran (26) 41, third Mick Matthews (23) 39.
Down the lines went down to a countback of 32 points (49).
Eagle: 5th Damien Hammond.
Nearest the pins went to 4th Matt Allen, 8th Andre Van Gent, 9th Trevor Toward, 11th Peter McNeish, 13th Andre Van Gent and 16th Harry Elyasie.
Second Shots: A Grade: Paul Govaars. C Grade: Chris Fowler.
• Saturday/Ladies/Single Stableford/Field of 12
Winner: Christine Riley (41) 42, second Tina Cowie (25) 33 C/B, third Amanda McLure (15) 33.
Nearest the pins went to 4th Kim Pellatt, 8th, 9th and 16th Jennifer Sullivan.
-Terry Webster-
