GARFIELD GOLF
It was fantastic weather for golf this week with plenty of sunshine around after cold frosty starts to the morning – ensuring good size fields at Garfield on Thursday and Saturday in particular.
A field of 82, the largest for the year, lined up on Thursday with three single-figure markers having the best of the scoring.
Paul Govaars played some six shots better than his handicap of nine to get the A Grade win with a score of 42 points to defeat Mark Johnson, a seven-marker, and Grant McLure, playing off eight, both with scores of 41 points.
Ray Phillips broke a long run of outs to get the B Grade win with 37 points whilst Tim Moore took out the C Grade victory with a score of 35 points.
A less than impressive score of 32 points or better was good enough to get a ball down the line. Saturday was the first of two qualifying rounds of the club’s annual Four-Ball Par Championships with the scoring being of a good standard.
A fantastic field of 68 teams turned out in the sunny conditions.
A score of plus-6 is setting the pace after the first round which was achieved by four pairings.
Jackson Bennett and Ryan Stark, Andrew Went and Scott Corbett, Martin Spurway and Bob Collins and Robert Toth and Tony Grayson all had great rounds of golf.
A final score of plus-3 or better was the number for a ball down the line.
Jeanette Mitchell is a player in good touch, after winning the Children’s Variety Bash event on Anzac Day she won the ladies single par event on Saturday with a round of minus-2 whilst also chalking up another win by taking out Tuesday’s Monthly Medal.
Tym Davey scored the two nearest the pins both on the 8th and 14th holes.
Just a total of six birdies were scored for the day on the par threes with two of those being scored by Alister Petrov.
John Roberts and Bob Edwards scored wins in their respective grades on Monday both with handicap rounds of 36 points.
Next Saturday is the second and final round for qualifying of the Four-Ball Par Championships.
RESULTS
• Sunday/Single Stableford/Field of 25
A Grade: Brett Nowlan (15) 36, second David Manning (8) 35, third Trevor Thompson (15) 34.
B Grade: Pat McDonagh (26) 32 C/B, second Robert Toth (21) 32, third Brenton Hollingworth (22) 31 C/B.
Down the lines: Nick Gray 32 C/B. Nearest the pins: 4th Mark Delaney and 11th Matt Hogan.
• Monday/Single Stableford/Field of 37
A Grade: Bob Edwards (16) 36. B Grade: John Roberts (20) 36.
Down the lines: Peter Lazarus and Jim Accettura 33, Andrew Liebe 32 C/B.
• Tuesday/Ladies/Monthly Medal/Field of 7
Winner: Jeanette Mitchell (25) 72, runner up Karli Van Der Horst (17) 78.
Nearest the pins: 4th Jeanette Mitchell, 11th Gail Franklin and 16th Bernie Clark.
• Thursday/Single Stableford/Field of 82
A Grade: Paul Govaars (9) 42, second Mark Johnson (7) 41 C/B, third Grant Mclure (8) 41.
B Grade: Ray Phillips (20) 37, second Malcolm Hirt (17) 33, third Michael Carrigan (17) 32 C/B.
C Grade: Tim Moore (35) 35, second Tim Jeffrey (25) 33 C/B, third John Roberts (20) 31 C/B.
Down the lines: Peter Medwin and Andrew Hale 36, Heath Barclay 35, John Blair 34, Stephan Murray, Bob Calderara and Phil Williams 33, Kevan McMillan 32 C/B.
Nearest the pins: Not available, please ring the club.
• Saturday/Ladies/Single Par/Field of 10
Winner: Jeanette Mitchell (25) Minus-2.
Nearest the pins: 4th and 16th Karli Van Der Horst, 14th Amanda McLure.
• Saturday/4BBB Mens Par Championships/Round 1/ 68 Pairs
Winners: Jackson Bennett and Ryan Stark +6.
Runners Up: Andrew Went and Scott Corbett +6.
Third: Martin Spurway and Bob Collins +6.
Fourth: Robert Toth and Tony Grayson +6.
Fifth: George Vitiritti and Glenn Wells +5.
Down the lines: Paul Gough and Rex Turner +5, Tom and Matt Fowler +4, Andre Van Gent and Michael Jeffs +4, Cameron Miller and Elton Shipway +3, Leon and Steely Mateariki +3, Pieter Van Der Horst and Peter Fedorenko +3, Alister Petrov and Shannon Stocco +3, Paul Kaye and Ken Pettiford +3, Robert Murphy and Brett Dwyer +3.
Nearest the pins: 4th Robert Toth, 8th and 14th Tym Davey, 9th Shane Male, 11th Russ Loughridge and 16th Peter Langford.
Closest second shots; A Grade: Sam Collins, B Grade: Shannon Stocco and C Grade: Daniel Schmidt.
-Terry Webster-
