GARFIELD GOLF
Garfield’s poor course water storage was one of the main beneficiaries of a huge dump of rain throughout Wednesday which was very well received by many throughout the region.
There were a number of scratchings from Thursday’s par event which ended up with a field of 83.
Just six players ended up matching their handicap for the day and it was Paul Keysers coming out on top winning the B Grade event with a nice round of +4 by a countback from an inform Aaron McQualter.
Darren Grayson also had a nice round getting the A Grade victory by a countback from Heath Barclay, both regulars in this column, with a great round of +2.
Michael Carrigan and Leo De Jager were the only others to beat their mark with both gents finishing with a score of +1.
A final score of -2 to a countback was the number needed to finish in the money.
Just the three birdies were scored for the day on the par threes by Jeremy Payne, Tim Pratt and Robert Harley.
Josh Attwood was this week’s high achiever by winning his second event in the last three weeks.
Two weeks prior he won the D Grade par event, this time Attwood came out on Saturday to get the D Grade win with a great round of 41 stableford points which was the best in for the day.
A great field of 149 punters turned out on Saturday in cool and fine conditions.
Graeme Lowndes, whose handicap has come down over the last few months, had the best for the A Grade event with his 77/nett 38 points winning by a countback from Matt Young.
Matt Allen also had a good round finishing third with a total of 78/nett 37 points.
Doug Amos returned to the winners list with a handicap-beating round for the B Grade event with a total of 78/nett 38 points; three points clear of a resurgent Peter Medwin.
Hank Adams had the best in for the C Grade event with the day’s second-best round of 40 points; two points clear of Neil Harris.
A final total of 31 points to a countback was good enough to feature in the prize money.
Steve Kohut Jnr made it a triple treat for the day with his three nearest the pins on the 8th, 9th and 16th of which he duly converted just the one of those into a birdie.
Darren Grayson had yet another nice result when on Sunday he finished runner up to Grant Pearson for the A Grade event with his score of 32 points.
To make it a day to remember, Grayson also scored an eagle-three on the 10th hole whilst also scoring two nearest the pins for the day.
A field of 77 turned out on Monday with a round of 31 points to a countback required to feature in the prize money.
Best in was Craig Williamson, winning the B Grade event with a great round of 41 points, whilst Terry McLaughlin won the A Grade event with a total of 35 points.
This Thursday is a game of stableford whilst on Saturday it is the July Monthly Medal.
RESULTS
• Sunday/Single Stableford/Field of 22
Winner: Grant Pearson (11) 35, second Darren Grayson (7) 32 C/B, third Andrew Hale (12) 32 C/B.
Down the lines went down to 31 points (3)
Eagle: 10th Darren Grayson.
Nearest the pins went to 4th and 9th Darren Grayson.
• Monday/Single Stableford/Field of 77
A Grade: Terry McLaughlin (17) 35, second Kevin Whitmore (9) 34, third John Scale (13) 33.
B Grade: Craig Williamson (30) 41, second Glenn Charles (23) 36, third Phil Caswell (24) 35 C/B.
Down the lines went down to countback scores of 31 points (14).
Nearest the pins went to 4th Steve Wallace, 8th Trevor Thompson, 9th Steve Wallace, 11th Heath Barclay, 13th Chris James and 16th Mario Perrine.
• Tuesday/Ladies/Single Stableford
Winner: Karli Van Der Horst (16) 36, second Marlies Krummenacher (33) 30, third Gail Franklin (25) 25.
Nearest the pins went to 4th, 8th and 16th Karli Van Der Horst.
• Thursday/Single Par/Field of 83
A Grade: Darren Grayson (8) +2 C/B, second Heath Barclay (10) +2, third Michael Carrigan (17) +1.
B Grade: Paul Keysers (21) +4 C/B, second Aaron McQualter (25) +4, third Nigel Goldsworthy (28) Square C/B.
Down the lines went down to countback scores of -2 (15).
Nearest the pins went to 4th Leo De Jager, 8th Tim Pratt, 9th Tim Sallai, 11th Curtis Duffy, 13th John Curtin and 16th Andrew Rose.
• Saturday/Single Stableford/Field of 149
A Grade: Graeme Lowndes (10) 38 C/B, second Matt Young (5) 38, third Matt Allen (10) 37.
B Grade: Doug Amos (11) 38, second Peter Medwin (13) 35, third Dean Shannon (14) 34.
C Grade: Hank Adams (17) 40, second Neil Harris (19) 38, third Glen Attwood (15) 37.
D Grade: Josh Attwood (33) 41, second Darren McKerrow (22) 37, third Don Towan (20) 36.
Down the lines went down to a countback of 31 points (40).
Nearest the pins went to 4th Paul Govaars, 8th, 9th and 16th Steve Kohut Jnr, 11th Brendan White and 13th Kevan McMillan.
Second Shot: B Grade: John Hoare. C Grade: Peter Cahill.
Monster Meat Raffle: Ian Hopper.
• Saturday/Single Stableford
Winner: Jenny Sullivan (11) 35.
Nearest the pins went to 4th Jenny Sullivan, 9th Leesa Matthews and 16th Kerrie Davey.
-Terry Webster-
