GARFIELD GOLF
The recently completed major club event the 2025 Cox Cup was taken out by Sam Collins with a 36-hole winning score of nett 136; two shots to the better of Daniel Makepeace and a further shot away in third place was Matt Davey.
Thursday’s golfers got the best of this week’s weather where after a typical cold start the day turned out just nice for a round where a turnout of 96 players took part.
Best in for the day and winning the C Grade event by a countback was Peter Korteman nudging out a red-hot Jeremy Payne – a new member whom has quickly established himself as an in-form player. Russell Kerr won the B Grade event also by a countback from an in-form veteran Peter Johnson with a handicap round of 36 points.
The A Grade event, also decided by a countback, was taken out by Andrew Rose from Harry Matthews and Marcus Crossley all with scores of 35 points.
A countback score of 32 points was the number to finish in the prizemoney.
The forecast heavy rain for Saturday never arrived and the day remained dry for a four-ball aggregate stableford event which was contested by a field of 57 pairs.
Colin Crowle teamed up with Brian Webster for a winning total of 74 points; three points in advance of Martin Dinsdale and Andrew Harry whilst Tony Quinn paired with Darren Manley to finish third by a countback from Heath Lyon and Robert Toth on 69 points.
A final combined score of 63 points or better got you into the rundown of prizemoney, while Martin Spurway scored an eagle three on the par-five first hole.
The event of single stableford saw Darren Manley’s four-ball individual score of 41 points be the winning number defeating Darren McKerrow, who finished second by a countback from Kerrie Davey and Martin Atkins all with scores of 40 points.
Clint Williams had the best scratch round with his 71/nett 38 points.
Liam Hill, a new name, scored 77/nett 37 points, while a regular in this column, Steely Mateariki, had a fine round of 76/ nett 37 points.
Monday was a game of single par where a field of 71, a good number for early in the week, took part with a total of seven players up to the challenge of bettering or equaling their handicap for the day.
Best in was Bob Collins winning the B Grade event with a very nice total of +5, while Bob Edwards broke a run of outs to win the A Grade event also with a nice round for this time of the year of +4.
A final round of -3 to a countback was good enough to get into the prizemoney.
Bob McKenzie scored a pair of nearest the pins, and was unable to convert either, but he did birdie the 16th to make up for that.
Next Saturday is the August Monthly Medal.
Results
• 2025 Cox Cup/36 Hole Nett Stroke/Field Of 188
Winner: Sam Collins 136, runner up Daniel Makepeace 138, third Matt Davey 139, fourth Gary Bassett 140, fifth David Keysers 141, sixth Robert Harley 142, seventh Ross Mitchell 142, eighth Dean Shannon 142.
• Sunday/Single Stableford/Field Of 39
A Grade: Steely Mateariki (6) 35 C/B, second Graeme Durran (12) 35, third Jarrod Zonneveld (15) 34.
B Grade: Carl Murgia (21) 37, second Richard Stead (25) 35 C/B, third Chris Guymer (19) 35.
Down the lines went down to 33 points (6).
Nearest the pins went to 4th Brenton Hollingworth, 8th Nick Gray, 9th Elton Shipway, 11th Shellie Fraser, 13th Shaun Hegarty, 16th Matt Worthington.
• Monday/Single Par/Field Of 71
A Grade: Bob Edwards (17) +4, second Trevor Male (10) +2, third Tim Sallai (11) +1 C/B.
B Grade: Bob Collins (18) +5, second Nick Gaal (30) +1 third Peter Korteman (22) Square.
Down the lines went down to a countback score of -3 (13).
Nearest the pins went to 4th Bob McKenzie, 8th Heath Barclay, 9th Bob McKenzie, 11th Matt Allen, 13th Tina Cowie, 16th Deanna Hargreaves.
• Tuesday/Ladies/Single Stableford
Winner: Gail Franklin (25) 37.
Nearest the pins went to 4th Marlies Krummenacher, 11th Gail Franklin, 13th Marlies Krummenacher, 16th Yvonne Tisdale.
• Thursday/Single Stableford/Field Of 96
A Grade: Andrew Rose (11) 35 C/B, second Harry Matthews (5) 35 C/B, third Marcus Crossley (13) 35.
B Grade: Russell Kerr (20) 36 C/B, second Peter Johnson (15) 36 C/B, third Rob Nobelius (14) 36.
C Grade: Peter Korteman (23) 40 C/B, second Jeremy Payne (22) 40, third Ron Parsons (24) 36.
Down the lines went down to a countback of 32 points (17).
Nearest the pins went to 4th Greg Macklin, 8th Peter Johnson, 9th Stephen Bird, 11th Ray Phillips, 13th David Keysers, 16th Harry Matthews.
• Saturday/ Four Ball Aggregate Stableford/Field Of 114
Winners: Colin Crowle and Brian Webster 74, second Martin Dinsdale and Andrew Harry 71, third Tony Quinn and Darren Manley 69 C/B, fourth Heath Lyon and Robert Toth 69 C/B.
Down the lines went down to 63 points (17).
Eagle: 1st Martin Spurway.
Nearest the pins went to 4th Tim Sallai, 8th Chris Davies, 9th Harry Matthews, 11th Greg Nicholls, 13th Clint Williams, 16th Bob Collins.
Second Shot: A Grade: Matt Worthington. B Grade: Tom Marshall. C Grade: Dan Schmidt.
Raffle: Amanda McLure.
• Saturday/Single Stableford/Field Of 115
Winner: Darren Manley (19) 41, second Darren McKerrow (21) 40 C/B, third Kerrie Davey (10) 40 C/B.
-Terry Webster-
