GARFIELD GOLF
The veteran’s tour travelled to Berwick Montuna on October 27 where a field of 63 presented for the usual stableford event.
Our own member David Saint won the A Grade event with his score of 34 points.
Thursday’s magnificent sunny weather saw a better-than-average field size of 115 line up for a game of single stableford where a final score of 34 points was the number to get into the prize money.
Chris Thorn set the benchmark with his brilliance again by winning the A Grade event with his round of 42 points playing off his mark of +2, which included an eagle three on the 10th hole.
Tolly Baharis, having a great time of it recently, won the B Grade event with his round of 80/nett 41 points as well as finishing runner up in the C Grade event on Saturday with another fine round of 38 points.
Stephen Eddy won Thursday’s C Grade event with his round of 39 points.
Keith Edwards scored an eagle three on the 17th hole.
As our course dries out, as per usual, the scoring is of a much higher average indicated by the results coming in.
Other good rounds on Thursday were scored by 73-year-old Richard Perry with 75/nett 40 points, Trevor Thompson, a good consistent player, 77/nett 39 points, and Darren Grayson with 77/nett 35 points.
Peter Bogart scored a pair of nearest the pins on the 8th and 9th holes but failed to convert either one, though he did birdie the 16th par three.
On Saturday, another glorious springtime day saw a huge field of 161 face the starter, where a signed-for card of 33 points was the number to get into the prize money.
A total of 20 players matched or bettered their handicap for the day.
Tom Marshall certainly enjoyed the conditions with a top score of 80/nett 44 points to get the C Grade win.
Tony Phillips was the next best, winning the D Grade event with his round of 89/nett 39 points.
Darren Allen had a good time of it by winning the B Grade event with his score of 79/nett 39 points.
Best for the A Grade event was Peter McNeish with a top round of 75/nett 38 points.
Other good scores were achieved by Matt Wouters with 77/nett 37 points, Doug Amos with 79/nett 37 points, and Matt Allen with the same result.
A total of 14 birdies on the par threes were scored for the day, with the 11th giving up five of those.
Both Tom Marshall and Tolly Baharis scored two each for their round.
Leesa Matthews made it two wins for the week by winning the ladies stableford event with her round of 37 points.
Next Saturday is the November Monthly Medal, also the second round of the Summer Cup.
Don’t forget the twilight season commences this Thursday evening.
RESULTS
WGVGA / VETS / OCT 27 / BERWICK MONTUNA / STABLEFORD / FIELD OF 63
A Grade: David Saint (Garfield) 34 c/b, second Roger Taylor (Berwick Montuna) 34.
B Grade: Chris Bourke (Berwick Montuna) 35, second John Soppe (Churchill Monash) 33.
C Grade: Andrew McCready (Berwick Montuna) 34, second Ian Kilgour (Berwick Montuna) 31.
Down the lines went to 29 points (16).
Nearest the pins went to 4th Daryl Henderson, 9th Phil Thomson, 13th Chris Kondarios, and 18th Tim Lawrence.
SUNDAY / SINGLE STABLEFORD / FIELD OF 12
Winner: Shaun Hegarty (19) 36, second Tony Phillips (23) 34, third Matt Worthington (11) 32 c/b.
Down the lines went to 32 points (1).
Nearest the pins went to 4th Matt Hogan, 9th Tony Phillips, 11th Matt Hogan, and 13th Dean Shannon.
MONDAY / SINGLE STABLEFORD / FIELD OF 33
Winner: Brian Webster (15) 37 c/b, second Peter Bogart (16) 37 c/b, third Stuart Kent (19) 37.
Down the lines went to 32 points (6).
Nearest the pins went to 4th Jim Accettura, 8th David Manning, 9th Darren Grayson, 11th Brian Webster, and 13th John Kingman.
TUESDAY / LADIES / SINGLE STABLEFORD / FIELD OF 16
Winner: Marlies Krummenacher (35) 39, second Anne Donovan (40) 34, third Allanah Ockwell (51) 33.
Nearest the pins went to 4th Yvonne Tisdale and 16th Carol Beard.
THURSDAY / SINGLE STABLEFORD / FIELD OF 115
A Grade: Chris Thorn (-2) 42, second Richard Perry (10) 40 c/b, third Troy Wilson (13) 40.
B Grade: Tolly Baharis (16) 41, second Kylie Hoghton (19) 40, third Brian Webster (16) 39.
C Grade: Stephen Eddy (31) 39, second Mick Matthews (23) 38 c/b, third Ugo Tettamanti (23) 38.
Down the lines went to 34 points (21).
Eagles: 17th Keith Edwards, 10th Chris Thorn.
Nearest the pins went to 4th Ray James, 8th Peter Bogart, 9th Peter Bogart, 11th Trevor Franklin, 13th Robert Harley, and 16th Brian Webster.
SATURDAY / SINGLE STABLEFORD / FIELD OF 161
A Grade: Peter McNeish (8) 38, second Matt Wouters (9) 37, third Nick Gray (7) 36.
B Grade: Darren Allen (13) 39, second Shayne Svennson (14) 38, third Doug Amos (11) 37 c/b.
C Grade: Tom Marshall (19) 44, second Tolly Baharis (16) 38 c/b, third Brenton Hollingworth (20) 38.
D Grade: Tony Phillips (24) 39, second Graeme Sparkes (25) 37 c/b, third Steve Kohut Snr (22) 37.
Down the lines went to 33 points (45).
Nearest the pins went to 4th Ricky Manley, 8th Greg Wasmund, 9th Don Towan, 11th Tym Davey, 13th Matt Young, and 16th Shayne Svennson.
Second Shots: A Grade: Paul Govaars, B Grade: Jarrod Zonneveld.
SATURDAY / LADIES / SINGLE STABLEFORD / FIELD OF 11
Winner: Leesa Matthews (17) 37, second Danielle Bell (26) 34, third Kerrie Davey (11) 32 c/b.
Nearest the pins went to 4th Kerrie Davey, 8th Jenny Sullivan, 9th Kerrie Davey, 11th Kim Pellatt, 13th Jenny Sullivan, and 16th Amanda McLure.
– Terry Webster
