Perfect conditions for annual tournament
Perfect conditions greeted golfers for the first two days of Warragul’s 97th annual tournament.
There were good fields in both events with the mens stroke on Saturday commencing the week followed by the mixed on Sunday.
In the 36 hole trophy young Drouin golfer Lachlan Bambridge had two rounds of 72 for a total of 144 to win the scratch event from Alan Manley on 152.
In the handicapp Mirboo visitor Simon McInnes on 142 had a two shot win over Peter Earles on 144.
Results: 18 hole am nett: (A grade) Brad Hamilton 72, Wilson Pollock 72, (B grade) John Robson 68, Phil Wilkin 74.
18 hole pm nett: (A grade) Dave Melbourne 72, Jackson Caddy 72.
(B grade) Peter Fitzmaurice 72, Dale Burleigh 78.
36 holes DTL: Lachlan Bambridge 140, Dave Melbourne 145, John Robson 145, Alan Manley 146, Travis Maher 147, Brad Hamilton 147, Jackson Caddy 148.
18 hole handicap: (A grade) Brett Kahan 70, Glenn vassett 72, Graeme Jarvis 72.
B grade: Keith Gilbert 69, Walter Bellagamba 69, Ross Thompson 71.
C grade: Brian Feeney 68, Andrew Stockdale 68, Hector Melo 70.
DTL: John Harris 70, Geoff Thomas 71, Ben O’Neill 72, John Andrew 72, Sam Reid 73, Graham McLure 73, Vin Walkinshaw 73, Terry Hayler 74, Hedley Mann 74, Garry Taylor 74, Leigh Steenholdt 74, John Campbell 74, Paul adamiak 74, Brett Thompson 74, Noel Green 74, Peter Hojnacki 74, Paul Milner 74, Danny Gorman 75, John McDougal 75, Ken Morrison 76, Mick Malady 76, Bob Veitch 76, Andrew Osler 76, Jeff Tellefson 76, Sam Mazza 76.
NTP: Phil Wilkin seventh, AQlan Jinks 15th, Garry Taylor 18th.
Pro Pin: Dale Campbell (A), Wilson Pollock (B).).
In Sunday’s American mixed the husband and wife combination of John and Janine Williams had the best return of 65.625 from Dean Bubeck/Jo De Jong 69.5 and Leigh Herbel/Debbie Corstorphin 72.625.
Best scratch score was Alan manley/Lyn Morrison on 76
DTL: Geoff Thomas/Irene Thomas 73.125, John Solly/Sherrin Solly 73.75, Leigh Steenholdt/Heather Steenholdt 74.25, Craig Fox/Jill Little 74.875, John McDougal/Sue Jinks 75.375, Ron Glasser/Barb Glasser 76.125, John Enbom/Heleh Coghlan 76.125, Gary Mackay/Dianne Mackay 76.5, Ron Magill/Judy Magill 77.125.
NTP: John Solly seventh, Gary Mackay, Penny Scott 15th, Steven Smith 18th.
Eagle: John Williams 11th
Midweek
Best return in Tuesday’s event came from Derek Miller (A grade) with 41 points.
Other grade winners were Eric Deppeler (B grade) 40 and Geoff thomas (C grade) 39.
Runners up were Bob Veitch 40, James Hull 39 (A), John Campbell 40, Brad Norton 38 (B), Sam Marshall 38, Glenn Butterworth 36 (C).
DTL: Des Hurst 38, Steve Pearse 38, Terry Ollington 38, John McDougal 38, Matt Johnson 38, Leigh Greening 37, Brian Hemming 37, Daniel Hamilton 37, David Boyd 37, Doug Brown 37, Mick Walker 37, Alan Jinks 36, Keith Gilbert 36, Mick Malady 36, Jeff Tellefson 36, Rod Pointer 35, Stuart Merriott 35, Graeme Jarvis 35, Terry Dorizzi 35, Jim Morrison 35, Chris Morris 35, Mark Kennedy 35, Jim Kennedy 35, Mark Mitchell 34, Ron Magill 34, David Wouters 34, Noel Wight 34.
Birdies: John Andrew, Glenn vassett, Ryan Stephen, Taia Nooroa, Mick Walker, Brad norton seventh, Andrew Osler 15th, Brendan Megee, Leigh Greening.
Pro pin: Alex slaughter Derek Miller (B)..
Thursday’s winner was Jackson Caddy on 42 points from Peter Scott 37 and Eric Deppeler 36.
DTL: Jye Kruyer 36, Don Glen 35, John Bundle 35, Les Madden 35, Jim Kennedy 35, Doug McNab 35..
Birdie: Jackson Caddy 18th.
Over 55’s social
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Numbers were down again due to the wet weather.
Winner of the mens was Bob Veitch with 18 pts. on a C/B.
DTL: Kevin O’Brien, 18 pts, Gilbert Davis, 17 pts.
The ladies winner was Marie Veitch with 16 pts., DTL: Kay Thompson 15 pts. NTP: Gilbert Davis and Kay Thompson.