Garfield declares its Top Guns
Fantastic weather ensuring good conditions for Garfield Golf Club’s major events the Top Gun final.
The final was played over the eighteen holes by a field of 19 with one competitor being knocked out at each hole by a chip off from greenside areas.
It was Geoff Turner who prevailed as the winner with a double bogey six on the last hole, defeating Gerry Vandenessen who wiped the last hole.
Andrew Patton finished third, Grant McLure fourth and Shane Male in fifth to round out the major prize winners.
Turner was actually a wild card entry into the event and took full opportunity of his good fortune.
For everyone else it was a game of single stableford with a field of 64 participating with a score of 36 points down to a count back required to finish in the money.
Ron Fielding won the A grade event on a count back with 39 points from Reece Fishwick with a further point back to Trevor Male in third place.
All three grades were decided by a countback decision with Dean Shannon winning B grade with a score of 40 points from Geoff Hobson, while the ageless John Garner was victorious for the C grade event with a score of 37 points from David Aitken .
Wally Poulter had the two nearest the pins on the fourth and 14th par three holes.
Bill Low continues on with his good recent run of form by finishing third in the C grade event, along with finishing in the money for Thursday’s competition with a score of 34 points playing off his mark of 29.
The two grades were up for grabs on Thursday with a field of 48 players contesting the regular stableford competition.
Gary Kelly did best for the A grade event with a winning score of 41 points, the four points in advance of Shane Male playing of his mark of just three.
Greg Wadeson broke a long run of outs with a score of 41 points well in advance of Richard Gould and Barrie Cousin, the next best with scores of 35 points each.
A final score of 34 points or better was required to win a ball down the line.
Nest Saturday is the March monthly medal, while the Saturday after that is the King Trophy, which is played as a 27 hole foursomes event. Results: Monday, stableford (field of 12): 1st George Haxby (32) 37; Best front nine: Pat O’Brien 19; Best back nine: Ray Walker 23.
Tuesday, women’s stableford: 1st Olga Pearson (35) 38, DTL: Ronda Knee 38; Gobblers: Hilary Hockley, Chris Caig; NTP: 4th Chris Caig, 14th Heather Payne, 16th Olga Pearson.
Thursday, stableford (field of 48): A grade: 1st Gary Kelly (17) 41, 2nd Shane Male (3) 37, 3rd Peter King (16) 36; B grade: 1st Greg Wadeson (27) 41, 2nd Richard Gould (28) 35cb, 3rd Barrie Cousin (28) 35; DTL: Paul Kaye 35, Gerry Vandenessen 35, Graham Thorp 34, Bill Low 34, Ron Fielding 34; NTP: 4th Darren Stanton, 8th David Leach, 9th Trevor Burnie, 11th Peter Johnson, 14th Gerry Vandenessen, 16th George Gray.
Thursday, twilight stableford (field of 27): 1st Cameron Reid (14) 20; Visitor:Paul Keysers (22) 21; DTL: Chris Williams 19, Kris Fowler 19, Ash Bow 18, Chris Bogart 18; NTP: 4th Chris Bogart, 8th Cameron Reid, 9th Kris Fowler.
Saturday, stableford (field of 64): A grade: 1st Ron Fielding (13) 39cb, 2nd Reece Fishwick (12) 39, 3rd Trevor Male (9) 38; Bgrade: 1st Dean Shannon (19) 40cb, 2nd Geoff Hobson (16) 40, 3rd Gary Vitiritti (16) 38; C grade: 1st John Garner (29) 37cb, 2nd David Aitken (32) 37, 3rd Bill Low (29) 36; DTL: Carl Gilbert 37, Rick Falcone 37, Peter Glasscock 36, John Keys 36, Glenn Wells 36, Darren Mouser 36; NTP: 4th Michael Anthony, 8th Rick Falcone, 9th Wally Poulter, 11th Bob Calderara, 14th Wally Poulter, 16th Gary Vitiritti; NTP 2nd shot: A grade: Bob Calderara; B grade: Paul Kaye; C grade: Paul Gough.
Saturday, Top Gun: Men’s: 1. Geoff Turner 2. Gerry Vandenessen 3.Andrew Patton 4.Grant McLure 5. Shane Male 6. Joe Tons 7. Matt Van Der Horst 8. Gary Kelly 9. Peter King 10. John Miles 11. Hayden Newnham, 12. Malcolm Hirt 13. Pieter Van Der Horst 14. Elton Shipway 15. Robert Taylor Snr, 16. Harry Matthews 17. Peter Marquis 18. Richard Perry 19. Glenn Whelan; Women’s: 1 Chris Caig 2. Heather Payne 3.Olga Pearson 4.Hilary Hockley 5.Jill Gay 6.Amanda McLure 7. Karli Van Der Horst 8. Di Norton 9. Deidre Pilkington.