With six members playing to exact par on Medal day. Then missing out on championship points! One would assume an easy day at the office was enjoyed by all. You are mistaken.
Light drizzle dominated for most of this Medal round, making for heavy rough, slippery lies, and little value for our topped shots down the middle. Were we had a few struggle, the main field excelled, demonstrating that practice/course management can overcome conditions. Fourteen out of thirty competitors played to handicap or better!
Our Medal winner today was Stephen Butterfield with a 1 under 32 back nine giving him an impressive 61 net, a round consisting of four birdies, and a triple bogey! Great golf mate, unfortunately the 3.1 handicap adjustment happens to be the largest of the season.
Within three strokes of this rounds winner we had four members: Ken Grist(63), David Rees(63) Stephan Belevski(64), and Mehmet Akdag(64) taking out the remaining top three placings, and the championship points offered. Well played gents, points are hard to come by, and handicaps easier to lose.
This years club championship continues to gather interest, with another new leader. After only one week at the top of the table Oliver Gross has relinquished the mantle to Stephan Belevski. Consistent golf, and attendance rewards. This exciting gopher may just well be the one to catch this year. Things aren’t all bad for Oliver, he stills maintains a narrow one point lead over Emillio Bassi in the seniors championships but the pack are knocking on the door.
With the Tasmanian trip scheduled this round for a decent third of members, easy points should be on the mind. Roll up Roll up. Good luck gents, hope you don’t become as rained upon as the travellers.
Ball winner was Stephan Butterfield, and the jackpot cash went to Kazim Akdag.
Results for Saturday, 02 April 2011
1st S Butterfield(61) 2nd Ken Grist(63) 2nd David Rees(63) 3rd Mehmet Akdag(64) 3rd Stefan Belevski(64) 4th Andrew Blight(65) 4th Damien Lee(65) 5th Tony Mifsud(67)