FROM a distance the Parklands Golf Course appears dressed in a verdant blanket, but this belies a still hard surface underfoot.

FIFTY-NINE men and nine women participated in Saturday’s stableford event with A grade having a very close finish with the placings being decided on a three-way countback with Jason Chandler taking first spot, runner-up going to Mal Groves and third place going to Jim King all finishing on 37 points.

WINTER, the season of the year when golfers layer up to keep warm, unearth their wet weather apparel and lament the fact that their golf ball doesn’t travel the distance they would like it to.

ON SATURDAY we had the pleasure of playing golf using the recently completed, newly reversed seventh and eighth holes, as the new scrapes and tee blocks had their first official use.

JOHN Warden collected the Men’s Spectator Trophy, finishing with +1, to hold off Jim King on -3 and Chuck Raymond on -7.

THE Parklands Golf Club hosted its annual Anti-Cancer Day fundraiser on Saturday, with all proceeds going to Western District Health Service’s cancer efforts.

A FIELD of 54 men and 20 women played par on Saturday, where the men were competing in the final round of the Spectator Trophy which was double points round, and the winner will be announced next week.

HAMILTON Golf Club is celebrating this year’s pennant season, winning four flags in the recent finals.

CANCER is one of the leading causes of death in Australia, and Parklands Golf Club has been impacted throughout its history by the loss of valued members to cancer.

PORTLAND Golf Club hosted the Western District Golf Association’s men’s, women’s and mixed pennant finals across Sunday and yesterday, with the club’s division three men’s pennant side secured a strong victory during Sunday’s scratch final, beating Grampians in the decider 5-2.