OPENING day for the 2023 season last Saturday was a day out for Bruce Taylor, who had his second hole in one since joining the club.
This time the ace was on the fifth hole, but alas, it wasn’t enough to get his team on the winner’s podium in the three-person ambrose event.
Frances O’Brien in her first game at Parklands teamed up with club stalwarts, Vincent Obrien and Barry Oldaker, to win the event with a nett score of 61.3.
Narrow runners-up were Dale Grambeau, James Brown and Katelyn Morey with 62, from Allan, Kelly and Laura Hitchcock on 63.
Nearest the pins were won by Jeff Donovan on the second, Terry Rhook on the third, Taylor on the fifth, James Brown on the eighth and 13th, and Allan Hitchcock on the 11th.
The longest putt on the first went to David Rendell, Frances O’Brien on the 16th, Marie Cook on the 17th and Sue Irvin saluted on the 18th.
The longest, straightest drive on the ninth went to Grambeau, while Morey collected the birdies and ferrets.
Other events
THE winner of both last Wednesday’s 13-hole and Friday’s nine-hole stableford competitions was George Donaldson with an impressive 32 and 34 points respectively.
On Wednesday, Alec Walker was second with 28 points and Oldaker third with 26 points, while Oldaker was runner-up on Friday with 34.5 points.
Wednesday’s nearest the pins went to Walter on the fifth and Oldaker on the 13th, longest putt honours went to Stewart Turner on the first, while Rendell collected the birdies and ferrets.
Winner of last Tuesday’s par event was captain, Sue Irvin, coming in square with the card, while runner-up on a countback was Irene Box with a -3 from Jodie McGregor.
McGregor was nearest the pin on the eighth, while Gaye Goggin and Irene Box collected the honours on the 13th and 15th respectively.
The longest putts on the first and 17th went to Mary McCallum, while Irvin saluted on the 18th.
Box claimed the longest, straightest drive on the ninth along with the birdies and ferrets.
This week
SATURDAY is the 18-hole Monthly Medal, at 12pm for 12.30pm hit off.
Next Wednesday’s 13-hole competition will be the same, but due to Easter there will be no competition next Friday.
The end of daylight savings means next Tuesday’s 18-hole competition will start an hour later at 9.30am for a 10am hit off.
