GOLF is a sport where the focus is usually on individual performance, yet it affords the opportunity for an enjoyable afternoon of socialising with friends or family. 

The appeal of the Parklands course and the low $10 fee for green fees players means the course is utilised by many groups of friends for social rounds of golf each week. 

There are many competition formats which provide the chance for players to play as a team.

The three-person gentsomes competition held on Sunday was one of these, with many family groups spending an enjoyable afternoon together, as the family-based teams dominated the leader board.

Sunday

THE field of members and many guests set out and fortunately the wind soon died down and players enjoyed an afternoon of magnificent conditions for play in the first round of the club’s annual tournament. 

As mentioned above, the winners were dominated by family groups with the outstanding mixed competition score of the day (112 points) recorded by Heather Wilkinson’s team, spanning three generations and including her son Andrew and grandson Tye.

Runners-up was another family team of Kelly and Allan Hitchcock, along with Mark Miller, who scored 96 points. 

The winners of the men’s competition was the family team of Stewart Turner with his grandsons, Dylan and Ethan Turner.

Team Turner won with 86 points on a countback from the team of George Donaldson, John Wilkinson and Allan Flavell. 

The ladies competition was won by the team of Sue Irvin, Dawn Cay and Jenny Rowe with a score of 87 points.

The coveted longest straightest drive on the ninth was won by Flavell, while nearest the pins were won by Miller on the second, Stewart on the 13th and Peter Irvin on the 15th.

Nearest the pin prizes for the ladies competition were wone by Cay (fifth), Sue Irvin (13th) and Ann Dickinson (15th).

Wednesday

FABULOUS conditions overhead and underfoot greeted the field for Wednesday’s 13-hole stableford competition. 

Peter prepared for the tournament, collecting 32 points to win by two ahead of runner-up, Bruce Taylor, while Barry Oldaker was third with 29.

The Nearest the Pin prize on the fifth was won by Taylor, while Jeff Donovan saluted on the second and Les Pye on the 13th.

Pye is enjoying the warmer weather and also won the birdies and ferrets, while John Wilkinson won the longest putt on the first.

Tuesday 18 Hole Stableford Competition

TUESDAY’S field enjoyed a round in perfect Spring conditions and Toby Salter relished the conditions and won with a commanding 37 points.

Marie Cook was second with 34 points and Sue was third with 32. 

A small group played a nine-hole competition which was won by Heather Wilkinson with 18 points from Sandra Colcough, who finished second with 15 points on a countback from Heather Hay. 

The nearest the pin prizes were shared between Marie Cook (fifth and eighth) and Jenny Rowe (15th). 

The longest putt prizes went to Moncia Kealy (first), Hay (17th) and Gina Kelly (18th). 

Gaye Goggin won the birdies and ferrets prize.

This week

THE annual tournament continued this week with a 4BBB competition on Tuesday, with a ladies three-person Irish stableford scheduled for Friday, and a four-person ambrose on Sunday.