By Ron Hottes
Wednesday 15 March:
Readers may remember (if you read these columns weekly) that a few weeks ago, one of Warburton Golf Club’s members Merilyn McDonald was featured in the results for having a purple patch of form, resulting in some excellent scores posted. Well, it’s hubby’s turn now, and about time. Alan McDonald won this day with a super impressive +4. But no bragging rights because his dear wife did not play; leaving him with the only option of reporting back to her that he had a very good day. Our runner-up was early bird Ross Machar, just behind with a creditable +3. Balls extended to -1. The NTP prizes went home with Chris Leighton (3rd), Your Loyal Scribe (5th) John Haynes (9th) and Kevin Bargar for a superb second shot approach on the 6th.
Twilight:
It’s getting very tight up the top of the leaderboard for this event. With just one more week to go before the big Shootout, this week’s result has muddied the waters rather than sorted out that final top 10. Those results start with a 21-pointer being posted by James Campion, which was just good enough to claim the top voucher and to also see seven valuable points added to his total. But, alas, that is unlikely enough to get James into the top 10 by next week’s last round. But the runner-up Shane Campbell by gaining siz points onto his total is a very real chance of being involved in the Shootout. ’Bomber’ scored 20 points on the day to grab another voucher. Balls reached 17. NTP winners were Luke Patrick (3rd), Shane Campbell (6th) and Steuart Hawke (9th).
Saturday 18 March, Par:
In an unusual twist of fate the A-Grade winner and the runner-up were both guests at the Club. A group of Warragul Golf Club members came up to enjoy the vagaries of playing at Warburton’s beautiful course. Most struggled to post a reasonable score, but Thomas Denholm slayed everyone with a superb +5! More than impressive for one who was playing the course for the first time. His club member Dale Campbell, took home the runner-up voucher, with a +1 being good enough on a countback. Well done boys. The B-Grade prize went to my regular playing partner Henk De Graaf, who recorded a solid +2. Bragging rights, Ineke. Michael Fox was the B-Grade runner-up with a +1 declared after a tight countback was required. If you posted a -1, or better, you are owed a new ball. NTP winners were Sean Kennedy (5th), Ben Lever (9th), Geoff Fall (12th) and the ultra-talented Clinton Toohey (15th).
