The Mens golf competition last Saturday, 20th May was an Individual Stroke event. The scores for the field of 62 players appeared to be affected by the grey conditions, but Peter Dawson seemed unaffected.

The Div-1 Winner was Peter ‘Ecky’ Dawson with 66 nett, helped along by a birdie blitz on the front-9. In close contention as Runner-up was Mugen Green (Parkes) with 67 nett. He matched ‘Ecky’ on the front-9 but faltered on the back-9.

The Div-2 scores reflected the general trend. Robert Scott won with a 72 nett, putting in an even and tidy display. Runner-up was Peter Tisdell with 74 nett, whose score was undone by the back-9.

The NTP’s went to: 9 th – P Maher; 18 th – T Morgan. The Pro Shop Super-pin went to Mugen Green with a shot to 1.30 metres. He was well guided by Wayne O’Neill. The ball sweep went to 76 nett.

There were quite a few visitors from Parkes in the field, no doubt getting in some practice before the Mens Open.

The second leg of the ‘Trilogy of Golf’ was played at West Wyalong. Forbes players cemented their positions at the forefront of this competition. In the A-Grade John Betland won the day with 72 nett, Caleb Hanrahan was runner-up with 73 nett and Steve Betland completed the trio with 74 nett. Unfortunately the other Forbes players missed out on prizes.

This weekend we have the Mens Open on Sunday, with a 4BBB on Saturday. The field is fairly full but you may get a spot if you contact the Pro Shop.

By Short Putt

The second round of the BWR Summer Competition was a stroke event, with 70 players competing for the prize. Torin Hando hit an 85 off the stick that returned a 65 nett score, the winner by 2 over Phill Smith whose 81 off the stick saw him with a 67 nett. Torin is just getting started on his golfing odyssey and learned the handicapper can be brutal with 4 shots coming off his handicap. Chris Luke had an 68 nett the same score as Antony Riach whose nett score was achieved off an excellent 74 off the stick. There were also four players returning a 69, Duncan Constable, Ian Phipps firing consecutive 79’s and Craig Dunn and Graham Cooke both firing 96’s to secure their 69 netts. The Nearest The Pins this week were: the Harvey Norman 2nd/11th won by Ian Phipps 97cm, the Westlime 6th/15th won by Torin Hando at 121cm and the 9th/18th won by Aaron Wilkie at 25cm. Ian again picked up the prize on the Harvey Norman hole this week at 97cm. There were too many ball winners to mention. 

The Prostate Cancer Awareness Day welcomed a large field of 112 players on a sunny Saturday last weekend. The Parkes Prostate Cancer Group provided a lot of literature and information for participants, with one in six men being diagnosed by the time they turn 85. 

In A grade Leonie Stevenson steered her team home. Peter Magill, Troy Thomson, Leonie and David Stevenson recorded a 51.875 beating Geoff Leonard, Cody Hando, R Ashton and Kailab Tyne on 52.5. Other winners: N.Ryan, Max Medlyn, Jack Dobell and Jack Creith on 55.5, Jake Hodge, Riall Harrison, Aaron Wilkie and Joe Van Opynen on 56.375, Brendan Chambers, Finne Latu, Anthony Riach and Ben Howard on 56.875 and Jake O’Brien, Aaron Gaffey, Nick Kelly and Matthew Knighton on 57.25.

In the B grade, Michael Williamson added some firing power to the team of Craig Dunn, G.Dunn and M. Stubberfield, who won with a score of 53.12. Shaun Bateson, Beau Tanswell, Torin Hando and anchor Michael Dumesny were on 54.375. Ray Maxwell, Ross Smith and Wayne Parker and Simon Hogan on 58.75. Stephen Riley, Scott Winter, Matt Swetland and Michael Dellaca shot a 58.875. Mel Matthews, Brett Slack-Smith, R.Scott and H.Steele-Park on a countback at 59.125. The last prize went to Gordon Pritchard, Rob Cheney, John Dwyer and Tony Hendry also on 59.125. 

This weekend is the December Telescope Tyres & Batteries / Hankook Masters Monthly Medal with the day sponsor being Kitson Manufacturing Services.

ANNUAL SCRATCH SHOOTOUT

On Sunday the annual Scratch Shootout was held for the first time under the mantle of naming rights sponsor Peter Boschman. A very strong field was assembled under Captain Cath, but started falling from very early starting with Brendan. Tony Hendry was next to leave the event again failing on the chipoff with his 2 over saving Jake Hodge to fight another hole, then Max Keith, followed by Max Medlyn, contesting his first Scratch Shootout. On the par 5 7th Luke Clarke’d putt onto the green didn’t work out for him, while on the 17th Jake Hodge was eliminated. 

On the 9th, it was Anthony Riach hit a poor drive into the trees on the left and ended up with a double bogey, on the 10th hole Peter Bristol departed and on the par 3 10th Blake Parker. On the 12th hole Joe Van Opynen had to leave, and on the par 5 13th, Robert Cheney exited. On the 14th hole Michael Thomas left, on the 15th John Green made a rare error, and on the par 5 16th Ron Hetherington was eliminated.

By the 17th Aaron Wilkie, Jack Elliot and Myles Smith remained. A par put Aaron and Jack in a chip-off that the left the pre-post favourite Aaron out of contention. It was going to be a tightly run thing with Myles able to finish off with a birdie to beat Jack’s par and claim the Big Dutch Cup Scratch Shootout for 2022.

By Peter Bristol