What a fantastic day of golf today. It was the final day of our championships and the weather was perfect. I have just had a look at tomorrow's forcast and they are calling 14 degrees with showers. How lucky were we to get four matches in near perfect weather for our 2008 championships & the course greatly improved from previous months wet weather.
I really enjoyed the day & the presentation afterwards to the very deserving winners.
I did not play with my original partners of Rosalie Dyer and Lesley Gregory due to a late withdrawal. As it is a seeded draw I was moved up one section and my playing partners today were Bev Adams and Lyn Cruickshanks. They were great company and we did have some highlights along the way. I was happy that I had my best score of the four rounds, came in 4th in my grade for the day and won a ball. If I can't win the event then it can't be better than that.
The event of the day was a single stroke and we had 65 starters.
DAILY EVENT:
RESULTS:
DIVISION 1:
GROSS WINNER: Anne Burgess - 86 strokes
WINNER: Debbie Grinham - 71 nett
RUNNER UP: Wendy Stapleton - 72 nett
THIRD: Robin Incoll - 73 nett on a countback
DIVISION 2:
GROSS WINNER: Rosalie Dyer - 93 strokes
WINNER: Rosalie Dyer - 71 nett
RUNNER UP: Clare Hastings - 74 nett on a countback
THIRD: Yvonne Wilson - 74 nett on a countback
DIVISION 3:
GROSS WINNER: Judy Mulheron - 104 strokes
WINNER: Judy Mulheron - 67 nett
RUNNER UP: Val Iseppi - 72 nett on a countback
THIRD: Dawn Tromp - 72 nett
NEAREST THE PINS:
DIVISION 1 : 5th hole : Rhonda Robertson; 12th Hole : Sheena Asken
DIVISION 2: 8th Hole: Rosalie Dyer; 14th Hole: Margaret Mackie
DIVISION 3: 8th Hole: Judy Mulheron; 14th Hole: Dawn Tromp
CCR: Par 73
BALLS WENT TO 74 ON A COUNTBACK
2008 LADIES CHAMPIONSHIPS - 72 HOLES OVER FOUR ROUNDS
RESULTS:
DIVISION 1:
CLUB CHAMPION: Wendy Stapleton - 355
RUNNER UP (Championship): Rhonda Robertson - 360 on a countback
72 HOLE NETT WINNER : Wendy Stapleton - 295
72 HOLE NETT RUNNER UP: Kay Adams - 297
DIVISION 2:
DIVISION 2 CHAMPION: Leonie Casey - 378
RUNNER UP - CHAMPIONSHIP: Jan Fitzgerald - 397
72 HOLE NETT WINNER: Kathy Small - 286
72 HOLE NETT RUNNER UP: Leonie Casey - 294
DIVISION 3:
DIVISION 3 CHAMPION: Margaret Mackie - 426
RUNNER UP - CHAMPIONSHIP: Margaret Nicholls- 435
72 HOLE NETT WINNER: Margaret Nichols - 299
72 HOLE NETT RUNNER UP: Margaret Mackie - 302
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Lynn Puiatti parred the 15th; Anne Burgess had a birdie on the 2nd; Carrol Farrel's group did not have any pars until Carol parred the 14th and then Margaret Nichols parred the 15th; Sharon Anderson had a par on the 1st, 6th and the 14th; Sheena Asken had a birdie on the 6th and played a better game today; Judy Verlander had a great putt on the 10th; Glennis English was a good player out of luck; Cheryl Davison had a gobbler on the 6th; Rhonda Robertson had a gobbler on the 7th for a par; Norma Cubis birdied the 11th; Debbie Grinham had a birdie gobbler on the 1st; Leonie Casey parred the 2nd and the 12th; Michele Martin & Kay Adams highlight was playing with Wendy Stapleton; Robin Incoll had a birdie on the 12th and was so excited she accidently hit Judy Verlander on the head with the flagstick; Di Beechey's second shot on the 2nd went straight past the tree on the left corner, hit some obsticle on the course, jumped up the wire fence and went over the fence out of bounds; Lyn Cruickshank had a birdie on the 14th after a beautiful long putt. Lyn also had a series of "A" grade bounces - on the first hole Lyn hit a beautiful drive to the middle of the fairway - the second shot she slammed straight at the bunker on the right. It missed the bunker and hit the tree to the right, rebounded off the tree to the left - beautifully over the bunker and landed back on the fairway; on the second fairway Lyn's drive was at the men's 9th tee, her second shot slammed across the fairway and hit the wire fence and rebounded sharp right onto the middle of the fairway, her third shot went through the trees on the right, her fourth shot hit a small tree in front of her and rebounded sharp left out onto the middle of the fairway - I could not believe it! Three "A" grade bounces in a row.
I asked Wendy Stapleton for the secret of her success today and she told me that she sang to herself to keep her focus on golf. She did tell me the name of the songs (which obviously did the trick) however I cannot divulge that information in case Wendy wants to patent it.
Wendy also told me that Debbie Grinham told her on the first week of the championships that she had her money on Wendy as the "Dark Horse". Now Wendy wants to put a bet on a "Dark Horse" for this weeks races and needs help from any of the members who may happen to know of a "Dark Horse" that she could perhaps take a punt on. Contact Wendy if you have some inside information on "Dark Horses".
A little incident reported to me today by Rosalie Dyer - "Somebody" (who was borrowing a cart to go out to collect the nearest the pins flags) thought that the cart was in reverse gear & ploughed through "Alans" hedge outside of the Pro Shop. (photo attached) Ooooops!!
Perhaps a nice little archway would look lovely there!
Images attached: Margaret Mackie, Wendy Stapleton and Leonie Casey - our Club Champions of 2008; The Final Scoreboard; the trophy table ready at presentation; with my playing partners Bev Adams and Lyn Cruickshanks; with the playing partners I was supposed to have today Rosalie Dyer and Lesley Gregory; on the 8th fairway - two white cockatoos making a nest at the base of a tree; Debbie Grinham - Winner of Division 1 daily event; Wendy Stapleton - runner up in Division 1 Daily event; Robin Incoll - 3rd in Division 1 Daily Event; Rosalie Dyer - winner of Division 2 daily event; Clare Hastings - Runner up of Division2 daily event; Judy Mulheron - Winner of Division 3 daily event; Dawn Tromp - 3rd in Division 3 daily event; Ronda Jordon & Chris Dekker presenting the Veterans Awards; Di Thomlinson - Winner of the Veterans champion award for the day; Leonie Casey - veterans award; Margaret Mackie - winner of the 3rd Division Championship; Leonie Casey - winner of the 2nd Division Championship; Wendy Stapleton - Winner of 1st Division Championship and Club Champion; Wendy Stapleton & Kay Adams with the champions trophy; Bev Way, Debbie Grinham & Judy Verlander enjoying the afternoon sunshine; The "Oooops" hedge from the balcony; various members surveying the damaged hedge; Joan Briety with Debbie Grinham (Nice to see you back for a visit Joan); Wendy getting a congratulations hug from husband Ray.
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