If only John Heggart had pulled the shot that he did last Saturday on the Sunday of the Yass Open in December, he would have walked away with a new car. John has managed to drop the first hole in one on the 15th hole, in quite a while, with a shot that I have been told he was not overly impressed with, but managed to make it past the rough and roll up the dome shaped green to meet the hole in a magnificent fashion. Congratulations to John on what many of us golfers still dream of will happen to us one day. With John’s hole in one, he came in with a year topping 46 stableford points to take the A-grade prize.
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Sunday competition was a the tricky three-stick-event that makes everyone really think about what they are doing for the first few holes and then thinks, why do we have a whole bag full of these sticks, or I think that’s maybe what Dom Carmody was the thinking as he came in as the overall winner on a count back from Jamie Roche and Ian Kemp, who all came in with 37 points. Graham Fleming proved that a putter is a stick that can be played from almost anywhere on the course, with his nearest the pin on the 16th almost making the second hole in one for the weekend and making his playing partners almost died from laughter.
In Monday’s beat the Captains score event, Captain Nev, looked the goods on the first nine, for not giving any balls away, but fell apart on the back nine and let five players get the better of him. Kim Stephan managed 41 points, of which 24 he amassed on the back nine. On the 10th, Mick Coggan potted the second eagle for the weekend to keep the eagles nest to one ball for this Saturday’s competition.
This week marks the start of ACTDGA pennant season, with the Seniors kicking off at Royal Canberra on Thursday and the A Reserve, B Scratch, B Handicap and Juniors sides playing on Sunday in Canberra.
Results
Winners: A-grade: John Heggart (15) 46 points. B-grade: Nev Matthews (19) 43 points. Ball winners: J Heggart 46, N Matthews 43, R Perceval, R Walker 41, G Butcher, M Carey, G Hayden 40, R Jackson, B Timmer and J Roche 39 points. The Australian Hotel nearest the pins went to Robby Furner 409cm on the eighth hole and Graham Fleming 303cm on the 16th hole. The Yass Valley Tyre Service 11th hole went Robby Furner 480cm and the Mick Curtis sponsored nearest the pin after 2 shots on the 4th went to Michael Carey 192cm. Eagles nest went to John Heggart on the 15th with a hole in one.
Winner: Dominic Carmody (12) 37 points ocb. Ball winners: D Carmody, J Roche, I Kemp 37, G Fleming 36 and C Kemp 35 points. Nearest the pins on the 16th went to Graham Fleming 40cm.
Winner: Kim Stephan (23) 41 points. Ball winners: K Stephan 41, I Kemp 40, R Furner, W Whyte, P Watchorn 39, N Matthews, G Kerin 37 and T Smith 36 points. Captain balls went to 5 players that had 38 points and greater. The nearest the pin on 16th went to Peter Brady and Mick Coggan picked up the second eagle nest for the weekend on the 10th.
Rod "Plucker" Perceval found the going to his liking last Thursday, notching up two wins in a row with a very fine 21 points in the Dad's Army competition. Kevin Mann's 19 points would have won on nearly any other day but had to settle for a ball as did Les Puckett and Wilbur Whyte who managed 17. Scoring ranged from 21 down to 7 points.
Winners: A-grade: Robby Furner (6) 22 points. B-grade: Alistair MacIntyre (22) 22 points. Ball winners: B Brooker, M Curtis 21, B Puckett, W Whyte, I Bluett, D Oldfield 20, W Scheffler, R Perceval and M Coggan 19 points ocb.
Winners: A-grade: Steve Scroope (5) 27 Net. B-grade: Mick Broers (13) 27 Net. C-grade: Isobel Burden (16.5) 28.5 net. Ball winners went from 28 to 32.5 net. Complete results can be seen on display on the notice boards.
Saturday January 31: Stableford Event.
Sunday February 1: Stableford Event.
Saturday February 7: On Trend Clothing Guzzler’s Mug Stroke Event.
Saturday February 14: Yass Open 4 Person Ambrose, sponsored by Chambers Cellars.
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