MYRTLEFORD GOLF CLUB

THURSDAY, 5 June

RBI Plumbing Stableford AMCR 73

A Grade Winner: Kerry Newton (17) 31pts c/b. A Grade Runner Up: Wendy Caldwell (26) 31pts.

Ball Winners: Kerry Chapman, Denise O'Donohue.

Foodworks NTPs - 4th: Lizzie Orton, 14th: Kerry Chapman.

Wednesday, 4 June

RBI Plumbing Stableford AMCR 71

A Grade Winner: Jim Martin (14) 34 pts c/b. A Grade Runner Up: Pieter Veldman (23) 34 pts.

Ball Winners: D Matthews 32, T Chapman 32, R Richardson 32 c/b.

Foodworks NTPs - 1st: Tony Chapman, 4th 2nd Shot: Spider Hancock, 8th: Jim Martin, 14th: George Browne, 16th: Tony Chapman.

Tuesday, 3 June

RBI Plumbing Stableford AMCR 73

A Grade Winner: Marnie Broz (19) 34pts. A Grade Runner Up: Helen Mummery (29) 33pts.

Ball Winners: Liz Orton, Jan Roseby, Wendy Caldwell.

Foodworks NTPs - 1st: Judy Bynon, 4th: Jan Roseby, 14th: Lyn Dwyer.

9 Hole Winner: Betty Newton 14pts. 9 Hole Runner Up: Carol Ames 13pts.

MOUNT BEAUTY GOLF CLUB

ON Monday, 2 June, the men played the 18 holes which was won by Andy Cook from Bright Country Club, from Tony Campen on a countback with their 35 points each.

Wednesday, 4 June was the front nine for the Ladies.

Lynda Barter proved victorious with 16 points from Liz Harvey with 15 points, and Helen Whittaker got an NTP on the seventh with her second shot.

The men also tackled the front nine on Wednesday, which was won by Len Tonn with 19 points on a countback from Peter Hertzog.

A ball was given out to Andy Cook, Bright Country Club, for his efforts at 17 points.

Monthly Medal was the format for the Men on Saturday, 7 June, a cold and drizzly day.

Dave Browning led them all home with his net 73 on a countback from Roger Church.

The club kept the Tatts Ticket from the Tawonga South Newsagency & Post Office, and the ball.

Dave Browning was closest on the ninth while Fred Gerardson took the 17th and the money on the 18th.

BRIGHT COUNTRY GOLF CLUB

WHAT was golf originally called, I hear you ask?

Well, it derives linguistically from the Dutch word, ‘kolf’ or ‘kolve’, meaning quite simply, club.

In the Scottish dialect of the late 14th or early 15th century, the Dutch term became ‘goff’ or ‘gouff’, and only later in the 16th century, ‘golf’.

Enough of this week’s history, let’s see how the Bright golfers went.

Monday, 2 June, all gender Stableford competition.

A field of 18 golfers began in near freezing conditions, but two golfers weren’t worried at all.

Winner: Glenn O’Connell 20 H/C 39 pts. Runner up: Ray Borschmann 20 H/C 38 pts.

Ball winners: Jenny Richter 37 pts, Kevin Reed, 36 pts C/B, Ian Browne 34 pts.

NTPs - 3rd: Phil Jessen, 6th: Rod Brown, 11th: Greg Dawson, 16th: Phil Jessen.

Thursday, 5 June could only mean one thing – the men’s Stableford competition.

The group consisted of 38 golfers, all from Bright without a visitor in sight.

The overall winner certainly was a grinner, Andrew Robertson blitzed the field.

Playing off 11 H/C10 pars and a birdie ensured he went to the top of the leaderboard, with 40 points.

He was followed by Hamish McPhee 7 H/C 38 pts, Frog Thompson 18 H/C 37 pts C/B, and in fourth place Robert Davey with a return to form, 21 H/C 37 pts.

Ball winners: Mo O’Shea 36 pts, Phil Jessen 35 pts C/B, Jonas Bush 35 pts C/B, and honourable Kevin Reed with 35 pts C/B.

NTPs - 3rd: Nifty Nev Blewitt, 6th: Heath Thompson, 11th: Mick Dunne (under a metre) then three putted, and 16th: Rod Brown, it almost went in but pulled up a bit short.

Friday, 6 June, Ladies 9-hole Stableford competition.

Playing the front nine holes, the winner was Sarah Williamson, with 18 points.

Ball winner was Roschelle Harrison with 17 pts C/B, and NTP on the sixth was Julie Englert.

Saturday, 7 June all gender Stroke event, and for the men the June Monthly Medal.

It was hard to understand why anyone would venture out and play a stroke round of golf.

The conditions were close to snowing, the wind was freezing, and the drizzle and rain seemed unrelenting.

But, and there’s always a but, 23 golfers including one lady turned up to play

Only one golfer, Elliot Bailey from the Future Golf Club played under their handicap.

Elliot, playing off 23 H/C somehow came in with a nett 69.

Being ineligible to win the medal, it meant that Steve Perkins, 13 H/C was the winner with a nett 73.

In third place was Chris Oswin, 8 H/C nett 75.

Ball winners: Mick Dunne nett 76, Ray ‘The Borsch’ Borschmann 77 nett, Adam Benincasa 78 nett C/B and Heather Thompson nett 78 C/B.

NTPs - 3rd: Chris Oswin, 6th: jackpot, 10th second shot: ‘Lucky’ Mick Dunne, 16th: Nick Aloizos.

The Bright Golf Guru quote of the week - Tommy Armour, the Scottish golfer who won the British Open in 1931, once said, “Golf is an awkward set of bodily contortions designed to produce a graceful result.”