The Tara Court Golf Society
Sunday, Nov. 25, Green Valley – Stableford
We had 21 players tee it up today on a course in excellent condition and the with greens getting back to their normal speed. All groups were around in 4 hours or under and the temperature was just right also.
Two divisions today with the cut at 17 & 18+ and the “A” division was closely contested and you had to have played to handicap or better to feature in the prizes. A countback was need to separate first & second places with Michael Williams (H/cap 12) on 37 points c/b 18-19 getting the gong ahead of Craig Hitchens (11) c/b 21-16 in second. Taking the bronze was Russell Gilroy (16) with 36 points.
In “B division scoring was not as good, with Tony Kennedy (25) in first place on 34 points while second went to Terry Mangan (22) with 32 and third to Pat Carty (22) on 31.
Tuesday, Nov. 27, Treasure Hill – Stableford
A overcast and breezy day made for great cool golfing weather and we had 24 players for our monthly visit to Treasure Hill. The course was in excellent condition and the greens fairly fast. The tee blocks were forward today which made club selection a bit harder as hazards and other problems now came into play.
One player had an excellent score today and was the clear winner in “A” division (0-17). Garry Barling (H/cap 9) shot a fine 41 points to finish well clear of Ted Morris (17) in second with 36. Third place went to Jon Batty (7) on 35 points and Wayne Antlitz (14) was fourth with 33.
Taking top spot in “B” division was Tony Kennedy (25) on 36 points while second went to Joe McArdle (16) on countback over John Villany (20), both with 35 points. Completing the podium was Bernie Staffors (18) in fourth with 31.
The big winner of the day with the only ‘2’ was Jean Fok Chak.
Thursday, Nov. 29, Eastern Star – Stableford
We were back here at Eastern Star today on a course which is probably in as good a condition as it has ever been and now with the completely renovated clubhouse it is one of the best in the area.
Although everyone knows this is a very difficult course, the scoring today was very poor and despite having a reasonably large group none of us managed to play even near to handicap. Joe McArdle (18) was very surprised to find out that he actually won with 32 points, beating Colin Aspinal (17) on a countback. Gary Barling (9) was playing his last game with us for this trip and he also lost out on the count back and had to settle for the third spot. Tony Kennedy (25) made his second visit to the podium this week as his thirty points was good enough to take the fourth place, relegating Ken Hole (21) to the fifth and last place on countback.
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