PSC Golf from the Growling Swan
Monday, Jan. 7, Mt. Shadow – Stableford
1st Colin Stielow (25) 34pts
2nd Mashi Kaneta (13) 32pts
3rd Patrick Poussier (29) 31pts
Near Pins: Keith Buchanan, Mark Stapleton, Mark Stapleton.
Long Putts: Brendan Cope, Keith Buchanan.
We had fourteen golfers put today at Mountain Shadow, playing off the blue tees at about 6200m in length. There was not one complaint regarding the condition of the courses; fairways were mowed and tidy, the greens ran true and the bunkers were clean and raked. All in all the opportunity for some good scores one would think, or was it!
With just the solitary flight, Colin Stielow took the shackles off to return a good score of 34 points for top spot. In second and only two shots behind was Mashi Kaneta and finishing third another stroke behind was his playing partner Patrick Poussier.
Thursday, Jan. 10, King Naga – Stableford
A-Flight
1st Martin Kempton (11) 39pts
2nd Takeshi Hakozaki (12) 36pts
3rd Ian Ward (12) 35pts
B-Flight
1st Bernie McCart (32) 43pts
2nd Colin Stielow (25) 37pts
3rd Andrew Allen (33) 36pts
Near Pins: Denis Steele, Dave Maw, Bill Steinmann, Shane Young.
Long Putts: Peter Grey, Martin Kempton.
Twenty golfers took up the challenge today at King Naga on a course in good nick and which offered plenty of run. Bunkers were clean and raked, fairways were tidy but putting close to the greens was a little difficult as the buffalo grass took the speed from the ball.
Our five groups teed off about 10 min earlier than our allotted tee time, and we were not held up at all. The A-Flight saw Martin Kempton take the show with a good score of 39 points. Second home was Takeshi Hakozaki who on the Par 4 eighth hole shot an eagle in two, and third past the post was Ian Ward on countback over Mark Stapleton, Keith Buchanan and newcomer Jon Dean.
B-Flight witnessed the score of the day when Bernie McCart came home with an excellent score of 43 points. Leaving us this week, Colin Stielow took second six shots behind the winner and Andrew Allen rounded of the podium places.
