Ben Ferrif in the junior country team.IT was a weekend that Beaconhills Country Golf Club’s member of 32 years John Angwin will never forget.
No only did he win the Bgrade Stableford competition on Saturday August 13, but followed up on Sunday with an impressive hole in one on the 11th of the Old course. It was only the fifth ace on the tough 185meter hole to be recorded in the club’s history since 1954.
Other winners on the Old course on Saturday included Phil Read, on a countback for A grade, with 39 points and Glen James in C grade, who returned a score of 37 points.
On the Lakes course, Scott Smith was the winner with 41 points and in the junior competition Marcus Drummond won with a score of nett 28.
SUNDAY COMPETITION
Scores reflected the tough windy conditions on Sunday, August 14.
Jim Kelly was the Agrade winner, scoring 36 points and Bob Walpole was the Bgrade winner on a countback with 35 points.
TUESDAY COMPETITION
On the Lakes course, this was won by Barry O’Neil who scored 38 Stableford points and the runnerup was club professional Mark Griffin with 37 points.
LADIES
It was a stroke round and monthly medal event for the ladies on Wednesday. Sharon Taylor played an excellent round on the Lakes course and returned the best nett score 70, to win her fourth monthly medal.
Karen Pritchard scored the least putts for her round and nearestthepin winners were Heather Hamilton on the third and Anne Madigan on the 18th. The propin winners were Karen Pritchard for A grade and Jean Wheatley for B grade.
THURSDAY COMPETITION
This was a Stableford competition on the Lakes course.
Norris Burch was the Agrade winner with 40 points and Wayne Boyle was the Bgrade winner with 37 points.
JUNIOR TEES UP FOR TEAM
Four junior members from Beaconhills Country Golf Club were invited to try out for the Peninsula District Golf Association Junior Country Team, Ben Ferrif, Ben Taylor, Dylan Taylor and Kristian Tribuiani.
Ben Ferrif returned some excellent results at the practice rounds at Sorrento and Beaconhills Country Golf Clubs and was invited to a practice round at Maffra Golf Club.
The team was then selected from those who played at Maffra and Ben Ferrif was selected. On the weekend of 13 and 14 August, the PDGA Junior Country Team played against three other districts in an aggregate teams event. The PDGA junior country team was the comprehensive winners and progressed to the next round that will see them compete in matchplay against other regional winners at Bendigo. The PDGA team will be reduced in size for the matchplay series; as yet the team has not been announced.
