Headland Headlines Articles

From Tony Durkin  HANDI VICTORY: Headland has been crowned winner of the inaugural team event at the 2025 Handiskins National Championship final, contested on the Gold Coast on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The Headland team of Mick Prince, Bruce Heseltine,… Read More

From Tony Durkin  MIRROR GOLF: On Wednesday Dan Diachkoff not only shot his most memorable golf round, but his two magnificent nines were the mirror image of each other. The renderer/painter fired eight birdies – four each side – in… Read More

From Tony Durkin  WHITE DECISION: Chris Goundrey was ‘slightly’ sledged by his mates on Saturday for playing from the white tees, but it proved to be a smart decision. “For me, on my GA handicap of 3.2, the variance was… Read More

From Tony Durkin  BACK-TO-BACK: Former World No.42 tennis player, Scott Draper, has won back-to-back Men’s Sunshine Coast Amateur Open Championships, prevailing once again at Headland over the Easter weekend. The lowest handicapped player in the field off plus four, Scott… Read More

From Tony Durkin  GREEN JACKET: It was a case of a green jacket for the greenkeeper in yesterday’s Masters Monday, with Apprentice Greenkeeper Kaden Thorne standing tall under extremely difficult circumstances. Playing from the Championship tees, during sporadic downpours, wind,… Read More

From Tony Durkin  FIRST WIN: Not only did two-year member Lincoln Harris breakthrough for his first Monthly Medal on Saturday, but the victory was his first piece of major golfing glory. “I have had a few seconds previously, but that… Read More

From Tony Durkin  SLOW PROGRESS: One of Headland’s most enigmatic, yet popular members, hopes his interest in a game he has always loved, will soon again blossom.  Octogenarian Ken Anderson scored 38 points to win Wednesday’s A Grade Medley Single… Read More

From Tony Durkin  POOR CHOICES: Even though she won Saturday’s Monthly Medal for Women, Annabel Harris scolded herself for ‘bad course management, and some poor club choices’. The only player in the field to match their handicap, Annabel scored 84… Read More

From Tony Durkin MIXED CHAMPIONS: In winning her eighth Headland Mixed Foursomes Championship on Saturday, the incomparable Josie Ryan will have her name added to the Headland Honour Board for the 56th time. A septuagenarian and grandmother of four, Josie… Read More

From Tony Durkin FAIRWAYS TESTED: He spends his working week testing soil so, on Sunday, Civil Engineer Tom Hewitt thought he would assess the condition of the fairways at Headland after Tropical Cyclone Alfred had caused the course to be… Read More