Headland Headlines Articles

HEADLAND HEADLINES 22-4-24

From Tony Durkin  JOSIE, AGAIN: Headland Patron, Simon Whittle, has described Josie Ryan’s 2024 Headland Women’s Championship victory as one of the bravest he can recall as a 65-year-club member. And, he added that her final nine holes in Thursday’s… Read More

HEADLAND HEADLINES 15-4-24

From Tony Durkin  LISA LEADS: Fittingly, the lowest handicapped player in the field with the only double-bogey free card of the event, heads in to the final round of the 2024 Headland Women’s Championship in front, albeit with only a… Read More

HEADLAND HEADLINES 8-4-2024

From Tony Durkin VICKY LEADS: For the first time in her five years as a Headland member, Vicky Sheridan will take a lead in to the second round of the Headland Women’s Championship. The Sales Director of My Weekly Preview… Read More

HEADLAND HEADLINES 1-4-24

From Tony Durkin  OPEN POSTPONED: The 2024 Men’s Sunshine Coast Amateur Open, which was to be played at Headland over the Easter weekend, has been postponed because of a spate of incessant rain which had inundated the course. The prestigious… Read More

HEADLAND HEADLINES 18-3-24

From Tony Durkin  VEGAS CHAMPION: Fresh from a golfing victory in Las Vegas, Sharon Purnell has returned home to win her first Headland Honour Board event. The 30-plus year member teamed with five-time Men’s Champion Adam Richards to win Saturday’s… Read More

HEADLAND HEADLINES 11-3-24

From Tony Durkin  DUCK WINDFALL: Twenty-one Headland members have shared in one of the richest prize purses on offer for a club event, with more than $2000 dispersed following Saturday’s first Medley Wood Duck Challenge Stroke for 2024. Justin Walsh… Read More

HEADLAND HEADLINES 3-3-2024

From Tony Durkin  ELITE HELP: Gary Martin, who shot his lowest round from the black tees to win Saturday’s Monthly Medal, says playing alongside low markers helps his golf. “I played with Adam Richards at the weekend and he reckons… Read More

HEADLAND HEADLINES 25-2-24

From Tony Durkin  HUGE COLLECT: PE Teacher Jayden Johnson-Moody waited almost two years to become a Headland member, then took five months to win his first event. And when he did, the recompense was an absolute doozy. Jayden (handicap 26)… Read More

HEADLAND HEADLINES 19-2-24

From Tony Durkin  COURSE SMASHED: Headland’s Course Superintendent, Ben Tilley, has described the first seven weeks of 2024 as the most challenging of his decorated career at the club. From January 1 to February 18, more than a metre of… Read More

HEADLAND HEADLINES 12-2-2024

From Tony Durkin  CHARLOTTE’S WEBB: The novel of the same name was a classic children’s fiction novel, but there was nothing fabricated about Charlotte Ridley’s win in Sunday’s Medley Single Stableford event. Headland’s most talented female junior golfer in more… Read More