Headland Headlines Articles

From Tony Durkin  COURSE UPDATE: In his 14 years as Headland Course Superintendent, Ben Tilley cannot recall a longer, continuous spate of rainfall nor a lengthier closure of the course than last week’s shutdown. When Headland reopened for play on… Read More

From Tony Durkin  MIXED FEELINGS: Twice a runner-up in Headland’s Mixed Foursomes Champion, new Champion Dominique Paice was somewhat disappointed Saturday’s event was reduced to 18 holes. Dom teamed with Wayne West for the first time and the pair shot… Read More

From Tony Durkin  RYLEY’S RABBLE: He may have scored a meagre 35 points, but Ryley Martin’s one-under par round at Headland on Sunday is one he will surely recall as his burgeoning professional career unfolds. Playing off flus five, the… Read More

From Tony Durkin  BACK-TO-BACK: Scott Lindsay had been playing so poorly that he recently took a two-week sabbatical from golf after his handicap crept out from 11 to 13. But back-to-back wins in A Grade, including Saturday’s Monthly Medal, has… Read More

From Tony Durkin RICHTER ACES: The odds of an amateur golfer scoring a hole-in-one are 12,500 to one. The odds of an amateur golfer scoring a hole-in-one on the same hole, in the same event, on three successive years, is… Read More

From Tony Durkin  FLYING START: Brett Adamson is employed by Advance Flight Theories at Sunshine Coast Airport, and was off to a flying start at Headland on Saturday when he soared around the front nine in one-under par 35 on… Read More

From Tony Durkin  SAM FIRES: Ten-year-old Sam Fichera has put his name forward as a contender for Headland’s Junior Pennant team with an outstanding round which garnered 42 Stableford points on Saturday. Partnering his dad Anthony in the Medley Fourball… Read More

From Tony Durkin  SINGLE SIXTIES: The toughness of the course set-up was exemplified by Greg Stray being the lone golfer among a capacity field of 254 to score in the 60s during Saturday’s Monthly Medal round. The Financial Planning Systems… Read More

From Tony Durkin  COURSE RENOS: The inevitable is about to happen, with the superb condition of our golf course changing from next Sunday (February 7). Course renovations, held over from October because of increased course usage due to Covid-19, will… Read More

From Tony Durkin  DROUGHT BREAKS: Not that he’s been counting, but Gary Ehsman calculates a span of around 1500 days since he last won an event at Headland. But like the farmers from Inverell in north-west NSW from where Gary… Read More