From Tony Durkin MORE PIZZA: Having celebrated his 62nd birthday during the week, Terry Ward won a pizza on Saturday to accompany his second A Grade Monthly Medal in two years. Partnering Brad Downes in the side bet, Terry led… Read More
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From Tony Durkin BEN AGAIN: Such is the talent at Headland Golf Club, that it has taken Ben Duncombe – current handicap minus 2.2 – five years to win the Men’s Club Championship. But while it took five attempts to… Read More
From Tony Durkin MATCH PLAY: A month ago, when 20-year-old Ben Duncombe won his first Headland Club Championship and realised he and five-time Champion would be on the opposite sides of the Match Play Championship draw, he threw out a… Read More
From Tony Durkin PLANE TRUTH: Aviation Technical Consultant Fred Muller, who officially retires next week, embraced a plane of a different kind on Saturday – and scored a phenomenal 45 Stableford points. “I’ve been driving the ball really well, but… Read More
From Tony Durkin BIRTHDAY BEST: He was born 15 years before Headland Golf Club was established, and it was not HIS birthday on Saturday, but octogenarian John Miller celebrated the club’s 69th anniversary in spectacular fashion. A club member for… Read More
From Tony Durkin COSTLY BOGEY: A bogey on one of Headland’s easier holes has robbed schoolteacher Matt Fisher of his best round as a two-decade member. Once a scratch marker at the club, Matt bogeyed the par-four seventh (sixth on… Read More
From Tony Durkin CHAMPION BEN: With a second and two third placings in the past four years, 20-year-old Ben Duncombe has finally saluted in the 2024 Headland Men’s Club Championship. Leading from the opening round when he shot one-under 68,… Read More
20-year-old Ben Duncombe – the Club’s lowest handicapped player at +3, leads the Men’s Club Championships after the first two rounds which were played over the weekend. Ben shot rounds of 68 (one under par) and 74 (5 over par),… Read More
From Tony Durkin HONEST ASH: He may have shot his best round from the Championship tees for ‘a very long time’, but Ash Reck wasn’t getting too carried away by Saturday’s A Grade Monthly Medal victory. “I’m currently playing off… Read More
From Tony Durkin HANDI CHAMPION: Headland’s Mick Prince, a 16-handicapper, has won the Handiskins National Championship played at Palm Meadows on the Gold Coast. Having qualified from his home club earlier in the year, Mick then won his way through… Read More
