Headland Headlines Articles

From Tony Durkin MEDAL MASTERS: Headland’s Mid-Week Gold Medal winner, Mark Ludbrooke, turned back the clock to the mid-80s when he scored nett 63 in Wednesday’s finale. “That is the best round of golf I have played since my golfing… Read More

From Tony Durkin MEDAL FOR LIZ: Fifteen years ago, Liz and Tony Dunford joined Headland after they moved north from Forbes, with the club since becoming a significant part of their social life. And on Thursday, career-nurse Liz joined her… Read More

From Tony Durkin ADAM’S BEST: After seeing his father Brian shoot his age seven days earlier, five-time Headland Club Champion Adam Richards kept the family streak going by playing the round of his life on Saturday, scoring nine birdies in… Read More

From Tony Durkin DAD’S TURN: He is an unabashed admirer of his son, but Brian Richards claimed he could not let Adam take all the glory after the septuagenarian shot his equal-lowest round on Saturday. And, had it not been… Read More

From Tony Durkin  RICH RICHARDS: Eight days after winning his sixth Headland Men’s Match Play Championship – and his 20th Honour Board event – Adam Richards has gone back-to-back in the 2023 Sunshine Coast/Glasshouse District Open and Closed Championships. In… Read More

From Tony Durkin  ADAM AGAIN: Adam Richards has won Headland’s 2023 Men’s Match Play Championship and, reflecting a superlative career, his name will be added to the club’s Honour Board for the 20th time. In an engrossing 36-hole final on… Read More

From Tony Durkin  HOT MATCHPLAY: Saturday’s semi-final wins have resulted in two mouth-watering finals for Headland’s 2023 A Grade Matchplay Championships this coming weekend. Five-time Club Champion Adam Richards will meet youngster Ben Duncombe in the Men’s A Grade showdown… Read More

From Tony Durkin  MATCH PLAY: Three of Headland’s A Grade Men’s Pennant team members will compete in the semi-finals of the Men’s A Grade Match Play Championships, to be contested on Saturday. And three Club Championship winners have won through… Read More

From Tony Durkin  PRESIDENT PETE: Headland has elected one of its longest-serving members, Peter Raymond, as President. The 70-year-old retired hotelier, who joined Headland in 1982 and has been a continuous member since, was elected in a recent ballot and… Read More

From Tony Durkin  FIRST DOUBLE: After collecting his first-ever A Grade double – nett and gross – in Saturday’s September Monthly Medal, Andrew Stirling could not help but wonder about the vagaries of golf.  “Apart from a couple of rounds,… Read More