{"id":11204,"date":"2024-09-29T08:51:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T08:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/headland.miclub.com.au\/cms\/?p=11204"},"modified":"2024-09-29T08:51:31","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T08:51:31","slug":"headland-headlines-30-9-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headland.miclub.com.au\/cms\/2024\/09\/29\/headland-headlines-30-9-24\/","title":{"rendered":"HEADLAND HEADLINES 30-9-24"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Tony Durkin<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

BACK SWINGING: <\/strong>Twelve months ago, Chris Klazema feared he may never be competitive on the golf course again, and maybe not even playing the sport he loved. But that anxiety was well and truly put to bed on Wednesday when the part-time Headland Course Marshall shot five-over 77 from his 11 handicap to win the A Grade Medley Stableford, with 42 points. \u201cI had spinal-fusion surgery on my lower back in November last year, and although the surgeon was confident I would still be able to swing a club, he also cautioned me the opposite could be the case,\u201d revealed Chris, who took up the game in 2013 to support his son Keita, who had found the golfing bug. The winning round \u2013 two birdies, nine pars and seven bogeys – was his best as a nine-year Headland member, and is just his second win in A Grade. \u201cI was involved in a serious car accident in 2007, and had been able to maintain the back injury until the pain became almost unbearable. The relief since surgery has been incredible,\u201d he said. A tiler\/builder by trade, Chris has temporarily closed his business, MOD Bathrooms, and is grateful to Headland for offering him casual marshalling work. Steve Blampied (also 42 points) won B Grade and new member, Peter Dixon, scored 44 points to win C Grade.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

HUMBLE JAN: <\/strong>When contacted by HH about her 32-point contribution to Thursday\u2019s winning Women\u2019s Fourball, Jan Langdon constantly reiterated \u2018it\u2019s a team event\u2019. Despite that being the case, Jan was the leading light in her partnership with Colleen Berger, whom she met for the first time when they arrived on the tenth tee. \u201cColleen had her name down, and I joined the group,\u201d 2020 SWING graduate Jan revealed. \u201cAnd although we had never met, I knew she was a very good player and I was quite nervous for the first few holes.\u201d But after failing to get on the card for four holes, Jan fired, scoring on 12 of the next 13 holes. She penned six three-pointers plus a four-point birdie at the par-five seventh, and conceded she was rather chuffed. \u201cApart from Vets, it has been a fair while since I have won, but I have been playing okay of late,\u201d she said. \u201cBut, as is the case in fourballs, Colleen could have been on the card more times had she putted first.\u201d Recently returned from a three-week trip to China and Japan with husband and fellow member John, Jan said she was impressed with the new-look Headland course.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

NOT BUNKERED: <\/strong>Former Headland Men\u2019s Director of Golf, Tony Kelleher, loves the aesthetics of the new-look course. And, as a 25-year member, he understands that the proliferation of bunkers following the recent upgrade requires a more strategic approach to playing the course. \u201cI\u2019m having trouble \u2013 big trouble \u2013 getting out of them,\u201d admitted the retired teacher after he won Thursday\u2019s Single Stableford for Men. And, ironically, he played his winning round in the company of Head Pro Adam Norlander, with whom he has recently been receiving bunker lessons. But the lessons proved futile on Thursday as Tony (aka TK) scored 40 points from his 15 handicap, because he did not find one bunker in his 18 holes, which garnered a birdie, seven pars, eight bogeys and two doubles. \u201cIt is my best round in ages. I think it\u2019s been at least 12 months since I have won,\u201d he disclosed. \u201cThursday was my third round of the week, and the only time I have not found a bunker. On Tuesday I had 37 points with two bunker-wipes, and on Wednesday, 33 points with four bunker-wipes.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

TWO GOOD: <\/strong>In her third week as Headland Women\u2019s Captain, Valerie O\u2019Brien has returned her best score in four years. Six-year member Valerie was one of 50 players in the Women\u2019s Single Stableford on Tuesday, and scored 41 points from her daily handicap of 29, to win Division One by three points. And to add to the glory, she also collected the NTP at the par-three eighth. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled, and surprised. It is the best I have played for so long,\u201d she said after tabling 12 two-point holes on her extremely consistent card. \u201cI fractured my arm 20 months ago, and have been struggling since returning to golf. But today there were some glimpses of my form returning, but I\u2019m not getting too over confident.\u201d While her string of two-point holes was her strength, Valerie added four three-pointers and a four-point par at the 11th to her impressive card. \u201cIt is great to win, but also good to enjoy the brilliant conditions of the course at the moment,\u201d she added. Susan Wake (39 points) won Division Two.<\/p>\n

SECOND WIN<\/strong>: Retired Kingaroy peanut farmer George Lewis first joined Headland six decades ago, and on Tuesday won just his second event with an excellent score of 42 Stableford points. \u201cI was teenager back then, and our family joined as Country members so we could play while we were down here on holidays,\u201d explained the 77-year-old. While he remained a Country member for 15 years, the arrival of his own family triggered a change in priorities and it wasn\u2019t until George and his wife Pip retired to Buderim two years ago that he rejoined the club. Starting on the back nine, George (handicap 26) penned 18 points before settling into stride and adding 24 on the front nine. \u201cI had some luck, but played okay,\u201d quipped George, who thinks his handicap might be \u2018a little generous\u2019. His first win, with a meagre 37 points in 2022, came in his second round as a second-time member. NOTE<\/strong>: As well as peanuts, George and his family also grew macadamia nuts on numerous Queensland properties.<\/p>\n

LIONHEART WARREN<\/strong>: Many Headland members were thrilled with the brilliant display by the Brisbane Lions in Saturday\u2019s AFL grand final, but none more so than Warren Selvage. The former Masters Pennant captain displayed outstanding dedication this past week to the two sports he loves \u2013 AFL and golf. As a member of one of three Headland teams competing in a Sunshine Coast Vets\u2019 District teams competition at Gympie on Thursday, the AFL Queensland Hall of Famer felt committed to that duty when he discovered he had been allocated tickets to the MCG blockbuster. Warren drove to Gympie, played golf and then \u2013 with a friend to keep him company \u2013 embarked on the two-day road trip to Melbourne. And it was a lose-win weekend \u2013 Headland lost the golf, but the Lions won their first flag since 2003.<\/p>\n

MATTHEW WINS<\/strong>: Headland Junior and Golf Rocks Academy member, Matthew Bothma, has won the Boys 11-year (B11) Division of the US Kids Golf Australian Open at Links Hope Island. Matthew was one of seven Headland juniors competing in the two-round event, and shot rounds of 74, 73 to finish three over the card, and three shots clear of second place. Eight boys from Australia and New Zealand competed in the 11 years division, with the tournament attracting players from the Philippines, New Zealand, Samoa, China, South Africa, Canada, Singapore, South Korea, Cambodia, the USA and Australia. Matthew\u2019s win scores him an automatic invite to play in the World Championships at Pinehurst, North Carolina, in August next year. This is the largest Junior Championship event in the world, with 1600 of the best five to 12-year-old golfers competing over three rounds of tournament golf. Another notable result from Links Hope Island last week was from Headland Junior Champion, Sam Fichera, who finished tied for sixth in the B12 Division.<\/p>\n

DRENCHED PETE<\/strong>: Even though he rarely plays in the rain, keen fisherman Peter Gablonski braved the adverse elements to win Saturday\u2019s Medley Single Stableford. \u201cThe rain hammered down. One of the guys in our group left us, but \u2013 for some reason \u2013 we then decided to finish, despite the conditions,\u201d said 12-marker Peter, who was beaten on a countback for the Mid-Week Medal 10 days earlier after shooting five under his handicap. Considering the conditions, a big field of 102 teed off on Saturday, but only 22 finished, with Peter\u2019s 37 points enough for victory. Because of an argument with a grinder in the first year of an apprenticeship, the retired pipeline mechanical specialist lost the tops of three fingers on his left hand and obviously finds gripping his clubs difficult in the wet. \u201cBut I used wet weather gloves, and they helped,\u201d he quipped, revealing he had eight three-point holes on his card. And the win triggered a double celebration \u2013 on Thursday, Pete and his wife Di celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary. NOTE<\/strong>: Coralie Walsh, playing in the same group as her husband Justin and sons Emmett and Patrick, was the only woman to finish her round.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

RED TEE LEIGH: <\/strong>Still struggling with a back injury suffered when he fell from a ladder 3\u00bd years ago, Leigh Mansfield says the fact he can now play from the red tees makes golf more enjoyable. \u201cI can\u2019t turn properly, so my distance has suffered dramatically,\u201d confessed Leigh after he scored plus one to win Sunday\u2019s Single Par on a three-way countback. \u201cI have really been struggling of late, and my golf is nowhere near where it was when I played off 14 in Tasmania before the accident.\u201d But his 99 off the bat from his 27 handicap has been like a breath of fresh air, and Leigh believes \u2018things might be starting to come together\u2019. The Tasmanian real estate agent retired to the Sunshine Coast just on four years ago with his wife Lyn, and both are loving their Headland experience. \u201cThe members are like family, and it\u2019s a terrific social environment,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

WEEKLY RESULTS:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday, <\/strong>Vets<\/strong>, Medley Two-Person Ambrose (92 players) \u2013 Trish Marsden and Ted Banaszczyk (64.5 nett), Marg Smith and David W Smith (65.25), Dave Sims and Barry Mapes (65.5), Jeff Jones and Brian Richards (65.75), Jo McDougall and Mal McDougall (67.5), Bruce Reid and Andrew Hempsall (67.75).<\/p>\n

Tuesday, <\/strong>Single Stableford, Women (50 players) \u2013 Division One, Valerie O\u2019Brien (41), Narelle Hollowood (38 points), Lynn Deacon (37); Division Two, Susan Wake (39), Louise Armstrong (36), Julie Lewis (35).<\/p>\n

Men (66 players) \u2013 George Lewis (42 points), Robert Pixley (41), Michael Moore (39).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday,\u00a0<\/strong>Medley Single Stableford – sponsor,<\/em><\/strong> Justin Scattini, Ord Minnett Private Wealth <\/em><\/strong>\u2013 (226 players) – A Grade, Chris Klazema (42 points), Gary Clarke (42), Gary Marr (40); B Grade, Steve Blampied (42), Mark Ludbrooke (39), Joe Stotschek (38); C Grade, Peter Dixon (44), Lyle Robbie (41), Trevor Gourlay (41).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday<\/strong>, Women, Fourball Best Ball Stableford \u2013 sponsors, Robyn Boreham, Di Stark, Gail Young, Marg Moran<\/em><\/strong> – (93 players) \u2013 Jan Langdon and Colleen Berger (48 points), Leeanne Ptak and Dee Davidson (47), Judy Farmer and Marg White (46).<\/p>\n

Men, Single Stableford (94 players) \u2013 Tony Kelleher (40 points), Peter Wood (40), Adrian Coyne (39).<\/p>\n

Saturday, <\/strong>Medley Single Stableford (102 players) \u2013 Peter Gablonski (37 points), Mark Wittholz (36), Mitchell McFarland (35).<\/p>\n

Sunday, <\/strong>Medley Single Par (61 players) \u2013 Leigh Mansfield (plus 1), Mick Morris (+1), Ian Harris (+1).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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