{"id":11242,"date":"2024-10-13T23:11:34","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T23:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/headland.miclub.com.au\/cms\/?p=11242"},"modified":"2024-10-13T23:40:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T23:40:36","slug":"headland-headlines-14-10-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headland.miclub.com.au\/cms\/2024\/10\/13\/headland-headlines-14-10-24\/","title":{"rendered":"HEADLAND HEADLINES 14-10-24"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

PATRON FORM: <\/strong>Continuing their recent run of good form, Robyn Muir and Barry Newton have combined to win Patron\u2019s Day Mixed American Foursomes at Headland on Sunday. The victorious pairing, with a handicap of 10.125, scored 79 for a nett 68.875, with one birdie, nine pars, six bogeys and a double \u2013 from a three-putt – on their winning card. \u201cWe combined well, as always must be the case to win a Foursomes event. Robyn putted superbly,\u201d said Barry, who revealed the winners had never previously played together. \u201cWe started on the 16th with a birdie, so our confidence was up from the get-go.\u201d Runners-up, and sharing the best gross score of 77, were 2024 Mixed Champions Sharon Purnell and Adam Richards (70.25) with two birdies, nine pars and seven bogeys. And backing up her brilliant round from the previous day, Fiona Munro shared a 77 with Peter Perrett, for 70.625. They shot three birdies, eight pars and six bogeys, but were punished for a double at the par-four ninth. Club Patron Simon Whittle was extremely generous in his support of the annual event, with the victors each winning $150, second placegetters $100, third $80, fourth $60, fifth $40, sixth $30 and seventh $20. And \u2018patron platters\u2019 were also provided during the presentations. In wet and unusually cool October conditions, 54 pairs hit off in the event.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

MAGIC MATT: <\/strong>Not only has Matt Fisher won his second Monthly Medal at Headland within four months, he has also returned the best gross in the field for the second time. Matt won Saturday\u2019s Medal with one-over 73 from his handicap of four, giving him 69 nett and a one-shot victory over the consistent Barry Newton. And while it is not his best round on the course where he once played as a scratch marker – that was four-under 68 in a Sunday competition two years ago \u2013 the Palmview State Primary teacher was delighted with the effort. \u201cIt might be my last round of golf for a while,\u201d said Matt, who enters hospital this week for surgery. \u201cI\u2019m not sure how long I could be out of action, so it was pleasing to finish \u2013 for a while anyway \u2013 with a good round.\u201d With two birdies and 13 pars on his card, Matt lamented his two three-putt bogeys, particularly as he has been putting well of late. The victory added $155 to his House Account, and Matt thanked fellow A Grader Brian Kesby for the generous sponsorship of the best gross prize. Matt\u2019s previous \u2018double\u2019 was in June when he shot 67 for 62 nett, on the shortened course. Tristan Scott (68 nett) won the B Grade Medal, Gary Jamieson (71) was best in C Grade and Lawrence Hiremi finished top of the Single Stableford competition, with 40 points.<\/p>\n

FLOATING FIONA<\/strong>: Describing her golf on Saturday as akin an out-of-body experience, Fiona Munro has shattered her previous best score at Headland by three strokes. \u201cEverything just worked. I have been hoping, and waiting, for this for a while now,\u201d she said after winning both the gross (76) and nett (64) in Saturday\u2019s Monthly Medal. A Headland member for eight years after \u2018working her way north\u2019 from Indooroopilly, Nudgee and Pelican Waters, Fiona said that while her recent form was okay, she had often been bombing out on one nine. \u201cAnd even though I was just one over after 13 holes on Saturday and then had a bogey and a double, I finished with two pars and a birdie in my final four holes, which was very satisfying,\u201d she beamed. Fiona penned four birdies on her Medal-round card \u2013 a rarity, she says \u2013 and as a result her new GA handicap is down to 8.2, just a shot away from her lowest mark. The former Pharmaceutical HR Manager, who was once B Grade Champion at Nudgee Golf Club, won Headland\u2019s 2024 Women\u2019s Open Day back in June, shooting 83.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

FIRST MEDAL: <\/strong>Former Tax Accountant, Clive Glover, says being able to keep those ugly \u2018eights, nines and tens\u2019 off his card was the reason for his excellent score, and win, in Wednesday\u2019s Monthly Medal. And not only was it Clive\u2019s first Medal win in his six years as a Headland member, but 97 from his 33 handicap, for 64 nett, is his first-ever victory at the club. \u201cI need to thank the really nice guys I played with, for helping me find my ball,\u201d said Clive, who suffers from Macular Degeneration. \u201cI have rejoined for the next 12 months, but my sight is worsening and that may be the end of me and golf.\u201d But Clive intends making the best of what time he has left and wants to build on his exceptional round on Wednesday, which contained nothing worse than a double bogey, with just the one plus hole on a card that was eight under his handicap. Having spent a decade growing macadamias near Lismore after he finished his tax career, Clive moved to Buderim specifically to play golf at Headland. Col Thomas (69 nett) won the A Grade Medal and Peter Francis (66) saluted in B Grade.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

PINGED OFF: <\/strong>Sharon Thomas was obviously thrilled when her husband Michael recently bought her a new set of Ping golf clubs. But when she failed to produce the form that last year won her every Headland Honour Board trophy on offer to female members, she became anxious. \u201cI just couldn\u2019t hit them, and discovered that the loft was incorrect,\u201d Sharon explained after winning Tuesday\u2019s Single Stableford for Women. \u201cApart from the Women\u2019s Foursomes Championship, this is my first win this year,\u201d revealed Sharon, who has won 12 Headland Honour Board events. \u201cBut life gets in the way, and numerous personal issues have taken priority this past year.\u201d Her 39 points on Tuesday, playing with a \u2018great group of regular partners\u2019, featured seven three-point holes from the white tees, and has whet her appetite for better things to come. \u201cI was very happy with the result,\u201d said Sharon, who was Women\u2019s Club Champion last year after being a five-time runner-up.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

DOCTORED CARD<\/strong>: GP Scott Masters, who specialises in Musculo-skeletal Medicine, says he would give up practising medicine and join the Seniors\u2019 golf tour if he had an answer to a bizarre seven-day turnaround in his form. Scott became a Headland \u2018pioneer\u2019 when he won Wednesday\u2019s Medley Single Stableford, the first time men were offered the opportunity to play Stableford on Mid-Week Medal Day. \u201cI decided to take what might seem the easier option because the previous Wednesday I managed just 15 miserable points,\u201d revealed the three-decade member. \u201cThe difference in my golf in a week was ridiculous, and I have no idea whatsoever how it happened.\u201d Playing from the white tees, on a handicap of 15, Scott scored 44 points, with a birdie, nine pars and six bogeys on his card. His only mishap was a wipe at the par-four 12th, when he \u2018visited\u2019 the dam twice. And revealing that when he scored his last win \u2013 around 12 months ago \u2013 Scott said he also won the next week. \u201cSo, I\u2019m looking forward to next Wednesday,\u201d he jested. NOTE<\/strong>: The option of playing Stableford rather than Stroke on Mid-Week Medal Day was played for the first time on Wednesday, as a two-month trial.<\/p>\n

HEART STARTER: <\/strong>Two years ago, Mark Ludbrooke learned he had been living for 61 years with a \u2018dodgy\u2019 valve in his heart, and had it replaced. Then, in June this year, Mark underwent open-heart surgery which \u2013 if his golf scores are an indication \u2013 has finally solved his problem. \u201cI had a three-month break from golf, and have come back as good as gold,\u201d he quipped, after winning Mondays\u2019 Medley Single Stableford celebrating the King\u2019s Birthday. \u201cI was second two weeks earlier, so I seems the surgery has been successful in more ways than one.\u201d Mark\u2019s previous win was in October last year, 12 months after he had joined and, ironically, almost a year to the day of Monday\u2019s victory. And the win came following an inglorious start \u2013 just one point after two holes. He then steadied, with nine three-point holes, to score 39 points and collect a handy $125 for his House Account. A keen kite surfer, recently-retired Mark lives at Bokarina Beach, and despite his lay-off from golf, has been able to slice three shots from his handicap in the past 12 months.<\/p>\n

VIDEO PROOF<\/strong>: As a nine-season QCA umpire, Garry Holmes did not have the luxury of the video DRS (Decision Review System) used at the elite level of cricket. But a video of his golf swing, taken by a mate, has forced him to make a decision which he reckons has helped immensely. \u201cI could not believe how ungainly my swing was, and how I was not turning my body through the stroke,\u201d revealed Garry after winning Tuesday\u2019s Single Stableford round, with 40 points. \u201cThe video was a real revelation and since I have viewed it, and worked on my swing, my game has improved.\u201d The victory was his first since June last year when he scored his initial victory as a Headland member, after joining in April the previous year. Back then his handicap was 15 \u2013 on Tuesday he played off 17. \u201cWithout making excuses, I have been overseas on a trip, and recently had an issue with my shoulder. But obviously the biggest impediment was my out-of-sorts swing,\u201d he said. Gary scored a birdie, five pars, two bogeys and two doubles in his winning round, and hopes it is the forerunner to better days.<\/p>\n

BOB\u2019S FIRST<\/strong>: After moving from Sydney almost four decades ago, Bob Lane bought a block of land adjoining Headland\u2019s seventh fairway, and built a house. And on Saturday, 37 years after deciding to join Headland and start playing golf, Bob scored his first hole in one. For the 78-year-old former business owner, it was one of his great sporting thrills, even though he did not actually see the ball disappear in the hole. \u201cI hit an eight-iron from the white tees. It landed on the right bank and rolled onto the green. But while I didn\u2019t see it go in, I gathered by the cheering from the people on the verandah that it was an ace,\u201d he said. Not only did Bob score five points on his Single Stableford card for the shot, he collected $30 for the ace, $31 for the NTP and a further $35 for finishing second in the Stableford field. \u201cAnd, to top off a great day, I won $52 in Lotto on Saturday night,\u201d he revealed. Bob, who now plays off a handicap of 24 but has been as low as 12, congratulated Headland management for introducing alternate Stableford competitions on Medal days. \u201cI love my golf, but find it difficult, and sometimes embarrassing, playing from the Championship tees and occasionally holding up my playing partners,\u201d he said. \u201cI have played in the Stableford event for the past two weeks, and enjoyed my round so much more.\u201d<\/p>\n

FIRST FOR JOSH<\/strong>: Headland\u2019s two-time Junior Champion, Josh Holbrook, has celebrated his first cut in a PGA Tour event. The final-year Caloundra Trainee Professional finished tied 48th in the CKB WA PGA Championship played at Kalgoorlie over the past four days, with scores of 68,73,78,73 but, more importantly, made his first cut after just his second attempt. His final score of 292 was four-over par. Josh\u2019s next event will be the Queensland PGA Championship at Nudgee Golf Club, from October 31. His first PGA Tour event foray was the PNG Open at Port Moresby in August, at which he celebrated his 21st birthday.<\/p>\n

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

Monday, <\/strong>Medley Single Stableford (60 players) \u2013 Mark Ludbrooke (39), Wayne Taylor (38), Bruce Heseltine (37).<\/p>\n

Tuesday, <\/strong>Single Stableford, Women (43 players) \u2013 Sharon Thomas (39 points), Susan Stratford (38), Vicky Sheridan (37).<\/p>\n

Men (68 players) \u2013 Garry Holmes (40 points), Sergio Nogarotto (39), Terry Lawlor (38).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday,\u00a0<\/strong>Medley Single Stroke – sponsor,<\/em><\/strong> Ryan Tomlinson, Century 21 on Duporth,<\/em><\/strong> Men\u2019s Mid-Week Medal \u2013 (142 players) – A Grade, Col Thomas (69 nett), Tony Pattinson (69), John Harris (69); B Grade, Peter Francis (66), Steve Rose (69), Scott Ingham (69); C Grade, Clive Glover (64), Simon Lowing (68), Jonny Clarke (69). Best gross, Brian Kesby (77).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Medley Single Stableford (54 players) \u2013 Scott Masters (44 points), Ross K Thompson (38), Terry Grogan (38).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday<\/strong>, Women\u2019s Monthly Medal – sponsor, Jodie McDonell, Century 21 on Duporth – <\/em><\/strong>cancelled because of weather\/course conditions.<\/p>\n

Men, Single Stableford \u2013 cancelled because of weather\/course conditions.<\/p>\n

Saturday, <\/strong>Monthly Medal, Women \u2013 sponsor, Jodie McDonell, Century 21 on Duporth<\/em><\/strong> – (30 players) \u2013 Fiona Munro (64 nett), Trish Marsden (68), Kirsten Kaergaard (71); best gross \u2013 Fiona Munro (76).<\/p>\n

Men, sponsor, Ryan Tomlinson, Century 21 on Duporth – <\/em><\/strong>(179 players) – A Grade, Matt Fisher (69 nett), Barry Newton (70), Jeff Davis (71); B Grade, Tristan Scott (68), Mark Wittholz (69), Mick Kinnear (69); C Grade, Gary Jamieson (71), Skip Antony (71), Haenga Pirini (73); best gross \u2013 sponsor, Brian Kesby<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 Matt Fisher (73).<\/p>\n

Single Stableford (43 players) \u2013 Lawrence Hiremi (40 points), Bob Lane (37), Lang Pryor (36).<\/p>\n

Juniors<\/strong>, Nine-hole Fourball Best Ball Stroke, Finn Darlison and Peter Hall (38 nett), Finn Darlison and Nash Hoger (39), Dylan and Dominic Manning (42), Max Faulkner and Keaton Fox (44), Charlotte and Blake Rydwanski (45).<\/p>\n

Sunday, <\/strong>Patron\u2019s Day, Mixed American Foursomes \u2013 sponsor, Simon Whittle<\/em><\/strong> – (108 players) \u2013 Robyn Muir and Barry Newton (68.875 nett), Sharon Purnell and Adam Richards (70.25), Fiona Munro and Peter Perrett (70.625), Tracey O\u2019Connor and Steve Rose (72.125), Kerry Longworth and John Robertson (74.625), Pik Chong and David Phillips (74.75), Lynn Deacon and Andrew Bint (74.875).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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