{"id":11844,"date":"2025-07-06T22:37:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T22:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/headland.miclub.com.au\/cms\/?p=11844"},"modified":"2025-07-07T10:58:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T10:58:21","slug":"headland-headlines-7-7-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headland.miclub.com.au\/cms\/2025\/07\/06\/headland-headlines-7-7-25\/","title":{"rendered":"HEADLAND HEADLINES 7-7-25"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

SAM\u2019S TRIFECTA: <\/strong>Sam Fichera finished with three successive pars to win his third consecutive Headland Junior Championship, holding off 12-year-old Chase Lear. The 15-year-old Sunshine Coast Grammar student took a four-shot lead into the second and final round of the Championship on Sunday, but Chase had almost chased him down by the turn, with nine-hole scores of 44 and 41 respectively. Then, after he sank a monster putt at the par-four 12th for birdie and Sam doubled, the diminutive Chase\u00a0 was two shots clear. But the more experienced Sam held his nerve, shot one-over for the next six holes to four-over by Chase, and won for the third time in three years. Sam finished with scores of 74-83, while Chase penned a second round 80 to go with his 78 in round one two weeks earlier. The one-shot margin is the tightest for Sam in his three Championship wins, and he blamed nerves for the nine-shot discrepancy between rounds one and two. \u201cChase played really well, and I was pleased to hold my game together over those final six holes. I am proud to be Headland\u2019s Junior Champion again,\u201d he said. \u00a0Toby Halliday shot rounds of 81-83 to finish third, while Max Faulkner and Dom Manning were next, both scoring 85 in consecutive rounds.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

WAYNE\u2019S BEST: <\/strong>Two wins in the space of four days has assisted \u2013 albeit slightly \u2013 the outlay for new golfing equipment by returned Headland member Wayne Dauer. A teacher at Mooloolaba State School, Wayne carded the best score in the field to win Saturday\u2019s C Grade Monthly Medal, backing up after a win on Wednesday. But Saturday\u2019s result was easily the most impressive, with 86 from the black tees for 66 nett. \u201cTo start my round, I hit the two best shots on the first hole that I can remember, scored a birdie and played pretty well from there,\u201d he said. Wayne rejoined Headland last year after an eight-year absence following 12 years as a member, and he recalls winning a Mid-Week Medal back then. \u201cBut to win two events within a week is a real golfing highlight for me.\u201d He recently upgraded his equipment with new Srixon irons and an MGI buggy from the Prop Shop, and although he is still \u2018adapting\u2019 to the irons, he quipped \u2018we are getting along\u2019. \u201cAt this early stage, the longer irons are better than the short irons,\u201d he said. On Wednesday Wayne also shot 86, but from the blue tees, scored 38 points and won the B Grade Medley Single Stableford. Ciaran Fenton won the A Grade Medal on Saturday with nett 68, Graeme Warne backed up from Thursday\u2019s Stableford victory to clinch the B Grade Medal (69), and Adam Richards shot one-under 71 to return the best gross.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

AWESOME FOURSOME: <\/strong>Naomi Doyle may have won another Monthly Medal on Saturday, but she was equally excited by her playing group collecting all four prizes on the day. Naomi scored 97 from her handicap of 27 to score 70 nett and win the Medal by three shots, with playing partners Vicki Oxley (73) and Liz Dunford (74) filling the minor placings. And to add to the awesome performance of the four group members, Louise Harriot (88) returned the best gross score, and also collected NTPs at holes five and 18, while Liz Dunford was closest at the fifth. \u201cWe had a fun day. Playing with friends always brings out the competitive side in me, especially when we are playing for side bets of $2.50,\u201d Naomi jested. Between them, the foursome cashed in with $110 in prizemoney. In the quarter-finals of the Women\u2019s Match Play on Saturday, winners in B Grade were Leeanne Ptak, Jenny Ingham, Kirsten Kaergaard and Gwen Nancarrow, while in C Grade Sue Briffa, Wendy Burnie, Sue Harris and Debbie Bennetts have progressed to the semi-finals. Scores are in Weekly Results<\/strong> (below).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

CASHED UP: <\/strong>It had been a long absence from the victory dais for 27-year member Graeme Warne, but a win in Thursday\u2019s Single Stableford certainly made up for lost time. Not only was his 39 points enough to top the field of 88 players, but he collected $200 in prizemoney. \u201cAnd, we won the drinks as well,\u201d said the former tennis court builder who joined Headland when he moved from Toowoomba in 1998. Playing off 15, \u2018Warnie\u2019 penned eight pars and nine bogeys, with his only slip-up coming at the par-four 16th, when he found trouble with the recently-installed greenside left bunker. \u201cI actually had the wrong club, and with the cart parked up the top near the 17th tee, I was too lazy to walk up,\u201d he joked. As well as pocketing $120 for the win, Graeme also collected $80 for the best score among the Fraser Follies members. And he chuckled at the irony of the big collect, revealing that a few weeks earlier he also scored 39 points, and won $5 in the rundown. \u201cBut that\u2019s golf,\u201d he chuckled. His last win was in December last year, that time with 40 points. NOTE<\/strong>: Graeme won Saturday\u2019s Monthly Medal in B Grade with 69 nett.<\/p>\n

MARGIE\u2019S PAY DAY: <\/strong>Margie White openly accepts the fact that during her 24 years as a Headland member her handicap has risen substantially, but that has not dimmed her enjoyment of the game. And she proved she can still add to her trophy list after returning the best score in Thursday\u2019s July Monthly Medal, winning C Grade with 74 nett. \u201cI now play purely for the enjoyment,\u201d said Margie, who joined Headland, from Darwin, in 2001. \u201cOn Thursday I had a few bad holes and a few good holes, but I stayed out of the bunkers and I putted well.\u201d Adding to her Medal victory and the $60 prizemoney, Margie also produced the best gross score in C Grade for an additional $15, and won the NTP at the par-three eighth hole for another $24. \u201cIt was a good day all round, and one of the best pay days I have had for a long while,\u201d she revealed. Although her last Monthly Medal was in 2024, Margie recalled she had won \u2018quite a few\u2019 back in her early days at Headland when her handicap was as low as 16. Annabel Harris continued her outstanding recent form with the A Grade double (88\/75) while Bev Kelly (75) and Jenny Ingham (97) shared the honours in B Grade.<\/p>\n

JUNIOR VICTORY: <\/strong>Headland\u2019s current crop of talented juniors continued a winning run on Wednesday, with Zach Williams saluting with the best score in the Medley Single Stableford. The 17-year-old Matthew Flinders Year 12 student, playing just his fifth competition round after joining the club two years ago, shot 89 from his 21 handicap, for 39 points and a win in C Grade. After a nervous start, with bogeys in his first four holes, Zach steadied and tamed the back nine with eight bogeys and a par. \u201cI have been playing heaps of practise rounds with my dad (fellow member Michael), and my short game has really improved,\u201d said Zach, who plans a gap year with travel and many more comp rounds. \u201cDad introduced me to golf about two years ago, bought me a set of clubs and I took a liking to the game instantly.\u201d Stewart Clover (36 points) won A Grade and Wayne Dauer (38) beat home the B Grade field.<\/p>\n

KIRSTEN STARS: <\/strong>Headland\u2019s Kirsten Kaergaard has had a weekend to remember, with two emphatic Match Play victories. The recently-retired Teacher easily won her Women\u2019s B Grade Match Play quarter-final on Saturday, 6&4, before starring for the Sunshine Coast and Burnett Women\u2019s team on Sunday. Representing the district in the handicap section of the annual inter-district Match Play against Brisbane, Kirsten won her match 8&6, helping the locals to victory in the Inter District Teams Challenge Trophy. The event, played at Maroochy River, was the second leg of the trophy, with the first round won by the Sunshine Coast and Burnett team – 6\u00bd-5\u00bd – at Nudgee in June. On Sunday the locals prevailed 8-4. Also representing the SCBWD was Leeanne Ptak, who won her Headland Match Play on Saturday 5&3, but was beaten 2&1 at Maroochy River.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

TRUCKIE WINS<\/strong>: \u201cIt feels great to finally have a good round,\u201d said truckie Dennis Roberts after winning Saturday\u2019s Single Stableford for Men, with 40 points. A member since moving north from Cabramatta Golf Club on a handicap of six in 2017, Dennis said it had felt like \u2018forever\u2019 since he had broken 80. But he did on Saturday with a round of 79, and penned one four-pointer, three threes, 12 twos and a lone one-pointer from his current 11 handicap to win Division One by a point, from veteran Tony Coad. And one reason for his good form is the change of shafts in his irons, courtesy of the Pro Shop. \u201cI\u2019m getting older, and the softer shafts feel better,\u201d he said. And the Roberts family had the dubious honour of topping and tailing the field of 63. Tom, the 17-year-old son of Dennis who has just started golf, finished with 17 points. \u201cTom is a cricketer, and he would easily have cracked the ton,\u201d Dennis joked. Stu Ennever, with 38 points won Division Two, beating Headland Pennant sponsor Jeff Lovell by a point.<\/p>\n

BACON COOKS<\/strong>: Because of a busy workload, Brad Bacon says he is lucky to get in a round of golf a fortnight – but when he fires, he fires. And the owner of CrossFit Mooloolaba was hot on Sunday, winning the Medley Single Stableford with 44 points, penning his best-ever score of 80. \u201cIt is my best score, and my best round,\u201d said Brad, who joined Headland as his first club 13 years after he moved to the Sunshine Coast from Dubbo. \u201cPrior to that I just played socially, and I\u2019m now really enjoying the competitive side of the game.\u201d Brad was on fire from the start on Sunday, opening with six successive pars. However, he stumbled slightly coming home, with three doubles in his final six holes, yet his winning card revealed 13 pars, two bogeys and just those three back-nine doubles. Brad joined Headland in 2021 and wins have been few and fair between, but impressive. His first victory, 18 months ago, was 43 points from a round of 82, with Sunday\u2019s 80\/44 just his second visit to the victory dais.<\/p>\n

MEN\u2019S PENNANT<\/strong>: Despite the defeat of the top two seeds, Headland has started its quest for another Men\u2019s A Grade Sunshine Coast\/Glasshouse Pennant with a 4-3 win over the strong Mt Coolum team at Maleny on Sunday. Adam Richards (6&5) was beaten, as was Sean McGill (2-down), but Shane Muller (5&4), Jack Hourn (2-up), Brad Butler (2-up) and Wayne Taylor (1-up) were victorious. Brenton Liaropoulos lost his match, 8&7. Masters also won, beating Noosa (2) 4-2 at Caloundra. Winners were skipper Mark Henricks (5&3) and Peter Perrett (4&3) in the singles, while Fourball teams Andy Whitmore and Col Pledge and Peter Dunn and Wayne Cassidy, both won 2&1. And despite scoring a hole-in-one at the ninth, Scott Bromfield was beaten 5&3 and Rod Van Delft (2&1) lost his first match as a second-year Headland Pennant player. B Grade also scored a 4-2 win over Noosa at Caloundra, with James Daniel smashing his opponent 8&7, Spencer Ives winning 6&5 and Brendan Duncan 1-up. In the Fourballs, Ryan Tomlinson and Brad Williams prevailed 8&7, while Matt Hetherington and Michael Thomas were beaten, 1-down. Damien Moelands (1-down) was also beaten in the singles.<\/p>\n

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

Monday, Vets, <\/strong>Single Stableford \u2013 sponsor, Perry and Oster Funerals<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 cancelled because of weather\/course conditions)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday,<\/strong> Single Stableford \u2013 (cancelled because of weather\/course conditions)<\/p>\n

Wednesday,<\/strong> Medley Single Stableford \u2013 sponsor, Chris Pace, McGrath Estate Agents Buderim –<\/em><\/strong> (200 players) A Grade, Stewart Clover (36 points), Gavin Rooney (36), Tim Diedricks (36); B Grade, Wayne Dauer (38), Terry Grogan (37), Andrew Gray (37); C Grade, Zach Williams (39), Brian Hermeston (37), Paige Prosser (36).<\/p>\n

Thursday,<\/strong> Women, Monthly Medal \u2013 sponsor, Jodie McDonell – Century 21 on Duporth <\/em><\/strong>\u2013 (56 players) \u2013 A Grade, Annabel Harris (75 nett), Josie Ryan (75), Kate Wilkie (76) \u2013 gross,\u00a0 Annabel Harris (88); B Grade, Bev Kelly (75), Sue Briffa (75), Jenny Stokes (77) \u2013 gross, Jenny Ingham (97); C Grade, Margie White (74), Lynn Hayman (70), Joy Murray (80) – gross, Margie White (105).<\/p>\n

Single Stableford (38 players) \u2013 Lee Heseltine (36 points), Marion Dennis (34), Tove Larsen (33).<\/p>\n

Men, Single Stableford \u2013 (88 players) \u2013 Graeme Warne (39 points), Tony Pattinson (38), Peter Raymond (38).<\/p>\n

Saturday<\/strong>, Monthly Medal – sponsor, Ryan Tomlinson, Century 21 on Duporth \u2013<\/em><\/strong> Women (15 players) \u2013 Naomi Doyle (70 nett), Vicki Oxley (73), Liz Dunford (74), – Best Gross, Louise Harriot (88).<\/p>\n

Men (147 players) \u2013 A Grade, Ciaran Fenton (68 nett), Andrew Fisher (70), Adam Richards (71); B Grade, Graeme Warne (69), Peter Gablonski (70), Don Harris (70); C Grade, Wayne Dauer (66), Graham Cartledge (71), Kevin George (73); Best Gross, Adam Richards (71).<\/p>\n

Single Stableford \u2013 (63 players) \u2013 Division One, Dennis Roberts (40 points), Tony Coad (39), Peter Francis (37); Division Two, Stu Ennever (38), Jeff Lovell (37), Richard Ryan (36).<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s 2025 Match Play Championship, quarter finals – B Grade, Leeanne Ptak beat Wil Sprake 5&3, Jenny Ingham beat Sandy Whittle 5&3, Kirsten Kaergaard beat Kerry Longworth 6&4, Gwen Nancarrow beat Gail Young 3&2; C Grade, Sue Briffa beat Ellen Bloxsome 1-up, Wendy Burnie beat Valerie O\u2019Brien 4&2, Sue Harris beat Odette Day 5&4, Debbie Bennetts beat Ali Lamond 2-up.<\/p>\n

Sunday, Medley Single Stableford (51 players) \u2013 Brad Bacon (44 points), Ty Pilcher (41), Jason Childs (40).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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