scone.com.auScone Golf: Oct 13 – 16
By Lyn Banks
TWO rounds of the Scone Golf Club Men’s Championships were played on October 15 and 16 and there were some very good scores returned over the weekend.
With a drier course many of the players found the going a lot easier, but windy conditions on Sunday caused difficulty for some.
On Saturday the winner of the Bill Pumpa Trophy was Troy Collison who had a fine 67 nett.
Runner up was David Adams one shot behind.
Proof of the conditions is that 72 nett or better, was required to win a ball.
Those players were: Troy Collison 67, David Adams, Lindsay Hodge, Kevin Thompson 68, John Murray, Mick Alsleben, Terry Winser 69, Gordon Halliday, David Druce, Tony O’Neill, Paul Smart 70, Tom Thompson, Mark Hayes 71, Damien Collison, Tony Pringle, Rod Spratt, C. Reily and Les Cottam 72 nett.
The NTP’s were won by Tony O’Neill 1.25 metres on the 2nd / 11th, and by Gordon Halliday 4.51 metres on the 8th / 17th.
In the scratch events Mac Dawson and Mick Alsleben both had 75, with Simon Groom one back on 76.
In B Grade David Druce on 82 led Troy Collison and Tony O’Neill on 83, whilst in C Grade David Adams, 87 had a two shot lead over Lindsay Hodge and Kevin Thompson.
On Sunday the prizes were donated by Jim Elder for three grades.
Alan Wood had the round of the day with a blistering 63 nett (79 scratch) to win B Grade and take a good lead in the overall nett event.
Mac Dawson had another good round of 73 to have 70 nett and win A Grade.
Tom Thompson won C Grade with a fine 71 nett. Again players needed a low score to win a ball and they went to: Alan Wood 63, Wayne Hedley 68, David Druce, Mac Dawson 70, Tom Thompson 71, Adam Russell 72, Clayton Rogers, Red Palmer, Trevor Wilson 73, Troy Collison, Simon Groom and Brad Hockley 74 nett.
After two rounds of the championships Mac Dawson leads the championship by six shots from Simon Groom.
David Druce with two 82’s, has a three shot lead to Alan Wood in B Grade, and in C Grade David Adams has a two shot buffer to Lindsay Hodge.
In the Seniors, Mick Alsleben has a good lead of nine shots to David Druce. The overall nett is close with Alan Wood enjoying a three shot advantage over David Druce and Troy Collison.
Scone Golf Club Men’s Club Championships after Round 2 Leaderboard:
A Grade: Mac Dawson 148 (75, 73); Simon Groom 154 (76, 78); Mick Alsleben 155 (75, 80)
B Grade: David Druce 164 (82, 82); Alan Wood 167 (88, 79); Brad Hockley 170 (85, 85)
C Grade: David Adams 183 (87, 96); Lindsay Hodge 185 (89, 96); Trevor Wilson 190 (96, 94)
Seniors: Mick Alsleben 155 (75, 80); David Druce 164 (82, 82); Alan Wood 167 (88, 79)
Nett: Alan Wood 137; David Druce and Troy Collison 140
The Championships continue on Saturday, October 22 for the Two Dave’s Trophy and conclude on Sunday October 23 for the Phelps Trophy.
On a pleasant day for golf at Scone on Thursday, October 13, the ladies played an18 Hole Stableford for Wendy Clift’s Trophy and it was good to see Wendy return to the golf course.
The scores were excellent as the course is playing a lot easier.
Ann Cameron was the winner with 39 points to beat Judy Carmody on a countback.
Jo Brown won the NTP on the 17th with a shot to 2.7 metres. Ball winners were: Ann Cameron, Judy Carmody 39, Narelle Rutter 38, Cheryl Clydsdale 37 and Marie Murray 36 points.
In the Peter and Marg Marshall Singles Knockout, matches are progressing to the semi-final stages with Sarah Brooks to play the winner of Ann Cameron and Kerry McLennan, whilst Lyn Banks and Pam Manning will do battle in the other half of the draw.
On Thursday October 20, the event is a stableford for Julie Leckie’s trophy.
The club wishes well the competitors in the Hunter River District ladies playoff day on Monday October 24 at Aberdeen.
The day will involve each of the Club Champions of the three divisions, (Lyn Banks, Noreen Marshall and Judy Carmody), along with the District Medal qualifiers, (Lyn Banks and Kerry McLennan) and the Golf NSW medal winners of each division, (Lyn Banks, Kathy Robinson and Sarah Brooks). This will be the last event for the District in 2016.