Only 3 players played in today’ mulligans with Michael “Tickers” Tickner winning with 20 points. Bob Taylor & Dick Cleland tied with 16. There was no 2nd prize.
Tickers had come out to get his game back on track before the final cub championship qualifying round on Saturday. While he appears to have taken steps to do so it will be interesting to see how he goes without the benefit of mulligans.
Chris “Critta” Waters scored 36 points to win Tuesday’s stableford. While his score of 36 points was by no means spectacular wait till you see the others. There was a 3 way tie for second between Trevor Maxted, Neil Webster & Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel who all managed just 32 points each. One of these 3 would have been runner up on a count back but who cares. Colourful local identity Philip Tommo Thomson scored 31 while Michael “Tickers” Tickner took the Mars Bar with 30 points. Tickers poor form is concerning with the last qualifying round of the Club Championships to be played on Saturday. Let us hope that he can turn it around.
With the exception of the winner, Saturday’s scores were unacceptable to say the least. In an unexpected return to form, unpopular local sporting identity Philip “Tommo” Thomson scored +3 in the par competition to win convincingly. To make matters worse for his fellow club members, they failed to make 2nd place with visitor Des Fitzpatrick from Clifton Springs GC near Geelong 2nd with -2 on his first visit to our course.
Full results:
Despite Tuesday being one of the best days for golf in a long while, Burra men could not rise to the occasion. Winner was Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel with an ordinary 34 stableford points. No one else could even match that score to force a count back. Three players, Pat Hallion, David “Jack” Webster & Kobi Wenzel tied on 33 points, with Jack runner up on a count back. At the other end Bob Taylor & Neil Webster tied with 29 points Bob receiving the Mars Bar.
Full Results:
Bob Perry won Saturday’s stableford competition emphatically while son-in-law David Bartlett just as emphatically earned the Mars Bar. Bob stormed home in one of the most impressive finishes seen on the Burra Golf Course in living memory scoring 23 points for the back 9 after a quiet 17 on the front. Bob teed off from the 17th which is considered a disadvantage but scored 11 points on his last 3 holes which included 3 for 5 points on the 14th. The less said about David’s round the better. Club Captain & Vice Captain fought out 2nd place with Russell “Gus The Good Guy” edging out Mark “Mouldy” Millward on a count back both returning 37 points.
Full Results:
Four players braved the chilly conditions to play in the 9 hole mulligan comp this morning. Andy Phillips performed brilliantly through 6 holes before frittering an apparently winning lead scoring just 2 points in the last 3 holes. Meanwhile Dick Cleland stuck to his game plan eventually winning by 2 points with a score of 20. David “Jack” Webster finished strongly to catch Andy on the line, both finishing with 18 points, & Jack taking 2nd place on a count back. Bob Taylor collected the Mars Bar.
Despite very cold & damp conditions on Tuesday, Pat Hallion went about his golf in the business like fashion we have come to expect. Pat put together a very good 38 points in trying conditions. Alas, his fellow competitors were unable to do likewise. Next best was Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel with 35 points. The rest of the field were extremely disappointing as the scores will show.
Complete results:
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David “Jack” Webster has moved to the top of the qualifiers after the third qualifying round. Jack has a best 2 round total of 169, just 1 stroke ahead of Michael “Tickers” Tickner who failed to improve his 2 round total on Saturday. Pat Hallion is 3rd on 171, but there is talk of lowering the cut off between A & B grades to keep Pat out of the A grade race.
In B grade, former club champion, colourful local sporting identity Philip “Tommo” Thomson leads comfortably with 188, while Kobi Wenzel leads C grade with 202.
In the handicap competition Kobi Wenzel & Pat Hallion both scored net 71, with one of them winning on a count back.
Club Championships – Progressive Scores
Results of Saturday’s Handicap Stroke Competition
There will be a coaching session at the Burra Golf Club this Thursday between 3:30 pm & 5:00 pm.
Tuition will be provided by PGA professional Warren Symons and it will be directed towards new & beginner players but club members who feel they have not mastered the game are welcome. This suggests to me that all members are entitled to attend.
So come along and ensure we have a good roll up. The weather will be cold but fine so wear warm clothing
