After an interminable time colourful local identity Philip “Thomo” Thomson has finally broken through for a win in Saturday’s Par event. Thomo scored 3 up to beat Andy Phillips by 2. While both players reversed the trend amongst Burra golfers by scoring better on the back 9, Andy suffered a massive fade over the last 2 holes. After an excellent run of 4 holes won in a row Andy was on the long par 4 16th for 2 & seemed set for a 5th straight plus only to 3 putt for a half. Hed did not recover from this losing the final 2 holes and leaving Thomo clear leader.
Apart from the 2 leaders the rest of the scores were poor to say the least. Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel was next with -3 followed by Chris “Critta” Waters -4, then Dick Cleland & Mark “Mouldy” Millward on -7, with visitor Klaus Heymann bringing up the rear with -10. As Klaus had left before the presentations the Mars Bar was awarded to Mouldy.