A FIELD of 78 starters played a Medley Single Stableford at The Island Golf Course, Nambucca Heads, on Thursday.
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Winner Division 1 went to Alan Cockburn with 38 points. Runner-up was Ken Marriott with 37 points.
Paul Maxwell won Division 2 with 39 points, which was the best score on the day. Andrew Johnston was runner-up with 38 points.
Nearest the pins went to Phil Mander on 3, Martin Jones on 5, Michael Bennett on 7 and to top off a great day the 8th went to Ken Marriott with a hole-in-one. The 13th pizza hole was claimed by Scott Burley, while the 15th was won by Chris Thorndike and 18th money shot was collected by Denys Tobin. The ball competition went down to 33 points.
On Saturday, a field of 80 starters played a Medley Single Stableford.
Winner A Grade went to Glen Crow with 37 points and runner-up was Alan Cockburn with 36 points.
B Grade winner was David Rosser with 38 points on a countback from Steve Frost.
C grade went to Shane Anderson with 39 points and the runner-up was Scott Burley with 38 points.
Nearest the pins went to John Slade on 3, Alan O’Brien on 5, Greg Smith on 7, and Drew Glasson on 8. The 13th pizza hole was won by David Wilson, while John Slade was a happy camper after colecting the money shot on 18.
The River Sunday Medley 4BBB Stableford was sponsored by Heather Gray.
Winners were Mark Blake and Shane Anderson with 38 points and the runners-up were Trevor Peck and Jan Harris.
The nearest the pin on the 5th went unclaimed as no one could find the mark! But the 18th Henny Oldenhove and Trevor Peck. Balls went to Glenys Thompson, Geoff Harris, Peta Giddey and Robyn Jones.
Set down for The Island this Thursday is the open event Dolphin Day Medley Single Stableford sponsored by the V Wall Tavern.
On Saturday a Medley 4BBB second round of the Knockout is scheduled.
Did you know?
Links golf courses are characterised by being built on the thin strip of grass, sand and dunes between the sea and typical agricultural land. They often have undulating fairways, are interspersed with sand dunes, and have very few trees.