The Singleton McDonalds Club Championships teed off on Saturday.
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The perfect weather conditions combined with a course in great shape, set the scene for another great event.
Dave Garland led the charge in A grade with his nett score of 68 winning on a count back from Daniel Storey.
Marty Sutcliffe shot the day’s lowest score.
His nett score of 64 was scintillating however he just beat home B grade tournament favourite Matt Boyce by one stroke.
The great news for the rest of B grade was that Marty was not entered for the championships.
Craig Cooke ran away with the daily C grade prize with a nett of 65 while Ethan Van Zyl continued to impress with his runner’s up score of 66.
Saturday’s Secret 9 competition first place was awarded to Phil Bugotu for his nett 31.
The next three places went to Craig Cooke, Jim Carey, and Brad Gardiner.
Sunday dawned with ideal conditions, however they would turn into gusty conditions by 10am.
The greens got special treatment from Sean our greenkeeper. A double cross-cut of the greens produced an even truer roll and a faster surface.
How would the day’s players handle them?
Sunday’s A grade winner was Fergus Hay who turned around a disappointing first round.
Fergus’ win came at the expense of Jake Smith who was beaten by a count back.
Both players returned nett scores of 69.
Ben Wiese fired the day’s lowest score; a nett of 67 to win the B grade prize. Just one shot in arrears was Brad Gardiner with a 68.
Ian Salisbury’s 69 just got to the line in C grade. Ian beat home Rick Madden on 70.
Ian also won the day’s Secret 9 competition with 31. The next three places went to Fergus Hay, John Charsley, and Jim Carey.
After 36 hole the scratch leaders in A, B, C grades are:
- A Scr: Chad Vesper 149, Nathan Bagnall 150, Matt Dicks 153;
- A Nett: Chad Vesper 143, Mick Kirkpatrick 145, Brendan Nichols 146, Martin Goadsby 146;
- B Scr: Rick Janssen 163, Brad Gardiner 166, Brett Sterritt 167;
- B Nett: Rick Janssen 139, Andrew Molloy 139, Garry Croker 139, Brad Gardiner 140;
- C Scr: Al Burns 184, Mal Newman 184, Jonathan Charsley 185, Terry Thompson 187;
- C Nett: Rick Madden 140, Craig Cooke 142, Mal Newman 142, Jonathan Charsley 143.