DEEP CREEK GOLF CLUB
Early morning players overheard some big cheers coming from the second green at Deep Creek Golf Club on Saturday after Ross Stewart kicked off the day in grand style with a hole-in-one on the 140-metre par three.
Stewart was understandably delighted with his ace, but it soon became evident that scoring five points on the hole was – quite literally – pointless, with his playing partner wiping the hole in the Four-Ball Multiplication Stableford event.
Stewart’s five points, multiplied by the zero from his partner…well it equals zero!
Despite not benefitting from a team sense…its great reward for Stewart who has been a regular at Pakenham…now Deep Creek…for many years.
Congratulations Ross from everyone at the club.
Winners on the day were Matt Lloyd (7) and Stephen van Ingen (37), who matched up their high and low handicaps perfectly to score 85 points.
Runners up, losing on a countback, were Peter Reilly (9) and Shane Franzi (18) with 85 points, with third place going to Leon Materariki (14) and Brenton Hollingworth (26) with 78 points.
Down the lines went to Mick and Noel Boyd 77, Bob Naismith and Mark Stewart 75, John Curtin and John Pattison 73, Ross Stewart and Andrew Heagney 66, Stuart Scott and Dean Jones 65, Marcus Cameron and Steve Morgan 65, and Anthony Kemsley and Duncan Campbell 65.
Nearest the pins went to Ross Stewart for his hole-in-one on the second and to John Curtin (0.92 m) on the 16th.
Wednesday’s stableford competition turned into another stellar day for Barry Williams (16), with the sweet-swinging veteran scoring 39 points to pip Scott Irwin (12) by just one shot in A Grade.
B grade winner was Michael Banger (25), who played to his handicap to 36 points and win on a countback from Stewart MacDonald (22).
Down the lines went to Noel Bonne 38, Andrew Hale, Rod Walker and Bob Naismith 37, Brett McGee, Dean M Jones and Rex Ryan 35, and to John Piggott, Brian Bateup and Doug Barrot with 34 points.
The Supercomp – Front 9 – winner was Doug Barrott (34) with 21 points and nearest the pins went to the laser-like Barry Williams (1.87m) on the second hole and to David McMahon (2.50m) on the 16th.
The Ladies and Gentlemen of Deep Creek were dressed in the finest on Thursday for the hugely-popular Pink Day.
Women’s, men’s and mixed prizes were up for grabs and it was the team of Pamela Wallis (27) and Joan Bowman (42) who secured the women’s prize with a great score of 45 points. Helen Aurish (39) and Sue Menzel (31) were runners up with 44 points.
The men’s winners were James Dimtsas (8) and Chris Kondarios (11) with 46 points, winning on a countback from John Roberts (18) and Tony Mafodda (15).
Norm (14) and Ginny Carter (33) partnered beautifully to finish with 45 points to win the mixed competition by two shots from Noel Bonne (8) and Jennifer Grogan (35) on 43 points.
Women’s nearest the pins went to, 2nd hole: Suzanne Van Strien (0.88m), 4th hole: (2nd Shot) Suzanne Van Strien (1.02m), 11th hole: (2nd Shot) Carol Beard (1.00m) and 16th hole Suzanne Van Strien (4.37m).
Men’s nearest the pins went to 2nd hole: Jimmy Pari (2.80m), 4th hole: Stephen Northcott (2.4m), 11th hole: Mark Shaw (3.62m) and 16th hole: Michael Banger (2.49m).
Monday saw a 4BBB Stableford event played with Bill McDonald (23) and Pat Ellerton (19) scoring 43 points to win on a countback from Roger Parker (12) and Frankie Chiu (7).
Noel Bonne (11) and Thomas McDermott (22) finished third, also on 43 points, while down the lines went to Stewart MacDonald and Levi Sua on 41 points and Warwick Cakebread and Kevin Sutton on the same score.
Nearest the pins went to; 2nd hole: Angie Peluso (2.2m) and 16th hole: James Dimtsas (0.70m).
And Sunday’s stableford competition rounded out a busy week of golf at Deep Creek with Daniel Behnane (12) scoring 38 points to win on a countback from Matt Yusoff (13).
Down the lines went to Heath Barclay and Brian Bateup with 35 points.
