Steely scorches the field at Garfield

Geoff Turner won the nearest the pin on the 16th hole at Garfield Golf Club on Saturday. 261683 Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS

GARFIELD GOLF

It was a great week of winter weather at Garfield Golf Club with the daily temperatures some five degrees warmer through the week – up from the normal average of just 12.

Combine this with plenty of drying strong winds and the course is the driest it’s ever been for this time of the year.

We go back to last Sunday for this week’s highlight with Steely Mateariki winning the day with a very nice 43 points, which meant he played to a mark of just three, some seven shots better than his allotted mark of 10.

For the ladies, Bernie Clark made it five wins in as many weeks with a Tuesday score of 34 stableford points.

A field of 113 ventured out for play on Saturday for a stroke round; the second round of the time-honored Cox Cup.

Harrison Moore had a day out with the day’s best round with the C Grade winning-score of nett 63. Russell Maxwell won the A Grade event with a round of nett 66 whilst Phillip Barling, a Pakenham import, won the B Grade event with a score of nett 65.

A final score of nett 70 or better was the number for a ball down the line.

In another highlight, Peter Black scored two birdies for his round.

Chris Davies found some much-needed form with an A Grade runner up score of nett 67.

There was another excellent turnout on Thursday with a field of 87 presenting for play.

Tim Sallai was the best in for the A Graders with a round of 34 points, winning by a count back decision from Kevin Whitmore.

David Saint got the B Grade victory with a score of 38 points whilst Harrison Moore had the day’s best round, securing a C Grade victory with a score of 39 points.

This backed up his win in Saturday’s C Grade event.

A final score of 33 points, back to a count back, was required for a ball down the line.

The other highlight of the day was an eagle two scored by Paul Kaye on the par four seventh, which is rarely achieved.

Tim Moore won Monday’s stableford competition with a score of 40 points.

Next Saturday is a 4-Ball Aggregate stableford event.

RESULTS

• Sunday/Single Stableford/Field of 25

Winner: Steely Mateariki (10) 43, second Harrison Moore (32) 40, third Nick Gray (8) 39.

Down the lines: Tim Moore 36, Allan Milkins 34.

Nearest the pins: 4th Mark Delaney, 9th Stephen Barrett, 11th John Milkins, 14th Andrew Hale and 16th David Manning.

• Monday/Single Stableford/Field of 56

A Grade: John Curtin (18) 38, runner up Darren Allen (11) 36 C/B.

B Grade: Tim Moore (32) 40, runner up Ron Parsons (24) 34 C/B.

Down the lines: Chris Kondarios 36, Terry Mclaughlin 35, Leo De Jager 34, Geoff Roberts 34, Richard Perry 34.

• Tuesday/Ladies/Single Stableford

Winner: Bernie Clark (18) 34. Runner up: Liz Garvey (40) 33 C/B.

• Thursday/Single Stableford/Field of 87

A Grade: Tim Sallai (12) 34 C/B, second Kevin Whitmore (14) 34, third Graeme Pretty (11) 32 C/B.

B Grade: David Saint (16) 38, second Choon Cheng (15) 35 C/B, third John Scale (15) 35.

C Grade: Harrison Moore (29) 39, second Liz Garvey (40) 37 C/B, third Rob Morris (30) 37 C/B.

Down the lines: Stephen Eddy 37, Trevor Burnie 36, Tim Moore 35, Leo De Jager 34, Paul Kaye 34, Grant Williams 33, Mal Beniston 33 C/B.

Eagle: 7th Paul Kaye. $30.

Nearest the pins: 4th David Saint, 8th Rob Coates, 9th Jim Accettura, 11th Harrison Moore, 14th Glenn Charles, 16th Heath Barclay.

• Saturday/Stroke – Cox Cup Round 2/Field of 113

A Grade: Russell Maxwell (13) 66, second Chris Davies (11) 67, third Wayne Westwick (11) 69 C/B.

B Grade: Phillip Barling (15) 65, second Shannon Stocco (17) 66, third Steven Van Roy (19) 67.

C Grade: Harrison Moore (28) 63, second Malcolm Hirt (20) 69 C/B, third Rob Morris (30) 69.

Down the lines: Peter McNeish 69, Ray Pund 69, Andrew Rose 69, Steely Mateariki 69, Ben Balfour 69, Allan Milkins 70, Gary Bassett 70, Stephen Pimm 70, Harry Elyasie 70, Ross Mitchell 70, Jim Accettura 70, Sam Collins 70, Brendan Pola 70.

Nearest the pins: 4th Ben Balfour, 8th Andrew Went, 9th Andrew Rose, 11th Bruce Styles, 14th Phillip Barling, 16th Geoff Turner.

Second Shots: A Grade: Russ Loughridge. B Grade: Allan Milkins. C Grade: Mick Matthews.

• Saturday/Ladies/Stroke

Winner: Karli Van Der Horst (18) 68.

Nearest the pins: 4th and 8th Leesa Matthews, 11th Bernie Clark, 14th Karli Van Der Horst and 16th Amanda Mclure.

-Terry Webster-