MERE hours after a new Pope was anointed, Mark Luttrell showed he could walk on water in a stunning performance at the Nambucca Heads Island Golf Course.
The course was sodden but playable in the Ecomist medley stableford and Top Gun qualifier on Saturday, 10 May, with good scores rarer than people being thankful for a text message from Trumpet H Fong.
21-handicapper Luttrell was beacon-like, with nine pars – scorching home in 39 off the stick on the back nine for a stonking 43 points.
That gave him the Div 2 win, six clear of Club Captain Ray Guiana (27 handicap) who carded a super impressive 37 points.
In Div 1, Liam Sweeny (15) had an excellent 81 gross for 39 points to finish comfortably ahead of runner-up Chris Knight (10) on 35.
Club champion Troy Herbert bookended a so-so round with the longest putt on the 1st and the Pro Pin on the last for $30. Ben Venner took the pin on 5, Phillip Frost on 7 and 15, and Heath McKenna bagged the nearest on 8 and the Pizza This Pizza That prize on 13.
Sneaky long Jeramy Ashman (12) was onsong in the Ecomist medley stableford on Thursday, 8 May, carding 42 points in a 10-par round including a unicorn birdie on the 16th.
That got the job done in Div 1 by a point from runner-up Steve Frost (18) who sailed around the front in 38 off the stick and birdied the 17th in a bumpy back nine.
Paddy Byrne (24) squeaked home in Div 2 with 36 points, one better than Heath Blain (26).
Legend Greg McCoy (4) carded a two-over par gross of 71, and collected the pins on 7 and 8.
Wayne Purcell sank a lengthy on the 1st before things turned south, while Don Lavery scored the pin on 5 and Colin Wormleaton on 15. Tim Kinnear won gourmet pizza on 13 and Peter Scott the $60 Pro Pin on 18.
The women were blessed by a window of sunshine for their monthly medal on Wednesday, 7 May, and Maxine Townsend (16) was all over it with nett 72 to edge the in-form Deidre Fletcher (14) by a shot in Div 1.
After battling on the early par fives, Townsend swooped home round the back in 43 off the stick to seal the deal.
In Div 2, Jenny Thorne (24) saluted with 77 nett, with runner-up Jennifer Johnston (26) on 80.
Fiona Chaffey’s (37) diamonds’ run continued as she took Div 3 with 86 nett from Suzanne O’Donnell (45) on 88.
Chaffey, Henny Oldenhove and Jennifer Ainsworth grabbed the pins on 8, Thorne on 13 and Marilyn McNally pocketed $23 for the Pro Pin on the last.
Townsend was best with the short stick while best gross prizes went to Fletcher, Thorne and Robyn Dyer.
Catchya on The Island where the smiles and ambition are always on tap.
By Chris KNIGHT
