SO MUCH coin was floating around the Nambucca Heads Island Golf Course it must have come up on the radar of Scrooge McDuck.
One thousand dollars was in the pot for the Handiskins final on Sunday, 16 November, with only four players left to scramble for the loot.
Peter Klem Goode grabbed the lion’s share with $550, from club champion Graham Watson $210, Karl Hobday $190 and Dan Wren $50.
Meanwhile, the semi-finals of the local Nambucca Skins sponsored by Chris Knight will be duked out this Sunday, shortly after the club’s AGM.
With the bunkers mostly all back in play and in swallow-mode, scoring was tempered in the Nambucca Valley Care Group medley stableford on Saturday, 15 November.
Port Macquarie’s David Nosworthy (17 handicap) had the best total of the day with 40 points including birds on 7 and 17 to head home Tiffany Paul (22) on 37 points in Div 2.
Peter Ryan (14) also carded 37 points to edge Gregory Smith (13) on countback in Div 1.
Late-starter Daryl Wall took the nearest the pin on 7 and the Pizza This Pizza That voucher on 13. Other pins went to Big Dom Lambie on 5, Stephen Truelove on 8, Edward Penrose on 15 and Greg McCoy showed his perennial class with the $90 Pro Pin on the last. Houston Baker drained a longy on the 1st to collect the Ecomist stubbie and holder.
Building back better on Thursday, 13 November, was Garry Johnstone (14) who was too strong with 38 points to win the Nambucca Valley Care medley stableford.
Johnstone’s story included 10 pars and wipes on the 2nd and 5th.
Jude McGoldrick (16) wowed with 37 points to claim the runners-up prize.
In Div 2, Kay McGoldrick (32) blitzkrieged with 39 points, one better than Graham Cass (25).
Johnstone got his round off to a hot start with the Ecomist longest putt on the 1st while pins went to Bruce Fleming on 5, Peter Bush on 7, Mark Luttrell on 8 and Chris Brownlie on 15. Cass boxed the gourmet frisbee on 13 and Peter Thompson pocketed the $70 Pro Pin on 18.
Chris Brownlie (27) had a stonking 43 points to win the Nambucca Valley Care Group medley stableford on Tuesday, 11 November.
Despite his long handicap, Brownlie turned in 38 off the stick round the front – but hung on to best club junior champion Ashton Herbert (4) who carded a tidy two-under par 67 for 42 points (and he was the first to collect in the ball rundown).
Herbert the longer booted his kitty somewhat with the pins on 5 and 7, Scott Burley on 8 and Rodney Kinnear on 15 for Stu’s ball. Heather Gray scooped the $25 Pro Pin on the last and Troy Herbert consoled himself with pizza after hitting it closest on 13.
Male players from all clubs with an official handicap are reminded the timesheet is now available for the men’s Nambucca Open on Sunday, 30 November.
Catchya on The Island, a paradise of dreams, bent grass greens and unsolicited advice from the viewing deck as you tee off on the 1st.
By Chris KNIGHT
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