FOUR-lettered words beginning with ‘f’ are a common soundtrack as hopes and dreams collide with reality at the Nambucca Heads Island Golf Course on a Saturday morning.
And so it was on the adjacent 2nd and 3rd holes on 17 January as wannabes launched hosel rockets quickly followed by cries of ‘fore’ as unsuspecting groups minding their own business found themselves in the line of errant fire.
Wily John Morgan had been reported as missing in action from the silverware for some months but had a barnstormer return to post 43 stableford points to win the Goodtime Charlie’s event in Div 2.
The 14-handicapper carded 76 off the stick in a tidy display which included nine pars and a bird on the third.
That was just enough to head home Maxine Townsend (19 handicap) who posted a stellar 42, and smoked home round the back in 40 off the stick.
Bryce McCarroll (5) carded 37 points to win Div 1, one clear of Stuart Johnston (11).
Leeds United tragic Trevor Hopkins (22) swept Div 3 with 39 points from runner-up Keith Elphick (25) on 36.
Col Wormleaton channelled a putt long on the 1st for the Ecomist stubby holder and beverage while the nearest the pins went to Ken Klem on 5, Paul Ryan on 7, Tristram Edwards on 8 and Ashton Herbert with a near hole-in-one on 15.
Sawtell’s Clint Pandelakis will have stringy delicious mozzarella to contend with after winning the Pizza This Pizza That prize on 13 and Daryl Wall scooped a healthy hundred dollars for the Pro Pin on the last.
Kerrie Eichorn (9) was the only player to break 80 off the bat in the women’s monthly medal on Wednesday, 14 January.
Her round of 78 included a birdie four on the long 16th for the Div 1 honours with nett 69 while Ann Antcliff (29) ran riot with a jaw-dropping 62 nett to claim Div 2.
Antcliff carded 91 gross including pars on 7, 13 and 16 and her handicap has exited stage left.
Eichorn, Antcliff and Fiona Chaffey (37) claimed the gross prizes and the pins went to Shayne Scott on 13 and Antcliff on 5. Heather Gray picked up the $29 Pro Pin on 18.
It was a father and overgrown son shootout in Div 1 of the Goodtime Charlie’s stableford on Thursday, 15 January.
Troy Herbert (2) was four under par through the first eight and ground home for a spanking 67 off the stick and 40 points to best Ashton by a point.
Frank Taylor (26) had the top score of the day with 41 points to win Div 2, heading home Graeme Pauley (34) on 39, who birdied the 8th for a thousand points.
John Crosby snaked the longest putt on the 1st and pin botherers were Mark Luttrell on 5, Pauley on 8 and George Jones on 15. Andy Mackinnon’s protein-only religion will be tested by the pizza voucher on 13 and Dan Wassens pocketed the $60 Pro Pin on the last.
Kevin Wilson’s (23) rich run of form continued with 37 points to salute in the Goodtime Charlie’s medley stableford on Tuesday, 13 January.
Pins went to Kevin Mulhall on 5, Heather Gray on 7, Wilson on 8 and Hans Jansen on 15. Peter Shepherd boxed the pizza on 13 and Crescent Heads Warren John O’Neill pocketed a lobster on the last courtesy of the Pro Pin.
Catchya on The Island where before a good drop of January rain the course was thirstier than the happy punters on the river view deck.
By Chris KNIGHT
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