March Captain’s Report
Monthly Medal
Congratulations to Rhys Rata for winning March’s Monthly Medal with an impressive net 55. Rhys’ front nine was a bit up and down but he managed to make the turn net 3 under. The back nine was a different story, with six pars over the nine holes, Rhys triumphed for the day winning the medal by 8 shots.
Leanne Bambridge Memorial
This Friday sees the annual Leanne Bambridge Memorial Day. There are still places available for this 3 Person Ambrose event. Plenty of prizes will be up for grabs and money raised will be going to the Lukemania Foundation.
Drouin Family Hotel Challenge
The 2022/23 Family Hotel Challenge concluded on the last round of the Club Championships with Chris Stoker winning the season long competition by 164 points ahead of Tristan Ashby. A strong end of the season saw Kelly Belcher finish in 3rd Place a further 221 points behind.
Thanks to the Drouin Family Hotel for their generous contribution to this event
2023 Club Championships
The Club Championships wrapped up 1 week later than scheduled due to bad weather on the first round. For the 12th time Ryan Hammond secured the Club Championship with a very impressive score of 207 over the 3 rounds, 14 shots better than his nearest rival. B Grade saw Phil Adams go back to back with a score of 248, 4 shots clear of 2nd Place. C Grade was the closest contest with Tristan Ashby managing to finish strong and win by 2 shots, with a score of 263. In D Grade, Lucas Green came from behind to finish 7 shots clear with a score of 287. Handicap winners were A Grade Ryan Hammond 216, B Grade Phil Adams 215, C Grade Tristan Ashby 215 and D Grade Lucas Green 215.
Mark Allen won his first Senior Championship, finishing 18 shots ahead with a final score of 221.
The Ladies Club Championships final round is this Tuesday. Currently, Shirley Roberts leads by 4 strokes in A Grade with Anne Neilson is 9 strokes ahead in B Grade and Monica Gidley leads by 4 strokes in C Grade.
Full Leaderboards are available on the club’s website and MiScore under the heading leaderboards. They will appear on the date of the first round of the championships, which was February 11th.
New Ratings Index
This Wednesday, the ratings of holes for the Men will be amended. The new ratings will be posted up on the Pro Shop window and copies will be available to take as well. Scorecards and the MiScore App will already be updated with the new ratings.
New Prize Allocations
This Wednesday will also see a change to the Men’s Prize Allocations. This will only apply to fields that have at least 50 players. Fields this size will now include a Runners Up Prize in addition to the Winners Prize. Down the Line Balls will stay the same.
Drouin Premier League
This is a season long team event over a selected number of Saturdays. Teams consist of 6 players and each team will play against another team each week. The best 2 stableford scores will be used each round to calculate the team total. The cost is $10 per player for the season. There are currently 6 teams registered with room for more. If anyone is struggling to find enough players to fill a team, or any individual is looking to play, please contact me and I will help organise your team.
Drouin Garfield Challenge
The re-scheduled Drouin/Garfield Challenge is now being held on Saturday 25th March at Garfield. There is a list on the notice board if you would like to play and help us win back to back.
Golf West Gippsland Championships
The Golf West Gippsland Championships are on Sunday 19th March at Trafalgar and are open to all members of Club’s affiliated with Golf West Gippsland. It would be great to see Drouin well represented. The details are available on the GWG website as well as on our notice board. Please contact myself if you would like any more information.
Don Piner Memorial
The Annual 2 person Ambrose will be played on Saturday 18th March. This event will be a shotgun start with a morning and afternoon field. Morning tee off will be at 7:30, with the afternoon tee off at 12:00. The online booking system will be updated with this information.
Pennant
Our 2 Handicap sides have started their seasons. Handicap 1 have battled hard in their 2 games to date but have yet to register a win. Handicap 2 have had 3 solid wins from their 3 games and sit comfortably on top of the ladder. Geoff and Graham have written individual round reports, which are currently up on our website.
April’s Monthly Medal
The Monthly Medal for April has been moved from April 1st to April 15th. This is due to our greens being cored on Thursday 30th March. The competition for the 1st will be now be a Gentsomes event. This is a 4 person team event, with teams being able to be Men’s, Ladies or Mixed. It is played similar to Ambrose with players picking the best tee shot and then playing their own ball for the rest of the hole. The best 2 scores for each team will be recorded per hole. Players will use their Daily Handicaps and will be scored as Stableford. This event will not be Handicapped.
I will leave you with this comment from former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
“Golf is a game whose aim is to get a very small ball into a small hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose”
Glenn Robinson
Captain
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