Finalists decided at Blue Lake

Perfect weather greeted the women at the Blue Lake Golf Club last Wednesday, some to play in the semi finals of the 2022 Club Championships and a stableford competition for those not involved in championships.

The final berths are now finalised and the 1st semi in Division 1 saw Ronda Edwards and Cherryl Hill go head to head in match play and the first nine holes saw four wins to Edwards and three to Hill both recording 46 off the stick but on the turn Edwards won the 10th and 11th squaring 12th and 13th clinching pars on the 14th and 15th giving her the win 5/3. With no handicaps involved it should be noted that Edwards plays off 14 and Hill 23 and Hill certainly wasn’t disgraced.

The 2nd semi of Sue Agars versus Dianne Perryman also produced their best, both making use of the fast running fairways and fast greens but it was Perryman showing the way with four straight wins followed by squaring the 5th and 6th holes. Both only produced one par each and the score on the turn was Perryman 3-up. Perryman’s consistency proved to be Agars undoing and a lost ball after hitting a tree on the difficult 13th looked ominous but she wasn’t done just yet taking wins on the 14th and 15th, Perryman won the 16th claiming a 4/2 win.

The 1st semi in Division 2 between Beryl Mahoney and Lyn Gill, the win to Mahoney was a credit to her as she has only been playing golf for several years and taken to it with gusto playing two or three times a week. Taking the first three holes Gill was under pressure from the get go but was able to square 4 and 5 and a win on the 6th with a square on the 7th. Mahoney took control again and won the 8th and 9th, four up on the turn. Gill did win on the 10th from a nice chip-in ferret but with two more wins to Mahoney on the 11th and 12th and another ferret on the 14th from Gill to square the hole it was game over 5/4.

The 2nd semi proved an epic game between two evenly matched players, Kate Hommelhoff and Jaynee Oberer, going to sudden death to the 19th hole. The game started in favour of Oberer with 5 wins that included a par on the long par five 3rd. Most holes were only one stroke between a win, loss or square proving a close competition. On the turn Oberer was 5-up, Hommelhoff dug deep and chipped away at Oberer’s confidence winning 10th, 11th and 12th making her only 2-down, Oberer then won the 13th, another three wins to Hommelhoff and all was square after 18 holes. Crossing back over to the 1st and with a win Hommelhoff earned herself a spot in the grand final.

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND FINAL (Sunday, November 11)
Division 1: 36 holes – R. Edwards v D. Perryman.
Division 2: 27 holes – B. Mahoney v K. Hommelhoff.

STABLEFORD RESULTS
It was Josie Ashby’s day when she fired 41 points in the play of the day and topping the podium for division one. Off a 22 handicap she played four strokes under the daily stroke rating of 72. Her card showed five pars, no wipes and 84 off the stick with splits of 22/19. Runner-up Karen Panagopoulos, 27 handicap signed for 35 points, splits of 17/18, recording two pars and one wipe.

Back in the winners for division two, Lucy Richards posted 33 points with 3 x three-pointers and 3 wipes from splits of 17/16 good enough to take the win from runner-up Shannon McDonnell who was pleased with her 31 points. McDonnell had 20 points on the front nine but stumbled on the back nine only gathering 11 points. Five three-pointers and two wipes registered on her card.

Nearest to the pin 2nd shot on the 14th winner’s were Rosemary Martland (div 1) and Lucy Richards (div 2). The pro-shot was won by Annette Ford and ferret prizes going to Gael Ford 1st, Lee Anderson 10th and Trudy Herbert 14th.

This week’s competition is stableford.

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP FINALISTS DECIDED: (Back) Division 1 semi final winners Ronda Edwards & Dianne Perryman and (front) division 2 semi final winners Beryl Mahoney & Kate Hommelhoff