Handicap revision on the cards for Davey

WITH the weather behaving very ambiguously it is guess work from one day to the next stepping onto the fairways but is was a mild, cool day for the women teeing off in the Park Hotel stableford event at the Blue Lake Golf Club on January 21.

In Division One the top score was posted by Sally Houlihan two strokes under her 22 handicap after signing for 38 points.

Her scorecard represented a very consistent round with splits of 18/20 after scoring on every hole that Included three three pointers.

Helen Myers and Karen Panagopoulos followed both with 36 points forcing a countback.

Myers, 17 handicap, had the better back nine score of 22 points where the countback is done, to Panagopoulos’s 21 points taking the runner up voucher.

Myers had 14 points on the front nine making up ground on the back nine after pars on the 11th, 13th, 15th and 16th holes.

Panagopoulos, 22 handicap, also had low points on the front nine scoring 15 then able to muster pars on the 11th, 12th and 17th and a four point birdie on the dogleg 15th.

Lynette Hirth, off a 45 handicap, set up her win in Division Two with an awesome 39 points amassing 19 points on the front nine that included four three pointers, turning to the back nine holes adding another three three pointers, plus a four-point par on the 15th on the back nine in her 20 points.

Dianne Allen and Johanna Gogan were only one point behind with 38 points each having to go to a countback.

Allen was the victor with her back nine 20 points to Gogan’s 19.

Allen, 43 handicap, scored 18 points on the front nine, her scorecard included four three pointers and a four pointer on the 10th hole.

Gogan, 39 handicap, added another 19 points to her front nine score of 19 points on her back nine, her scorecard included five three pointers and two four pointers from pars on the 5th and 15th holes.

Nearest to the pin 2nd shot on the 14th winners were Josie Ashby (.70) and Lynette Hirth (1.20).

The pro-shot winner on the 5th was Ronda Edwards (2.12).

Panagopoulos scored a birdie on the 15th. Lyn Gill and Allen had chip-in ferrets on 1st and 4th holes respectively.

JANUARY 17 PAR COMPETITION

In perfect summer weather conditions 30 women teed up for the par competition and as any golfer knows par is one of the harder scoring games with no room for many mistakes.

The winner Caroline Davey would have been very pleased with her efforts signing for +3.

Playing off a 37 handicap she will expect a call from the handicapper.

She would have wondered what could have been even better looking at the three wipes on her scorecard.

Not only did Davey take the top voucher in the women’s section but she won the overall par competition voucher sponsored by Jens Hotel and going into the monthly par rounds draw for 2026.

Runner up was Helen Myers not far behind with +1 off her 17 handicap, also with three wipes on her card it was still a great score.

Wendy Burley was third on the podium with all square off her 40 handicap.

Lee Anderson, 34 handicap, won fourth place voucher with all square after a countback with Burley and Karen Panagopoulos all square as well.

Those in the ball rundown were Mandy Bartholomew-1, countback Alison Mullan -1, Ronda Edwards-2 countback Sonia Solly -2, Helen Stratford-3.

Nearest to pin on the 5th was Davey.