Oberer cards an impressive score

Blue Lake Golf Club ladies tackle the conditions & the course in a stableford competition

With the weather forecast looking gloomy last Wednesday there were 16 women that fronted for the stableford competition at the Blue Lake Golf Club.

As it turned out it was better than expected and Division Two’s Jaynee Oberer can attest to that posting the top score of the day of 39 points.

Handicapper Dianne Perryman topped division one also with a good score of 37 points. Off a 20 handicap she was about the only one to have a better score on the front nine with the rest posting better scores on the back nine.

Splits of 21/16 included pars on the 3rd, 4th, 5th turning to a scrub on the 10th then continuing with pars on the 11th, 15th and 16th, her card also showing scoring from a handful of handicaped bogeys and double bogeys.

osie Ashby 23 handicap, followed with 35 points from splits of 16/19. The outward nine included a par on the 2nd, scrub on the 4th and 9th finishing strong on the inward nine scoring on every hole.

Geraldine Scott was only one point behind signing for 34 points from splits of 18/16 after scoring on every hole.

Jaynee Oberer took top spot in Division Two backing up her win from the week before and her handicap is starting to drop on a regular basis.

Oberer is now off 34 and her 39 points included scores on all holes. The outward score of 16 points needed a bit of work going to the inward nine and she certainly was up for the challenge posting 23 points that saw a birdie on the 11th raking in 5 points then scoring four three-pointers for an outstanding back nine.

Johanna Gogan is another regular on the podium placing second with 28 points after a count back from Trudy Herbert.

Gogan is of a 36 handicap with splits of 11/17 and was able to capitalize on the 2nd and 14th holes scoring four points on each and three points on the 15th. Unfortunately four scrubs did hinder her score. Herbert off 31 did have only one scrub and one three-pointer from splits of 14/14.

Nearest 2nd shot to the pin winners on the 16th were Division 1 Karen Panagopoulos (1.38) and Division 2 Lesley McPherson (1.7). Perryman was the pro-shot winner on the 5th. Gael Ford had a chipin ferret on the par four 1st.

This week is the quarter finals of the 2023 Championship for both divisions with non-qualifiers playing a stableford competition.

DRAW:

Division 1: 8.30 onwards – R. Martland v D. Perryman, S. Agars v H. Myers, J. Ashby v H. Stratford, R. Edwards v K. Hommelhoff

Division 2: 8.50 onwards – B. Pascoe v L. McPherson, J. Gogan v D. Allen, J. Oberer v L. Gill, T. Herbert v R. Case

OCTOBER 21 RESULTS: Inclement spring weather greeted the 15 starters and maybe the early morning ones perhaps having the better part of the day than the midday starters.

Club secretary Rosemary Martland wasn’t bothered signing for 88/17/71, playing one under her handicap.

Splits of 45/43 from consistent scoring included a birdie two on the 2nd with pars on the 11th and 14th holes and only three double bogeys recorded.

Helen Stratford followed playing to her handicap signing for 93/21/72.

No pars were posted in the outward nine 48 strokes coming home with pars on the 14th and 16th holes in the inward 45 strokes, six double bogeys impacted on her overall score.

Lyn Annand, 110/35/75 took the third prize voucher after a four-way countback from Dianne Perryman, Geraldine Scott and Karyn Coon all posting nett 75.

PRIZE WINNERS: Gael Ford, Josie Ashby & Jaynee Oberer and (front row) Karen Panagopoulos & Lesley McPherson

STROKE COMPETITION: Saturday stroke competition winners – Rosemary Martland, Helen Stratford & Lyn Annand