Pinehurst pairs for ladies

The popular game of a Pinehurst Pairs was held last Wednesday at the Mount Gambier Golf Club, kindly sponsored by Lorraine Stratford. Forty-twolLadies participated in the event.

Weather conditions varied with rain, sunshine and a very cold wind thus making good scoring difficult overall.

Fortunately, the computer did the calculation of 7/8ths of the combined Handicaps making it easier to determine the Handicaps With 88 off the stick, having a Handicap of 13.50, Andrea Pegler and Bernie Jennings were the winning duo with a Nett 74.5. The couple played a very consistent game with a split of 43/45 off the stick = 88, including 5 Pars on their scorecard.

Second placing went to MaxineMcGregor and Yvonne Shirley with a combined Handicap of 24.38. They too played very consistently with their split for the 2 Nines being 51/49 off the stick = 100 equating to a Nett 75.62.

Coming in third placing was the combination of Helen McIntyre and Captain, Jan Shanahan ,who had a Handicap of 15.00.

Together they had 91 off the stick giving them a Nett 76. The couple had a great Back Nine with 44, however, the 7th Hole, Par 5 on the Front Nine spoilt their score. They registered 4 Pars for the day.

Seven pairs received balls for their efforts and went to Faye Mainwaring and Di Norman Nett 76.13 down to Carol Smith and Bev Pedlar Nett 81.12.

Nearest the Pin on the 8th Par, 3 Hole was won by sisters – Deb Sheather and Susan Ryan.

A reminder to all interested that the Mount Gambier Golf Club Open Day will be held on Friday, September 22, with a shotgun start. Players are expected to arrive at 9am for a 9.30am start. A Grade will be a Stroke round and B,C and D Grade will be a stableford. All are very welcome and please phone the Club on (08)8725 7716 to enter.

On September 6, there will be another Ppairs event in the form of a Stableford Aggregate , generously sponsored by Heather Barry.

SEPTEMBER 2 RESULTS

Nineteen golfing ladies teed off last Saturday in beautiful golfing weather with Yvonne Shirley (Handicap 30) winning the day on a count-back with 104-30-74 Nett. Yvonne carded three pars for the day and if not for the hard 14th Par 4 Hole she would have played under her handicap.

Losing the countback was second placegetter Helen McIntyre (Handicap 22) who had a great front nine with 44 off the stick, but came undone on the hard back nine with 53 off the stick. Helen started the Back Nine slowly but came home very nicely after the 14th Hole. She recorded four pars on her card.

The Pro Shot on the Par 3, 8th Hole was won by Helen Gregory. Eight balls were handed out to Leanne Hunt Nett 75 down to Helen Gregory Nett 81.