Ronda Edwards claims monthly medal

Tight competition on the Blue Lake Golf Club course as ladies vie for a number of titles

The April monthly medal sponsored by Grant and Dianne Perryman, 3rd round of the Collins Court Butcher sponsored Captain’s Trophy and Count Putts event at the Blue Lake Golf Club was well attended by 30 women including four playing nine holes enticed by the Indian Summer we are experiencing.

The course for the stroke round was well presented but did play long for the monthly medal set-up of flags at the back of a majority of greens, but that didn’t deter Ronda Edwards winner of the Medal and first in Division 1 signing for 87/15/72 that included a par on the 5th, finding a little trouble on the front-nine scoring a few strokes over with a 48.

The back nine was a different story coming home with 39 strokes that included a birdie three on the 11th and pars on the 14th, 15th and 16th holes.

Sue Agars and Helen Stratford had to go to a countback after both signing for 92/19/73 and with 46/46, going to the score of the last nine holes it was Agars having the better score taking second place. Agars had pars on the 1st, 2nd, 5th, 12th and 16th. Stratford a par on the 9th and a birdie on the 12th. The recent 2023 Division 2 handicap champion Jo Gogan followed up with another win taking the top voucher signing for 111/35/76.

An outward nine score of 57 included a par on the 5th with an inward score of 54.

Rose Case was second on the podium with 114/38/76 and included a par on the 2nd, with splits of 55/59 finding the outward nine a little easier.

Carol Melhuish 114/36/78 found the outward nine hard with 61 strokes reining it in on the inward with 53 earning her a third prize voucher.

Nearest to the pin 2nd shot winners were Josie Ashby (Div 1) and Dianne Allen (Div 2) The novelty prizes for least putts were won by Stratford 31 and Jaynee Oberer 33, Birdies Edwards 11th, Stratford 12th, Dianne Perryman 15th and ferrets Helen Myers 10th, Kate Hommelhoff 13th. This week is the 3rd round of the Metro Bakery and Cafe sponsored Silver Salver in par format.

APRIL 22 RESULTS

A smaller than usual number due to those going to the LIV GOLF event in Adelaide played in the stroke competition and first was the ever consistent Lee-Anne Medhurst leading the way with 97/23/74 and included pars on the 2nd, 5th and 15th, 47 strokes on the front nine and 50 on the back.

Dianne Perryman off 20 and Rosemary Martland off 14 both posted nett 76 forcing a countback, the former taking second place on the podium relegating Martland to third.

MONTHLY MEDAL PODIUM:

Division 1 runner up Sue Agars with first placed winner and monthly medal winner Ronda Edwards & third placed Helen Stratford with Division 2 winner Jo Gogan