It was a bumper week of competitive golf at the Lakes Entrance Golf Club, featuring strong fields across all divisions and culminating in Saturday’s Canadian Foursomes.
The feature event drew 15 pairs to the course, with the duo of Brett Stokes and Kat Sharpley dominating the field to take out first place with a net score of 64.15. Ruth McPhee and Steve Smith finished in second place as runners-up on 70.5.
Saturday’s regular medley competition saw 58 players take to the fairways in ideal conditions, producing several impressive cards. Sam Douglass put on a standout performance to claim both “B” grade and the overall win with 40 points, finishing a single point ahead of “A” grade winner Neil Howell and “B” grade runner-up Leslie Rodgers.
The strong Saturday finish capped a stellar week for Rodgers, who carried his fine form over from Thursday’s event. Playing in a field of 69 golfers on Thursday, Rodgers claimed “C” grade and the overall win with 41 points, prevailing on countback over “A” grade winner Rick Murray, while Les Beattie took top honours in “B” grade with 40 points.
Midweek competition kicked off on Wednesday with Sue Wilson taking out the ladies’ event with 37 points, four clear of runner-up Rhonda Beckett
on 33 points.
Rounding out the week, Karen Nicholas claimed victory in Tuesday’s ‘Young and the Rest of Us’ competition, edging out Gizelle Phillips on countback.
Canadian foursomes. (PS)
