DAVID Wilde has claimed his second consecutive Tumut Golf Club A. Murray and Sons Club Championship.
Wilde who won last year’s championship, held off a fast-finishing Robert Crawford in securing the win by one stroke with a 72 hole score of 297.
Robert Crawford finished runner up with 298 whilst Steven Kell finished third with 301 and Byron Crawford who held a share of the lead with Wilde at the halfway mark of the tournament faded to finish in fourth.
The Graded results are as follows – A Grade- David Wilde 297, Robert Crawford 298, Steven Kell 301c/b, Byron Crawford 301.
The handicap winner was Steven Kell on countback from David Wilde after both recorded 289 nett.
In B Grade Bill Masters claimed the title by eight strokes with a 72 hole score of 359 from Louie Mulvihill who finished runner up with 367 and Archie Southwell third with 371.
Archie Southwell claimed the handicap win with 299 from Col Duncan runner up with 302.
The C. Grade title went to Mark Goode by seven strokes with 381.
Second place went to Peter Clear with 388, third place went to Jordan Neill with 393.
Mark Goode also took out the C Grade handicap prize with 289 from Neill Jordan who finished runner up with 297.
Congratulations to all winners and thanks to all the contestants as well as the valued sponsor of the Tumut Golf Club Championships, A Murray and Sons.
Saturday’s stroke competition had 53 golfers tee up and saw Greg Bye continue his good recent form in claiming the win with an excellent 65 nett from Scott Stevenson who also had a good day out with 66 nett.
Other prizes went to David Wilde 69, Neill Jordan 69, Phillip Lumsden 70, Patrick McGrath 70, Steven Shanahan 70, Steve Kell 71, Mark Goode 72, Robert Crawford 73, Peter Clear 73, Bobby Carroll 73, Brett Skeers 73, Benjamin Gaul 73, Col Duncan 73, Philip Turnbull 73, Braiden Freeman 74, Byron Crawford 74, Darryl Ryan 74, Mark Hughes 74, Jamie Freeman 75, Keith Dehnert 75, Jim Power 75, Steve Fisher 75, Archie Southwell 76, Peter Halpin 77, Bill Masters 77 and Logan Carroll 77.
Nearest pins- 4th Graeme Hartshorn 800cm, 9th Graeme Hartshorn 800cm, 17th Robert Preston 198cm.
Graeme Hartshorn survived a countback from Neill Jordan to win Sundays stroke competition after both recorded impressive rounds of 69 nett.
Prize winners were- Graeme Hartshorn 69, Neill Jordan 69, Scott Stevenson 73, Peter Clear 73, Steve Kell 74, David Wang 74, Peter McCarthy 75, Trevor Masters 75, Jamie Freeman 76, Robert Crawford 76, Steve Gooley 76, Byron Crawford 77, Travis Kurnow 77, Col Duncan 77, Daniel Pollack 77 and Mark Good 78.
Nearest pins- 4th Steve Kell 57cm, 17th Jason Brown 260cm.
Ivy Crawford fired an excellent 45 points to take out Sundays Medley Stableford, competition from Daniel Vafiopulous 10 points further back with 35 points in second on countback.
Other prizes went to- Judy Hannah 35, Peter Wren 32, Peter Linnegar 28, Barry Lang 28, Warwick Butler 27, Michael Hannah 27 and Geoff Brain 27.
Last Thursday’s nine hole chook run was contested as Stableford over the front nine.
Wayne Jones recorded an excellent three under par round in accumulating 21 points.
Jones scored birdies on holes 1,2 and 7 to go with his six pars.
Peter Halpin finished runner up with a solid 20 points followed by William Hughes 19, Graham Strack 19, Peter Wren 18, Shane Carroll 18, Mark Hughes 18, Robert Preston 17, Peter McCarthy 17, Stuart Tozer 16, Geoff Brain 16 and Steven Delaney 16c/b.
Nearest pin on hole nine went to John Barbour 474cm.
William Hughes took out last week’s Seniors event which was contested as Stableford over the back nine holes with 20 points from Barry Lang 19, Greg Kell 19, Steven Delaney 19, Warwick Butler 18, Peter Halpin 18, Ron Sutton 17, John Cruise 17, Peter Shanahan 16, Geoff Brain 16, Trevor Masters 16, Darryl Ryan 15, Louie Mulvihill 15 and Shane Carroll 15.
Nearest pin on hole 17 went to Steven Delaney 92cm.
The midweek Stableford competition for last week was won by Warwick Butler with 36 points from Robert Preston 34c/b, Geoff Brain 34, Adrian Pentland 33, Stephen Gaul 33, Patrick McGrath 32, Trevor Masters 32, Scott Stevenson 31, Matthew Downing 29, Darryl Ryan 29, Stuart Tozer 28, Col Duncan 28 and Barry Lang 27.
Upcoming events: This weekend will be Stableford both days; Saturday 29 March Stableford, Sunday 30th March- Inside Out Homewares Two Person Ambrose, Saturday 5 April- Bush Chemist Monthly Medal (stroke) Sunday 6 April – Par.
