Local golfer Brian Russ recorded a hole-in-one shot at the Bill Bartlett Memorial Trophy Day on Sunday.
There were 17 players for the Four-Ball-Best-Ball competition with Paul Kershaw and Alec Fraser the winners with a score of 42 points.
Second place went to the big-hitting pairing of Matt Russell and Corin Ah-see with 41 points and Brian Russ and Greg Clark took out third place.
Apart from winning third place, Brian Russ also had cause to celebrate his first-ever hole-in-one, on the 15th.
This was a great achievement for him, but heartbreak for one of the more senior golfers who had a Nearest the Pin prize sensationally snatched away from him in cruel circumstances!
Other Nearest the Pin prizes were won by Greg Clark on the 3rd hole, Garry Wilkin (7th and 8th) and John Collins was nearest the pin on the 15th however controversially, Russ won the ball because his was in the hole!
In the individual event, coming back after a long break, Jason Foster won the day with 37 points. Paul Kershaw and Corin Ah-see had 34 points with Kershaw winning second place on a countback.
The Men’s Club Foursome Championships were held on Saturday with only 10 players competing. (The miserable weather, the races, rugby league home games and the Nyngan Ag Expo all on the same day could have had something to do with the small field.)
Jay Egan and Ron Craw won the Stroke event with a score of 127.
Paul Kershaw and Alec Fraser were second with 128 and Garry Wilkin and Peter Brien were third with 129.
The Nett event win went to Kershaw and Fraser with a score of 108½ with Egan and Craw second with 112.
Third place went to Brian Russ and Greg Clark with 114½.
Egan and Craw won the stroke event with 127 ahead of Kershaw and Fraser on 128.
Only one nearest the pins was won and that was by Alec Fraser on the 8th hole.
This week’s scheduled events are the Polyfabrications Three-man-Ambrose on Saturday and the 6th Round of the Captain’s Trophy competition will be contested on Sunday.
