Final round of the Men’s Championship was played on Saturday 17 May in very good conditions with a one club Southerly blowing in later in the day. Some tricky pins again and the greens were rolling very nicely.
Our Men’s Club Champion for 2025 is Mark Johnston. Mark proved unstoppable, building on his 13 shot lead with an excellent round of 72 to finish on 287, 3 over par and 15 shots ahead of second place. Cooper Maddinson also shot 72 to take the Runner Up spot in the gross, pipping Jack Brand and Neil Hartley. Mark also cleaned up in the Nett with a final score of 283, five clear of Runner Up Neil Hartley who finished on 292.
Scott Abbott was very grateful for the 11 shot lead he had built up over 54 holes as he came home with an 85, total 320 to become A Reserve Champion. With the different rules in place for Nett and Gross in all grades except A this meant our resident painter Matt Shirlaw took home the Gross runner up prize with a total of 328. Although Pete Connor had an excellent final round 79 to finish 5 behind Scott, his Nett Score of 293 means he takes home the A Reserve Nett Prize pipping our runner up Alastair Stewart by 5 strokes.
In B Grade, Ian Fox had held the lead after every round and he continued his good form to become B Grade Champion after a round of 93 for a total of 360. Michael Winkler leapt 2 places to take the runner up spot in Gross with a total of 369. Steve Mauger surged into the lead in the Nett contest after 54 holes and maintained his lead after 72 holes to become the B Grade Nett winner with a total of 303. Runner up spot went to James Davidson on 308.
Paul Davies is our C Grade Champion with a final round of 99, for a 72 hole total of 399. Runner up was Col Parrish who matched Paul’s 99 on the final day leaving him 5 behind. Caiden Green was always going to be difficult to catch in the Nett with an 11 shot lead after 54 holes. He built on this to finish 28 ahead of runner up Charlie Swyer with a final Nett total of 288.
Congratulations to the 49 players that stuck it out to the end and returned a stroke score for all 72 holes.
