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Case ‘Closed’ for Sole
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The region’s top players tested their mettle last Saturday.
GAVIN Sole won the 2015 Southern KwaZulu-Natal Closed at Southbroom Golf Club last Saturday. The format was somewhat different, played as a Stableford, but with a twist.
Scoring was interesting, with seven points for an eagle, four for a birdie, two for a par, zero for a bogey and minus one for double bogey or worse.
It had some ‘puzzled’ but others were grateful they didn’t have to play ‘five off the tee’ on certain holes, most notably the 3rd hole.”It was a bit weird putting for 4 for 0 on a par three I must admit,” said Sole.
Leorin Pillay and Altaaf Bux will be trying their hand at the Vusi Ngubeni Q School in an effort to get their Sunshine Tour cards. The premier league team for the first game, against Toti at Toti on February 8, is Sean Baker, Jan McDermott, Altaaf Bux (unless he gets his card), Elvis Khawula, David Rush, Jarrod van Wyk, Marc Bormann and Chris Poole.
Results: Gavin Sole 79 points, Leorin Pillay 78 pts, Elvis Khawula 65 pts, Robert Shusha 63 pts, Altaaf Bux 60 pts, Jan McDermott 58 pts, Robert Mavundla 51 pts, Douglas Sima 49 pts, Chris Poole 48 pts, Ronnie Mtshaka 47 pts, David Rush 46 pts, Marc Bormann 43 pts, Wanda Nxumalo 41 pts, Patrick Mavundla 39 pts, Gary Purtell 33 pts, Simon Lee 30 pts, Graham Fabricius 23 pts, Sbu Ntozakhe 22 pts, Mot Moleele 13 pts, Vusi Maphumulo 9 pts, Paul Geoffery 5 pts.
Regular club results:
January 14: 1 Gavin Sole 43 pts; 2 Norman Farrell, Gerald Fitzgerald, Garth Strong, all 42 pts; 5 Richard Came 40 pts.
Women – 1 Margaret Sherratt 37 pts; 2 Candida Amm 35 pts; 3 Lorna Johnson 34 pts.
January 16 (Union Motors Shootout): 1 Gordon Moody, Kerry Fielden, Mari Fielden and Brian Brasher 88 pts; 2 Gerald Fitzgerald, Janet Humphrey, Candida Amm and Geraldine Treherne 85 pts; 3 Derrik Matthew, Bruce Matthew, Terry Dore and Tony Westoby 83 pts; 4 Johan Roos, Errol Rudman, Roy Watkins and Pat McCormick 82 pts; 5 Gary Purtell, Colin McKay, Clive Miller and Dix Vorster 80 pts.
January 17: 1 Chris Miller and Geoff Skelton 47 pts; 2 Brian Murray and Don Osbourn 47 pts; 3 Malcolm Greenland and Clive Miller, Bruce Matthew and Derrik Matthew, 46 pts.
Women – 1 Jean Corfe and Christa Sistermanns 44 pts; 2 Shelley Myers and Irene Schanda 43 pts, Eileen Neilson and Janet Humphrey, 43 pts.
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Oehme sparks at Margate
BARRY Oehme had a pretty good week at Margate Country Club, winning the comp last Thursday and finishing third on Saturday.
January 13: 1 Evelyn Burns level; 2 Wondra Bothma level; 3 Una McLachlan 1 down; 4 Connie McArthur 2 down.
January 14 (Wobblers): 1 Derek Egerton, Hans Beilhartz and Dave Morrison; 2 Piet Pretorius, Freddie Boshoff and Alan Davies; 3 John Barker, Frank Merrill and Nico van Vuuren.
Arthur Tomlinson Floater – Dieter Jucker, Derek Young and Rob McGill 70 pts.
January 15: 1 Barry Oehme 40 pts; 2 Chris Nel 40 pts; 3 Gary Smith 37 pts.
Nearest the pin – Jane Davies (2nd) and Neil Townsend (16th).
January 17: 1 Graham Massam and Rob Weyer 49 pts; 2 Keith Duncalf and John Ford 44 pts; 3 Barry Oehme and Piet Ludick 43 pts.
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Green ‘in regulation’
TREVOR Green won the competition at Port Shepstone Country Club last Wednesday on 41 points.
In second spot was Greg Hornby on 37 points, counting out Gerald Koch.
Keegan Reddy and Mike Pillay won Saturday’s competition on 48 points, edging out Gerhard Labuschagne and Greg Hornby, as well as Ewald Ziervogel and Jimmy Parsons.
The Luckys golf day will be played this Saturday, with a betterball Stableford format.
