THE recent rains have done wonders for our local courses, filling up the dams and bringing some much-needed ‘green’ in winter.
On the flip side, quite a bit of golf was washed out, most notably the South Coast Regional Ladies’ Champs at Port Shepstone.
At Margate …
July 21 (Nassau): Front Nine – Irene Tomlinson 21 pts; Back Nine – Lesley Erasmus 19 pts; Overall – Anita Scheepers 40 pts.
July 22 (Wobblers): Rained out, played Monday 27 instead. 1 Nico van Vuuren, Louie Kuhn and Fred Boshoff 83 pts; 2 Tony Peace, Dave Parsons and Alan Davies 80 pts.
Arthur Tomlinson Floater – Wimpie Jordaan, Tony Comte and Eddie Scheepers 64 pts.
July 23: 1 Carlos Perreira 40 pts; 2 Thys Bothma, 39 pts; 3 Alan Davies 38 pts. Nearest the pins: David Jenkinson (4th); Richard Plaskitt (16th).
July 25 (Sages Sanlam Cancer fundraiser): 1 Christo Esterhuizen and Zuanru Coetzee 44 pts; 2 Theuns Esterhuizen and Dennis Balt 41 pts; 3 Piet Pretorius and Frank Merrill, 40 pts,
Nearest the pins: Mike Lee (2nd) and Sandi Johnston (16th).
At San Lameer …
July 24 (Business Day, sponsored by Tiago’s): 1 Patrick Mavundla, Edwin Steyn, Vusi Maphumulo and Emmanuel Godongwana 91 points; 2 Pieter van Damme, Rolf Roller, Shawn Cameron and ‘ghost’ 89 points; 3 Gary Purtell, David Rush, Graham Fabricius and Chris Poole 88 points. Nearest the pins: Greg Hornby (4th), Pieter van Damme (9th), Greg Hornby (14th) and Marie Robinson (16th). Longest drive on 3rd – Errol Rudman (men), Revonne Oberholzer (women). Lucky draw – Roy Watkins.
At Southbroom …
July 22: Stableford – 1 Ross McKay 37 pts.
Medal – 1 George Haynes 68 nett; 2 Gary Purtell 68 nett.
July 25 (Adamson Trophy): 1 Candida Amm 29 pts; 2 Margie Sherratt 20 pts; 3 Tammy Murphy 17 pts.
Men – 1 Darren Ovenstone 40 pts; 2 Elvy Folly 30 pts; 3 K Larkin 27 pts; 4 Peter Fahn 25 pts; 5 Rob Phillips 23 pts.
At Port Edward …
July 21 (Coffin Dodgers): 1 Frans Fremouw 38 pts; 2 Dave Witherup 36 pts; 3 Frank Carr 36 pts.
July 23 (Chicken Run): 1 Dennis Kockott 20 pts.
July 24: 1 Roelf Craig and Martyn Nagtegaal +10; 2 Pieter Bezuidenhout and Lance Carlow +5.
At Port Shepstone …
July 22: Sanlam Cancer Challenge rained out, postponed to August 8.
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