Marysville Golf Report October 24

Another week of good weather was enjoyed by all golfers and the stunning rhododendrons and azaleas around the course have benefitted from some warm sunny days and the recent rainfall.

Last Thursday the nine holers played a stableford round on the back nine for the third and final round of the Winter Aggregate.  Congratulations to Glen Rattay for winning the Winter Aggregate with 41 points and Glen had the nearest the pin on the 11^th hole. The daily winner was Mark Alexander (7) with 20 points and Geoff Ferguson was nearest the pin on the 18^th hole. This week the nine-hole competition will be an Ambrose game for the start of the Summer Competition

On Saturday the third and final round of the 2026 Club Championships was played.  Gail Leigh (12) was declared the Ladies Champion with 271 off the stick. Congratulations to Gail for winning this event for many consecutive years. The runner up was Heather Jenkins (22) with 285 off the stick. Heather with an excellent winning final round score of nett 67 won the handicap section with nett 219 on a countback from Sabrina Stow (26) who was the daily runner up with 71 nett. Glen Rattay (10) won the Men’s Club Championship with 269 followed by Richy Clark (15) with 275. Richy won the Handicap section with 230 nett followed by Keith Atwell (16) with nett 232. Congratulations to Glen and Richy for winning the Championships. During the daily competition on Saturday Keith Atwell and Eoin Hannick each played an Eagle 2 on the Par 4 7^th. A great effort.  The nearest the pins were won by Keith Atwell, Richy Clark, David Douthwaite and Eoin Hannick. Eoin won the putting with 26 putts and also won the Golden Shot. 

On Thursday 29^th October three ladies will travel to Lancefield to play in the annual Mt William Cup. Next Saturday during the Melbourne Cup weekend all players will play a stableford round.

The weekend of the 7^th and 8^th of November will be a busy one for all members when they host the annual team Ambrose Fundraising event on Saturday 7^th and the Mixed Tournament on Sunday the 8^th.  Information regarding these two events can be found on the club Website and Facebook page.

Members are asked to please let Colin Davies know if they would like to play in the first round of the Foodworks Murrindindi Masters at Yea on Saturday 21 November.

LR