Yearly Archives: 2023

The final round of the 2023 DDGA Men’s Pennant saw the Scratch team take on Broadford at Mt Macedon and the Handicap team take on Hidden Valley at  Woodend.  A clear, sunny day with a temperature in the mis teens.  Light wind from the SSE.  Mt Macedon was its usual picturesque self and handled the four teams well. Woodend had recently cored their greens and while they were a little sandy  they putted quite well.

Scratch;   Mal Mottram – W, Daniel Wright– L, Dylan Harris – L, Andrew Clement – W & Mitch Atlas – L.

 Broadford D Romsey – 3/2

Handicap results;  Luke Lyons;  W3/2, Davie Kenney; W4/3, Pat Chisholm; L2/1, Scott Williams; W3/2 & John Freestone; L21st

Romsey D Hidden Valley – 3/2.  

Final results for the 2023 Div 3 Handicap season were; Woodend 3 wins, Broadford 2 wins 12 games, Lancefield and Hidden Valley 2 wins 9 games & Romsey 2 wins 7 games.  The final will be; Woodend Vs Broadford

The autumn Monthly Medal began on another beautiful mid autumn day; sunny with a light wind.  Some overnight rain had softened the fairways making the course play longer than over the last few weeks.  With excellent cover on the fairways everyone was able to get good lies and attack the greens with their approach shots.  The greens were again in top nick, a credit to Steve Wilkins. There was some excellent golf played with a number of golfers scoring under their handicaps. On a top afternoon the results were;

1st & April Medalist; Clive Mensforth – 110/41/69

2nd; Scott Williams – 87/17/70

3rd; Mal Mottram – 80/9/71

NTPs; 15th– Mick Squire

Least Putts; Scott Williams – 25

RGC Captain, Mal Mottram with 2023 April Medalist, Clive Mensforth

Kath Jekabsons continued her great form to win the Daily Comp and is in the running to win the April Monthly Medal with another consistent game and good score. Lorraine Robb showed her consistency on the green by winning the Least Putts with 31 and Rob Slade took out nearest the pin on the par 3, 1st.  The day’s results were;
1st    Kath Jekabsons     109/37/72
2nd  Rob Slade                  89/16/73
3rd   Elaine Scanlon        108/34/74
Least Putts; Lorraine Robb – 31
NTPs;  1st – Rob Slade

The 2nd round of pennant for the women was at Seymour.  RGC took on Broadford and came home with a strong 5/0 win.  

RGC results were; 
Wendy  Gosden – W6/5, Jenny Hartley – W5/4, Darlene Baker – W4/3, Beryl Cole – W 4/3  & Elaine Scanlon – W3/2
A good result all round

Round four teed off on  another stunning, mid autumn day.  Scratch took on Strathbogie at home while Handicap took on Lancefield at Hidden Valley.  Both courses were in great condition however, a strong SE wind kept everyone on their toes.  Results were;

Scratch;   Mal Mottram – W, Mick Squire – W, Dylan Harris – L, Andrew Clement – W & Mitch Atlas – W. 

Romsey D Strathbogie – 4/1

Handicap; Luke Lyons – W 6/4, Scott Williams – L5/3, Pat Chisholm – W6/5, Mick Nicholls Jnr – W5/3, Chris van DerVliet-  L8/6:

Romsey D Lancefield  – 3/2

With temperature hovering around 20C and virtually no wind it looked to be a good day for a round  The final of the Algie Mitchell Shield, Mal Mottram Vs Davey Kenney, both generally long and straight off the tee,  looked to be an evenly matched competition.  The short game would most likely decide the day.  All others played Par, often a frustrating game but one the purists call the fairest of all however, not sure how many purists were in the field. With the course in top condition and the weather excellent there were a number of very good scores.  The Algie Mitchell final was close fought all day and it was all square going down the 18th, the course’s most difficult hole.  In the end both players pared but as one had a shot that was the shield.  It was a top effort by both, the loser shot four under his handicap the winner shot five under.  On a stunning day to be out on the park the results were; 

1st; Mitch Atlas (9) +3 C/B

2nd; Mick Nicholls Snr (25) +3

3rd; Jenny Hartley (20) +2

NTPs; 1, 15 & 16 – Luke Lyons

Final of the 2023 Algie Mitchell Shield

Davey Kenney (4) D Mal Mottram (0) 1up.

A chilly wind prevailed for most of the round as players paired up for the Royal Women’s Hospital 4BBB.  The greens were in great condition having been recently mown.  Softer conditions on the fairways from recent rain reduced the amount of run but scoring was quite good.  Kath Jekabsons and Darlene Baker were winners on the day with Kath having a wonderful round – after 16 holes Darlene was only on the card twice!!

Results

1st;       Kath Jekabsons (38)/Darlene Baker (17)                42 points
2nd;     Jenny Hartley (20)/Wendy Gosden (31)             40 pts
3rd;      Lis Manktelow (30)/Chris Manktelow (31)          38 pts
Equal  3rd;  Sherif Abdel-Sayed (27)/Rob Slade (16).                   38 pts            

Round 1 of the Women’s Pennant was held at Kilmore Golf Course in fine conditions on a well prepared course.  It was a challenging match with a couple of results that could easily have gone our way.  

Darlene Baker  (17)   W-4/3,  Jenny Hartley   (20)  Sq,  Shirley Shelton (25)  L-4/3,  Wendy Gosden (32)  L-3/2 , Elaine Scanlon  (35)  Sq  

A tough match to start the season but a pretty good result against a strong Marysville team.

The steady overnight rain softened all courses but at this level virtually no-one lost much distance off the tee.  The clouds lifted and by the beginning of the round the sun shone through and it was a great afternoon for a round of golf.

Scratch headed to Trentham to take on the home team, a challenge to beat someone on their own course and with a team of one and two handicappers it was always going to be tough.   The course was at its picturesque best  

Results were; Mal Mottram (C) L, Dylan Harris L, Mitch Atlas L, Luke Lyons L & Andrew Clement L.

Handicap headed to Lancefield to take on Broadford.  The course was in top nick.  Matches flowed well and the round was complete by 3.20pm.  Another tough day for RGC, just missing out on three matches.

Results were; Mick Nicholls Jnr (C) L 1Dn, Pat Chisholm L 2/1, Dean Kohler W 20th, Davey Kenney L 4/2   & Steve Wilkins L 19th

With a 90% chance of  10- 20mm of rain forecast for the mid afternoon the club activated the  “Extreme Weather” protocol and play began at 9.00am.   The course was in good condition  with excellent cover on the fairways  and the greens and surrounds well recovered for last month’s coring.  There was some drizzle early in the round but the most concerning factor was the gusting N/NW wind that blew most of the afternoon.  Despite the tough conditions there two excellent scores, primarily from golfers who were able to keep the ball under the wind.  The semi-finals of the Algie Mitchell shield were close fought with the two winners only getting ahead over the back half of the second nine.  Great to enjoy a chat with past RGC member, Ken Lambert, who was in town to catch up with family.  On a cool, blustery day the results were;

1st; Simon Donovan – 84/17/67  C/B

2nd; Jenny Hartley – 88/21/67

3rd; Elaine Scanlon – 106/34/72 C/B Steve Wilkins, Craig Sandy & Anthony Lakey

NTPs; 15th – Mal Mottram, 16th – Matt Barrow

Semi-Final results of the Algie Mitchell Shield 

Mal Mottram (0) D Like Lyons (3) – 4/2

Davey Kenney (0) D Mick Nicholls Jnr (1) – 4/2

The Final of the 2023 Algie Mitchell Shield will be;

Mal Mottram (0) Vs Davey Kenney (5)