Eight Parkes ladies competed in the district’s Silver Teams event in Cowra. It is the only scratch team event of the year, and they held their own coming in third place! And our Catherine Coates carded the best individual score of 29 (scratch) points!.
Parkes golfers contested a 4 person medley Stableford on Saturday 16th December, sponsored by Jake and Tammy, the ProKonnect team and the club is very grateful for their ongoing support of golf. There was a log jam on Saturday morning as players were conscious of the heat wave we’ve been under, but it turned out mild in comparison but that did promote some hot scoring. There were 74 players in the end out on the course which was looking a treat thanks to Logan, Brenton, Hamish and Chenes and the drop of rain we’d had.
In the team event the winning combination was Ron Hetherington, Trevor Chatman, Craig Dunn and Col Breaden on 145 points with a standout 41 points from Ron off his 11 handicap. The other 3 guys contributed well on the day to get the total out in front of the other teams. Runner up on the day was the team of Ian Hendry, Rob Cheney, David Ford and Peter Bristol only 1 point behind with all members contributing. Other well performed teams were David Stevenson, Rod Kiley, Rob Hey and Craig Matthews on 142 and Micky Thomas, Max Keith, Cam Standen and Matthew Spedding on 141.
In the individual event Rob Hey was in scintillating form with a 43 haul off his 5 handicap. There were 4 birdies and only 2 bogeys in the round giving him a 2 under round, probably the best since the new course rating has been done off the white tees. He only just beat in Cody Hando, who no doubt will have a visit from the handicapper this week, on 42 with Ron Hetherington on 41 and Micky Thomas and Matthew Spedding on 40.
The Nearest The Pins on Saturday were –The Idlerite 1 st by Rob Hey at 400cm, Griffins Leading Edge by Micky Thomas at 128cm, Parkes Ready Mixed Concrete 9 th by N.Peckham at 70cm, the Harvey Norman 11th by Jake Thompson at 165, the 17th by Rob Hey at 133cm. The lucrative money hole was won by Micky Thomas at 128cm.
Ball winners were Cody Hando 42, Matthew Spedding, Micky Thomas 40, Phil Smith, John Dwyer, Rod Kiley, 39, Troy Thomson, Ray White 38.
Club members will start to receive their 2024 invoices via email so if you haven’t received them or there is an error contact the ProShop in the first instance.
Next Week is an 18 medley stableford sponsored by the Board of Directors, so an opportunity to collect their prize money.
No one wants to cook in this heat, book a meal at Rogue at the Golfy Parkes Restaurant 0467 261 281