February Golf Summary...

As mentioned above, the recent rain slowed down the golf rounds at the end of the month however we still hosted 7,298 golf rounds for the month.

There were 4,489 rounds at Hilltop at an average of 166 rounds per day and 2,809 rounds at Beachside at an average of 104 rounds per day (27 days with green renovations at each course).  71% of the rounds at Hilltop were from members and 52% of the rounds at Beachside were from members. 

With 2,118 competition rounds played at Hilltop there were 27 players that shot 40 points (or 68 nett) or better.

The top scores included 45 points by Helen Reeson and 44 points by Neil Curran who top scored for the women and men respectively.  Other impressive scores include 43 points by Keith Claxton and 42 points from Therese Lahiff, Bill Pittaway, Geoff Thornhill and David Blunden.  In the Veterans Medal event, Michael Nestler and Stephen Wilson shot nett 65s while Neil Morgan shot 66 nett and Ray Seymour shot 68 nett.  Micah Watene shot 68 nett in the club Monthly Medal.

Congratulations to David Blunden who had a "Hole-In-One" on the 12th Hole on the 10th of February.

A reminder the Mixed Foursomes Championship is on Sunday 27th March with tee times (in groups of 6) between 7.00am - 8.00am for Mixed Foursomes players only as it is a 36 hole event on the one day.  We haven't had much luck with this event due to covid and wet weather issues in recent years so we are due for a change of fortune.  Single Stableford comp play will be available between 8.00am - 11.00am.

Course Maintenance

It wasn't the best timing for green renovations (due to the weather) but Mark and his team put in a huge effort to get the renovations completed over the last 48 hours.  With over 140mm (5.5 inches) of rainfall in the last 7 days the team had to "adapt" to the conditions so the scheduled plan of hollow-tyne coring had to be replaced with solid-tyne, verti-draining which basically means instead of large empty holes everywhere, there is now much smaller holes with a smoother surface.

The team started early on Sunday afternoon to get a head start as the forecast wasn't pretty but they managed to get every green vert-drained and top dressed before the heavier rainfall today.

The tree maintenance work also finished early as it became too dangerous in the wet weather today however several dead trees were removed from around the course yesterday.

Take care in the wet conditions and good golfing this month.

Barry West (Aust. P.G.A.)
Golf Manager
Mollymook Golf Club