February Monthly Medal

The February Telescope Tyres / Hankook Masters Monthly Medal was played on Saturday in hot and
somewhat windy conditions. The day sponsor was the dynamic duo of Finne Latu and Anthony
Riach. The boys put up a trophy each year and their fellow members appreciate the generosity and
thus there were 64 players vying for medal honour and prizes.

Ian Hendry - B Grade Winner for the Monthly Medal, February 2025

A Grade

In A grade it was our club low marker, Aaron Wilkie, who went out early to post a very good 1 under
score to set the bar high for the other A graders. It wasn’t until later in the day that anyone got close
with club Pro Zac Kelly getting the same score and Rob Hey a good 74. Blake Parker and James Ward
put up 77’s as well. Aaron had a mixed bag on the front nine with 4 bogeys and 2 birdies. It wasn’t
until he made the turn that he started to sizzle with a birdie blitz on 14,15 and 17 and the rest of the
9 holes in pars for a 33. Zac was similar with 4 birdies and a bogey on the back 9. Rob Hey had a 39
on the front then had 3 birdies in the first 4 holes to light up the back but couldn’t keep the
momentum going. In the Net event Torin Hando opened up his ’25 season with a very good 68 to
beat fellow playing partner Beau Tanswell on a countback. Both Torin and Beau were off 13 on the
day so had solid rounds. They only had 1 shot up their sleeves though from veteran Wayne Parker.

B Grade

In B grade it was the Ian Hendry show. Coming off scoring his 1 st hole in one on the first hole in
Forbes in the Thursday Veterans event, he shot an 87 off the stick with a 44/43 split to take out the
event by 2 strokes from Phil Smith and a further stroke back to Jordan Grosvenor and Ken Keith. It
was very unlike Ian to be backward in coming forward, but he now realises that he is a good golfer,
quote unquote. In the net event Ian only had 1 stroke up his sleeve as he defeated Colleen Staples
and Ken Keith, with a further stroke back to Rob Staples, so Billabong Crescent had a lot of stories to
tell.

C Grade

In C grade Justin Middleton fired a good C grade score of 88 to win by 3 strokes from Lachlan
Pettiford with Victor Gaidzionis a further stroke behind. Justin had a closing 9 of 42, so isn’t destined
to stay in C grade for very long. In the net event Justin’s score converted to a low of 66 again 2 in
front of Lachlan with Peter Kaden joining Victor 1 stroke further back.

Putting Comp

The Griffins Leading Edge putting competition was won by Aaron Wilkie with 27 putts. The Norman
family sponsored Wally Norman Vets Medal was won by Wayne ‘ Pup’ Parker on 69 net.

The Nearest The Pins on Saturday were –The Idlerite 1 st was Idlerite Tyrepower by Ken Keith at
233cm, the Griffins Leading Edge was Craig Dunn at 192cm, the Parkes Ready Mixed Concrete 9 th by
Andrew Bourke at 146cm, the Harvey Norman 11th by Ron Hetherington at 287cm and the 17th by
Wayne Powter at 165cm.

Ball winners were Lachlan Pettiford, Beau Tanswell 68, Wayne Parker 69, Peter Townsend, Wayne
Powter 70, Rob Hey 71.

This coming weekend is a Par event and 4th week of the Summer Competition.

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