Weekly Golf Results – April 13, 2026

Saturday was the Quickshine Car Wash sponsored day with Ben McNaughton sponsoring his annual event for the enjoyment of our golfers. As Always Ben provides a great day and this was no different. We were also playing for the Ian Pinniger Memorial Trophy, an event which commemorates the service and dedication Ian gave the PGC over an extended period. It was a 4BBB 2 Person stableford with an Individual in conjunction and Ben and Ian would have been chuffed to see the fairways full with 98 golfers out and about on a great day for golf. The event also served as the 1 st qualifying round of the Bridgestone Shootout

With such a large field it would be expected that the competition was going to be tight – and that it was with Max Keith and Jimmy Kuntze totalling 47 points to get home by point from the Boardroom boys Peter Magill and Troy Thomson, who had to survive a countback from Sean Sloan and Nathan Johnston. Jimmy played very steady golf with a 19/18 split and Max unusually quiet, but an eagle on 15 and 2 birdies assisted the total. Troy was having a good individual day with a very tidy 19/20 split and Peter only getting 14 points on the front but a scorching 20 on the back helping in the countback. Nathan was a near opposite with 20 on the front and only 17 on the back Sean also shining on the front with 21 but only salvaging 11 on the back.

In the Individual stakes there was a 3 way tie with Sue Holman claiming the sponsor’s prize with her 41 made up of a 22 on the front 9 and a 19 on the back. I believe it took some time for Sue to get around all the club patrons to tell them how well she went, and it was a true story. Tony Hendry had the same score, and this was his best outing since the 1980’s apparently. Tony had 39 off the stick on the front nine and this even kept the effervescent brother Ian very quiet for the round. He finished with a 44 but the 23 points on the front was the best on the day. Matt Clifton from the Bathurst club also recorded a 41 on the day. Ben Coultas, having a game post the Pennants celebrations, had 39 points alongside, Rob Lea, Troy Thomson and Mick Jeffress, who is back on the golf course. 12 players scored to their stableford par or better making for an exciting finish.

The Nearest The Pins on Saturday were – the Idlerite Tyrepower 1st Garry Martin at 130cm, the Griffins Leading Edge 4th by John Green at 310cm, the Parkes Ready Mixed Concrete 9th by Ian Hendry at 326cm, the Harvey Norman 11th by James Martin at 255cm and the Parkes Security Storage 17th by Wayne Parker at 120cm.

The Money Hole was won by Wayne Parker at 120cm.

Ball winners were Sean Sloan & Nathan Johnston 46, Garry Martin & Tim Cowling, Tony Hendry & Rob Staples 44, Max Keith & Ben Coultas, Richard Hutchison & Rod Kiley 43 c/b.

On Thurs Zac Kelly has his Professional Shootout @ 4:30pm and on Friday the Toyota Pro-Am. On Sat it is the 1st round of the Club Championships and on Sunday the 2nd round.