It’s party time for Hayes at Lang Lang

Peter Rayson launches one off the 16th tee at Lang Lang. 313278 Picture: SUPPLIED

LANG LANG GOLF

It has been a big week at Lang Lang Golf Club with the sun finally making consecutive appearances on Thursday and Friday, allowing members to play under some much-improved conditions after a very wet start to the week.

Our big social event took place on Friday night with a great turn out, with almost 60 players contending in the Ambrose competition, and many more taking shots at the Super-shot party hole for the $250 prize.

A fantastic BBQ dinner was also provided for everyone with many thanks to Noel for a lovely spread.

Our next event will be on Friday 27 January.

Save the date and book your spots early as it is expected that it will be very popular with members and guests alike.

There are many competitions up and coming over the festive period, gather up your mates and come on down to enjoy all that Lang Lang has to offer.

Results:

• Tuesday Par

A cold and wet day greeted the players on Tuesday for the Par competition.

Roger Parker from Deep Creek GC was awarded the prize with a score of six points, and runner up was John Scales with four points.

Ball rundown to two points.

Nearest the pins went to 5th Guy Jones, 9th Clive Taylor and 15th Rod Cameron.

• Thursday Stableford/4BBB

It was great to see a bigger field again after the weather played havoc early in the week.

A total of 67 contenders battled it out for a prize under much better conditions than the previous couple of days.

Warren Krahe took out the stableford honours with a score of 41 points, with runner up being Gary Beresford on 39 points.

4BBB winners were John Scales and Gary Beresford with 46 points, winners by one point over Peter Butler and Stephen Rawlings.

Ball rundown to 33 points.

Nearest the pins went to 5th Gary Beresford, 9th Chris Clark, 12th Tony Kimber and 15th Peter Butler.

• Friday Ambrose/Super-shot

A fantastic turn out and clear skies made for an afternoon/evening of fun and laughs long after the last shot was played.

Thank you to everyone who supported this event, we are all very much looking forward to the next event on Friday 27 January.

Winners on the day were Perry and Sue O’Connor taking out the Ambrose competition, runners up went to Steve and Ann Wedlock.

Straightest drive on the first hole was Geoff Drennan taking home the $100 prize.

Nearest the pins on the 5th hole: Men’s – Shaun Mays, Ladies – Anne Wedlock, both winning $50

The ninth hole $100 cash shootout winner was Heath Clarke, and the big winner on the night was David Hayes taking out the Super-shot party hole prize of $250.

Congratulations to all winners and a big thank you to the following sponsors for supporting this event:

Melbourne Fire and Electrical Safety. Tradie Kaf – Kooweerup. Mulcahy’s Meats – Lang Lang.

• Saturday Xmas Ambrose

Saturday saw more sunny skies and a very big and enthusiastic field take to the course to vie for the prize in the Four-Person Ambrose.

Our eventual winners were as follows:

Winners: C Casero, B Hayes, L Hancock and B Hancock (53.75 nett).

Runners Up: M Ando, P Butler, G Sosenko, W Kennedy (54.25 nett).

Third: B Lovitt, P O’Connor, S Petririck and S Wedlock (54.37 nett.

Longest Drive: 16th Hole: Men’s: K Batt. Ladies: K Davey.

Straightest Drive 1st Hole: Men: B Boyd. Ladies: K Davey.

Nearest the pins for the men went to 5th hole: N Hock, 9th R James, 12th D O’Donnell and 15th R James.

Nearest the pins for the ladies went to: 5th K Davey, 9th C Stockdale, 12th M Baker and 15th C Stockdale.

We wish everyone a very happy Christmas and a safe holiday period, and look forward to seeing you all in 2023.

-Jodie Mays-