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The Eagle has landed!

November 28, 2024



69 Players took to the course on Saturday.

Winners for the 4BBB medley were David King and Scratch with 49. Runner up goes to Phil Cummings and Peter G with 45.

Winners for the 4BBB Mixed were Victoria Freeman and Dave Campbell with 55. Runners up went to Eric Whalan and Shannon Foley with 44.

Individual stableford results.

A grade Winner - Ian Fowler with 42. A grade Runner up Eric Whalan with 41.
B grade Winner - Victoria Freeman with 45. B grade runner up David king with 43.

Nearest to the Pins

1st Keith King 151cm
7th Katie Graham 250cm
9th Blake Pointon 142cm

Balls for ability went to Peter G and Phil Cummings, Mick E and Ian F, Neil Whalan & Kim Rawlings, Robyn S and Phil again, Mel and Aaron.

And special congratulations to Ian Fowler for helping his score with an eagle.


That's where the ball goes for an Eagle. Photo supplied

Thursday golf results

A good field of golfers turned up to play the 12 hole comp. The winner was Graham Whittaker with 31 points. Peter Marks took the runner up prize.

Balls went to John Levy, Harold Lyme, Hamish Gidley-Barin, Mark Ryan, Peter Griffiths, Dave McFarlane, Mitch Hollihan, Barry Hoolihan, Luke McDowell, Jason Barllett, Josh Claridge, Jamie Sharah, Blake Fitzpatrick and Eric Whalan.

Nearest to the pin on the 1st was won by Graham Whittaker.

Blake Miller won the meat tray.


Does the course ever look less than perfect? Photo supplied

Then on Sunday there was the Open.

It was a big weekend at the Oberon Golf Club! The Open had over 108 players take to the course.

Winner of the open A grade Scratch, Hamish Anderson, Runner up went to Chris Neville.
B Grade winner scratch, Eric Whalan, Runner up, Phil Cummings.
A grade winner Nett Mathew Homes, Runner up Marty Hotham.
B Grade winner Luke Cj Runner up Owen Sait.
C grade winner, Ryan Hanmer, Runner up, Red!

Woman’s winners! Div 1 Scratch winner, Robyn Stapleton R/U Denise Haesler. Nett Winner, Allison Brine

Stableford, Shan foley Div 2 Winner, Stella McGrath Runner up, Katie Graham. 3rd place, Irene Bishop. 4th place, Victoria Freeman. Jnr winner, Nate Hotham. Runner up, Mase CJ.

Nearest to the pins

1st Hamish Anderson,
7th G. McDiams,
9th Marty Hotham,
17th David Zhou.


Winners!! Photo supplied

And finally ...

The Keith Cleton memorial trophy is an absolute honour to win. It’s one of our biggest competitions. We remember Keith as a guy who gave his all to the Oberon Golf Club. The winner went to one guy who also gives his all to the club! A big congratulations to Eric Whalan, this years winner of the Keith Cleton memorial trophy. A truly deserved win!


Eric and friends. Photo supplied





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