It was a great day out at the Lithgow Golf Club for father and son Bill and Ben Oldfield after they dominated the major events in the Zig Zag Motel Cup.
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It was an excellent field that took part in the prestigious event and a big thank you again goes out to the Zig Zag Motel for their continued support of golf in Lithgow.
Scoring was a lot harder than in past months with the course playing at its longest due to the pins and markers being back and the run almost non existent due to the recent rains.
Bill Oldfield shot a three under par 69 to take out the best scratch score but only after counting out Andrew Burton who also returned a 69.
It was a proud day for Bill who has been putting a lot of time into coaching his son Ben and his tuition was evident when Ben took out the major handicap title with a nett score of 63.
The grade winners, runners up and best scratch score in 1,2,3 sequence were as follows:
- A grade: Mitch Luka 66 nett, Rod Bright 70 ocb and Andrew Burton 69.
- B grade: Jeff Geddes 68 ocb, Greg Jackson 68 and Rob Hawes 79.
- C grade: Nathan Harris 72 ocb, Ken Durie 72 and Dave May 98.
Others to play well and win vouchers were: Don Farnsworth, Dave Thompson, Steve Hall, John Bird, Blake Bender, Dean Stafford and John Murnane. Vouchers cut out on 72 nett.
Nearest the pins went to Andrew Burton, Greg Jackson, Bill Oldfield, Darren Hunter and Dave May.
Age Championships
Over the past two weeks, the Centennial Age Championships were held in conjunction with the Saturday events.
Golfers were up against fellow competitors in the same age decade as themselves and the scratch and handicap winners were as follows:
- Under 19: Ben Oldfield 164 and Tallan Egan 147 nett.
- 20-29: Harry Bender 141.
- 30-39: Justin Nelson 156 and Greg Jackson 134 nett,
- 40-49: Andrew Burton 145 and Anthony Oldfield 150 nett.
- 50-59: Steve Hall 145 and Mitch Luka 136 nett.
- 60-69: Don Farnsworth 156 and Rob Hawes 141 nett.
- 70 plus: Dave Titcume 162 and Jeff Geddes 146 nett.
The winner of the Wednesday, February 12 nine hole competition went to Howie Fisher on 27 points, runner up was Don Farnsworth on 26 and third place was Graham Dean on 24.
Vouchers cut out on 21 ocb.
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Nearest to the pin was Don Farnsworth.
The winner of the Friday, February 14 nine hole competition went to Dave Thompson on 31 ocb and the runner up was Al Glendinning on 26.
Vouchers cut out on 25 points.
Nearest to the pin was Dave Thompson.
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