Rule of three clubs

By Graeme Fergus
EMERALD Golf Club held its annual three-club event last Saturday.
Players had to jettison all but three of their clubs for the contest and there were many worried faces as they made their decisions.
The task was easy for Dennis Fuller (13) though, because he only carries five or six clubs on any day. His stableford score of 38 points was good enough to see him win overall and A Grade as well.
Andrew Cutting (19), playing his first competitive match with his three-day-old handicap, came in with 37 points to win B Grade, while Hank Adams (20) also liked the format to win C Grade with 37 points as well.
Of the other stragglers, Dean Aitken, Mark Starick and Ken Hill all played well to their handicaps for 36 points.
Mick Petrie had the longest drive on the first, Starick was nearest the pin on the fourth and the 13th, Adams on the seventh, Dean Aitken the 12th and Kameron Geeves was nearest after two shots on the 17th.
Cutting celebrated his B Grade initial win by clinching the pro pin money on the 18th.
The ladies comp was a cliff-hanger with Petra Jones and Leanne Morison fighting right down to the wire.
In the final count Jones came out just a couple of points ahead of Morison to clinch the win and bragging rights.
Wednesday’s Off-sidedly Fiddly Golf (OFG) using OFG handicaps was a tie between Kevin Ellis (33) and Leigh Morison (16) who both came in with 42 stableford points.
Geoff Whittaker (26) came next with 39 points.
Next Saturday is the annual 4BBB championship round where the top eight teams qualify for the Emerald Cup in the match play format.
There has been some jockeying for partners in form with the winners difficult to predict.