The misty conditions on Saturday 10 February 2024, caused the golfers to tee off a whole hour later, due to bad visibility and somewhat dangerous conditions. The rain came after the mist cleared, in an on and off drizzle, but did not deter the eventual winner.
Many of the golfers also took this as a training session for the “Earl’s Cup,” that is to be played in two weeks time, when St Cathryn’s take on Greytown golf club in a “Ryder Cup” format over two days, played at both courses on 24 and 25 February 2024.
Support came from our Gauteng based members, Westville and local golfers and we hosted a three ball from Ballito.
Besides the wet conditions on the course, the rough was friendly and the greens slower that normal and that could be attributed to the wet conditions.
The Standard Bank Pairs ( a new tournament within a tournament) was also played during the Farmers Agri-Care Monthly Mug and replaced the previous competition known as the Windhoek pairs.
Farmers Agri-Care monthly mug Results:
1st : Hannes du Plessis nett 72
2nd: Gareth Larkan nett 73 o.c.o
3rd: Fanie van Wyk nett o.c.o
4th : Mark Scott
5th : Matt Reed nett 74
Captains Putter: Steve van der Merwe.
Best Stableford: Fritz Volker 36 Points
Nearest to pin 2/11th : Piet Nel
Nearest to pin 9/18th :Gareth Larkan
Nearest to pin for 3 on the 16th : Fanie van Wyk
Best junior: Matt du Preez
Best Greytown golfer: Richard Cyrus
Lucky Draw : Andre Liddemore
Standard bank Pairs Results:
1st Hannes du Plessis and Fritz Volker 45 points
2nd Piet Nel and Fanie van Wyk 41 points o.c.o
3rd Paul du Preez and Matt Reed
4th Gareth Larkan and Dieter Meyer 38 points
5th Mark Scott and Andre Liddemore 37 points.