The weekend the Farmers Agri-care monthly mug played on 8 October 2022, drew Cato Ridge golfers who took on the local St Cathryns players on their own course. For some it was their first visit to St Cathryns and they made a weekend of it. They attended the Beerfest at Hermannsburg and played the course again on Sunday. In an unofficial farm friendly test against St Cathryns, the local team beat Cato Ridge by 32.3 to Cato Ridge’s average of 28.1.
The Grand Priks has produced the champion for the year, even with one mug to go and with fifteen points up for grabs, the winner’s allocation of points, the second and third placed competitors can’t reach Fanie van Wyk.
Grand Priks standings:
1st, Fanie van Wyk 99 points, Tied 2nd, Fritz Volker and Marius Muller both on 83 points, 4th Dieter Meyer on 70 points and 5th Hannes du Plessis on 60 points.
But all eyes were on Fritz Volker, and his golfing buddies from Cato, Fritz took the mug by a massive nett 69 from up and coming junior golfer Josh Gifford.
Results:
1st Fritz Volker nett 69
2nd Josh Gifford nett 71
3rd Hannes du Plessis net 72 o.c.o
4th Barry de Klerk
5th Colleen Louw nett 74
Captains Putter: Leo Kimble
Best Stableford: Josh Gifford 37 points
Nearest to pin2/11th: Colleen Louw
Nearest to pin 9/18th: Hannes du Plessis
Best lady golfer and Two club: Colleen Louw
Lucky Draw: Andrew Nieuwoudt
This coming weekend, the fourth and final leg of the Midlands Quadrangular will be played at St Cathryns. Players don’t get selected to play but make themselves available to play. With home ground advantage this weekend, the St Cathryn’s golfers will hope to pull the “flag out the pin” and bring magic to the current standings, by toppling Noodsberg on 98.55 points, from the top of the standings with their 9.1 lead over St Cathryns, followed by Greytown with 87.87 points and Mooi River with 85points.
To enter for the Quadrangular please contact Dieter Meyer, 0828779576, and remember to bring your meat for the Bring and Braai on Saturday night.
The following weekend – we have a visiting group from Durban, and they have challenged the St Cathryn’s players on Sunday 23 October 2022, should you want to play please enter with Piet. Entry includes breakfast on Sunday. Piet 0832691661.