Holliday wins his first Club Championship

Mark Holliday has won his first Club Championship at Carbrook with a one stroke victory over Neil Campbell. It was an up and down battle all day with Holliday holding a small margin as they began the last 9 holes. 

A wayward tee shot for Holliday on the 4th went out of bounds and he managed to restrict the damage to a bogey, to retain a one stroke lead. That lead grew to 2 strokes with two remaining. Campbell managed to chip in on the 8th hole for a par after finding trouble off the tee, meaning the lead was two shots with one remaining. 

Mark Holliday tees of the 6th in his last round

Holliday was able to hit a perfect iron off the 9th leaving him around 150m in. Campbell who is known for his length took driver knowing he needed a birdie and slotted the drive leaving him only 60m in. With the pin tucked left over the pond, Holliday left his second right and a challenging chip. 

Campbell was able to hit a quality pitch just past the hole and left him an 18 foot birdie opportunity. Holliday’s chip ran down to the front edge of the green and he would have just over 20 feet for his par. He managed to two putt for bogey leaving Campbell with an opportunity for the tie, which he just missed leaving the 29 year old Holliday with his first major win at Carbrook. 

In our other major events Michael Taylor won the B Grade Championship by a massive 16 shots, and Trent Wells won his first major golfing event with a 9 stroke victory in the Men’s C Grade Championship. 

Donna Porter battled it out with Sally Kelly all day and managed a three stroke victory in the Ladies Saturday Titles.

John White showed his quality in the final round to shoot 72 and take out the Men’s Senior Championship (over 55 years). His final round in difficult windy conditions was 5 strokes better than the next best round of the day – Neil Campbell. John also finished 3rd overall in the Men’s Club Championship.

  

Other winners in the Nett events:

Mens A Grade Nett | John White 

Men’s B Grade Nett | David Wilson 

Men’s C Grade Nett | Cameron Crowley 

Ladies Nett | Sue Merritt 

Thank you to all of our members that played over the 3 weeks of the Championships. 

Our next and final event is the Club Match Play Championship that will see the leading 8 players (gross) contest a Match Play event over the next 3 weeks. This event is a trial for 2023 with the intention for it becoming a permanent part of the Elevated event fixtures. 

Below are the final leaderboards:

Men’s Gross

Men’s Nett

Women’s Gross

Women’s Nett

Men’s Senior Gross