By Casey O'Connor
Following the extensive recent rainfall, it was a case of déjà vu for Warwick golfers last Saturday. For the second weekend play was restricted to walkers only due to the state of the course.
Players reported it was hard work all the way with the course playing extremely long.
Playing off a handicap of 22 Jamie Ollerton returned a hard-earned winning score of 41 points. Ollerton began the round with a whimper rather than a bang washing the second hole and also the sixth before before totalling an ordinary 16 points on the front nine.
The complexion of his game changed immediately on the 10th hole when he birdied the hole with two shots on the hole for a three a five. He continued his good form for the remainder of the back nine recording a whopping 25 points for an 18-hole total of 41 points. A great win.
The runner up Clayton Frank is another player on fire scoring 39 points for the round. Clayton was a member at Warwick years ago and some will recall he had his last competition game in November 2016. At that time, he was playing with a 12.9. He re-joined the club this year and had his first game on 6 November after a GA Handicap after a five-year break. He played off 12 and recorded a net 71 in the Monthly Medal event finishing a very creditable eighth in a field of 68 and has played every Saturday since
It did not take long until Frank found himself back in the winner’s circle. Only a week he outscored a field of 60 to claim a win with a score of 40 points and followed that up with another win on 27 November with a score of 39 points in a stableford event before finishing runner up on Saturday last playing off a 10 handicap. It has certainly been a great comeback and we look forward to following Clayton’s comeback. If he can keep these consistently good rounds there is no doubt Clayton Frank will soon be handling a new single figure handicap.
In the run-down last Saturday Keith Clarke and William Martin each received a ball. Their scores 35 and 34 points respectively.
At the pro pin on 13 Peter Millard collected three balls, Evan Pfeffer two and Josh Jensen one ball.
The NTP’s on five and 16 both went to Shaun Campbell while Dave Speedy won both the seventh and 11th. Kris McLennan won the 16th.
In a programming change, the December John Dee Monthly Medal will now be played this Saturday.
