The cream has risen to the top – Adam Taylor is once again the Narrabri Golf Club’s men’s club champion.
The local golfer, match committee member and former club captain scored a 12-over-par 296 to win the four-round, 72-hole 2020 event by 12 shots from gross runner-up Geoff Artis.
Tubby, as he is well known as at the Narrabri Golf Club, scored a two-over-par 73 in round one on Saturday, September 12, then a one-over-par 72 the following day. Those scores were best on both days.
On Saturday in round three Taylor scored a six-over-par 77, then in round four on Sunday he won another round with a three-over-par 74.
That saw him finish the four-round event with 296, which equalled his best score for a club championships event.
The 38-year-old is now a five-time club champion, having won the event previously in 2000, 2003, 2009, and 2013.
He told The Courier that he was proud to win the 2020 event and added that it was pleasing to see so many people take part in it.
“I’m pretty proud,” Taylor said.
“The conditions were good, I couldn’t fault that really. Saturday was a little bit rough but all up it was four days of pretty good weather for golf.
“What I love most about the club is the atmosphere and the members, they’re all pretty good.
“It was good to see 320-odd players go around during the four days across the men’s and women’s, it was very well supported.”
The ladies’ champion for 2020 is Robyn Spence who defended her 2019 crown by winning her 17th Narrabri Golf Club ladies’ club championship.
Spence was the division one gross winner in each of the four rounds and finished with a total of 338 off the stick after scoring 84, 84, 87 and 83 from rounds one to four respectively.
This year’s men’s B-grade gross champion was Wade Foster who was the gross winner in that division in rounds one, three and four.
He shot 79, 83, 79 and 79 across rounds one to four respectively to finish with a gross score of 320.
Other winners and runners-up are as follows:
Men’s:
B-grade nett winner – Tony Meppem, B-grade nett runner-up – Dylan Armitage, C-grade gross champion – Brad Matheson, C-grade nett winner – Linton Grumley, C-grade nett runner-up – Tom Carberry.
Ladies’:
Division one nett winner – Lyn Shearer, division two gross champion – Judy Maunder, division two nett winner – Louise Penberthy, division nett runner-up – Dianne Parish.
Results from the four rounds are as follows:
Saturday, September 12 – men’s club championships round one:
A-grade gross winner – Adam Taylor with 73, A-grade nett winner – Shane Hartog-Smith with 69 (countback), A-grade nett runner-up – Mark Campbell with 69, B-grade gross winner – Wade Foster with 79, B-grade nett winner – Justin Orman with 68, B-grade nett runner-up – Joe Hayne with 69, C-grade gross winner – Matt McDonnell with 89, C-grade nett winner – Linton Grumley with 64, C-grade nett runner-up – Tom Carberry with 68.
Saturday, September 12 – ladies’ club championships round one:
Division one gross winner – Robyn Spence with 84, division one nett winner – Lyn Shearer with 73, division one nett runner-up – Fiona Smart with 76, division two gross winner – Judith Maunder with 97, division two nett winner – Louise Penberthy with 77 (countback), division two nett runner-up – Myra Joseph 77 (countback).
Sunday, September 13 – men’s club championships round two:
A-grade gross winner – Adam Taylor with 72, A-grade nett winner – Paul Hulbert with 65 (countback), A-grade nett runner-up – Andrew Smart with 68 (countback), B-grade gross winner – Tony Nott with 81 (countback), B-grade nett winner – Tony Meppem with 68, B-grade nett runner-up – Fred Atherden with 70, C-grade gross winner – Brad Streeter with 86, C-grade nett winner – Bill Guest with 67 (countback), C-grade nett runner-up – Bill Cameron with 67.
Sunday, September 13 – ladies’ club championships round two:
Division one gross winner – Robyn Spence with 84, division one nett winner – Karen Fenton with 73, division one nett runner-up – Fiona Smart with 75 (countback), division two gross winner – Judith Maunder with 95, division two nett winner – Robyn Smith with 69, division two nett runner-up – Louise Penberthy with 75.
Saturday, September 19 – men’s club championships round three:
A-grade gross winner – Troy Nott with 75, A-grade nett winner – Owen Warren with 69, A-grade nett runner-up – Wayne Saunders with 70, B-grade gross winner – Wade Foster with 79, B-grade nett winner – Will Coldham with 68 (countback), B-grade nett runner-up – Blake Hilderson with 68, C-grade gross winner – Tom Carberry with 88, C-grade nett winner – Bill Guest with 69 (countback), C-grade nett runner-up – Jack Sharp with 69.
Saturday, September 19 – ladies’ club championships round three:
Division one gross winner – Robyn Spence with 87 (countback), division one nett winner – Peggy Penberthy with 69, division one nett runner-up – Fiona Smart with 72, division two gross winner – Judith Maunder with 91, division two nett winner – Lauren Baguley with 71 (countback), division two nett runner-up – Louise Penberthy with 71 (countback).
Sunday, September 20 – men’s club championships round four:
A-grade gross winner – Adam Taylor with 74, A-grade nett winner – Shane Hartog-Smith with 68, A-grade nett runner-up – Rod Kirk with 74 (countback), B-grade gross winner – Wade Foster with 79, B-grade nett winner – Rob Mackenzie, B-grade nett runner-up – Tony Meppem, C-grade gross winner – Brad Matheson with 90, C-grade nett winner – Graham Cameron, C-grade nett runner-up – James Pitman.
Sunday, September 20 – ladies’ club championships round four:
Division one gross winner – Robyn Spence with 83, division one nett winner – Robin Ford with 72, division one nett runner-up – Lyn Shearer with 73, division two gross winner – Christine Southwell with 98, division two nett winner – Dianne Parish with 70, division two nett runner-up – Louise Penberthy with 74.
