THE Blue Lake Golf Club women competed in their inaugural Captains Day on Saturday, sponsored by Helen Myers, with all prize money doubled as well as the chance to put their name first on the trophy.
Attracting a large field of 23 players, most struggled to play to their handicap but the winner on the day was Johanna Gogan, playing off a 33, as her consistency proved the catalyst for the win.
While not setting the course on fire, Gogan knew if she could improve marginally on her outward nine a possibility of a win was there and that was what she did, shaving three strokes off for a round of 103-33-70 to fight off Jayne Oberer and Fiona Punton who all tied Gogan’s nett 70.
Oberer showed she has the talent to take her game to the next level with successive pars on the fourth and fifth holes but unfortunately she could not replicate that on the inward nine, parring only the par 3 14th.
Her closing 54 put her back into the clutches of a count-back and thankfully for her that par was the difference between second and third, just edging out Punton by the single stroke.
There were novelties galore up for offer, with Ronda Edwards cleaning up most of them.
She won the long drive on the 18th hole, plus the pro shot on the fifth and 16th in her division.
The other prizes were won by Sue Agars (nearest the pin on the second hole), Rosemary Martland (long drive on the fourth), Jorja Morale (NTP on the 12th), Di Perryman (second shot on the 15th) and Oberer taking out the long drives on both the fourth and 18th holes.
