BEV Pascoe has once again been crowned Division 1 champion in the Cafe Belgiorno’s sponsored 27 hole handicap championships after going back-to-back in a hard-fought battle at the Blue Lake Golf Club last week.
Playing off a 29 handicap, Pascoe was pitted against Sue Agars off 21.
Pascoe made good use of those eight extra strokes through the course of the game.
Referee Rosemary Martland was kept busy with the scores see-sawing for the first nine holes, with Agars 1-up on the turn.
It was all square after the 11th hole but the momentum turned, as Pascoe took charge and claimed the next six holes to be 6-up after 18.
With a subsequent loss and a square, Pascoe was 5-up and Agars dug deep to win the 21st, 22nd and 23rd holes to be 2-down.
However, Pascoe then squared the 24th hole and won the 25th to claim the win 3/2.
In Division 2, newcomer to finals Kate Hommelhoff was ecstatic to say the least when she won her division.
Playing against seasoned golfer Rose Case, it was always going to be a challenge for Hommelhoff but all the time put in practising paid off.
Case played off a 39 handicap and Hommelhoff 34.
Case also made use of the extra five strokes and after the first three holes it was all square.
Then Hommelhoff won the fourth, fifth and seventh holes, before Case won the sixth in style with a chip-in from off the green.
That saw Case 1-down after nine holes but Hommelhoff then lifted the intensity.
She won six of the next nine holes to go 5-up after 18.
Case won the 19th and 21st holes but Hommelhoff claimed the 22nd, then the 23rd to win 6/4.
In last week’s stableford Annette Ford claimed the win in Division 1 with 31 points, ahead of Jenny Medhurst on 30, who also won the nearest to pin second shot.
Carol Meluish won Division 2 with 36 points, ahead of Lucy Richards with 33.
Lee Anderson was nearest to pin second-shot winner, while the pro-shot went to Lynda Nannings.
Meanwhile, Saturday’s stroke round went to young-gun Jorja Morale with a score of 100/26/74.
Her card included pars on the 10th, 11th and 17th holes.
Like the rest of the field in the women’s competition, the front nine appeared the hardest to play.
Morale had splits of 52/48.
runner-up honours went to Annette Ford who signed for 96/21/75.
A par on the fifth and turning with 49, plus a par on the15th equated to 47 points which was enough to relegate Helen Stratford to third with 96/20/76.
A couple of triple-bogies on the front nine for 51 after playing the back nine first for 45 marred a good card, which included pars on the second, fourth, 14th and 16th holes.
The long drive was won by Kate Hommelhoff.
