The team of Andrew Bayne and Brodie Townley emerged victorious in the NOTL Golf Club's annual junior-senior competition.
Bayne and Townley carded an even-par 36 for nine holes and a handicapped net score of 34.
The NOTL club's junior program attracted a large number of participants in this pandemic year and 13 teams competed in the junior-senior tourney.
They played the first five holes in a scramble format and finished the final four holes using alternate shot.
MEMBER-GUEST TOURNEY: This past Saturday the club hosted its annual member-guest tournament, a 27-hole marathon with nine holes each of better ball (where the lowest score of each pairing counts), alternate shot and conventional scramble. An 80 per cent handicap factor was then used.
Twenty teams competed in two divisions.
Reigning men's club champion James Grigjanis-Meusel, partnered with Dustin Richter, led the way with an 11-under score of 97 over 27 holes. They won the A flight division.
In the B flight, there was a tie, with Ron Newman and Larry Downes, and Frank Saraka and Ian Tester both scoring 6-under 102.
The result was a playoff among the top teams from the A and B flights for overall honours.
"We had all three teams compete in the playoff, which was contested on hole 9," said associate pro Ricky Watson.
The A flight winners played off the longer black tees and both B flight pairs off the white tees, to handicap the playoff as no strokes were used, Watson said.
In the alternate shot playoff, "James teed off, just left of the green. Dustin chipped up to about 10 feet and James made the par," he said.
Both B flight teams scored a double-bogey five, meaning Grigjanis-Meusel and Richter were declared overall champions. But the B flight was still tied.
So, back to the ninth tee the two teams went and, finally, Newman and Downes made par to win the B division, Watson said.
MEN'S LEAGUE: Lefty Glen Murray carded an even-par 36 to win low gross honours in Thursday men's league action. He also tied for top spot with 23 points in modified Stableford scoring and took home a $20 net skin for a birdie on the sixth hole.
Another lefty, Larry Mantle, netted 23 points to tie Murray. Runners-up with 21 points were Rob Chubey, Alan Dickson and Dow Wright.
Kevin MacLean (full disclosure: the managing editor of The Lake Report) was the big skins winner, thanks to an eagle two. He holed a lucky nine-iron shot from about 120 yards out on the par-4 first hole. The shot won him a $60 net skin and $20 gross skin. Other net skins winners: Brian McKillop (#2) and Dean McCann (#8). Gross skins: John Reynolds (#4) and Mark Derbyshire (#5).
