Rob Reimer, a former men’s club champion and always a steady presence on the links, was the man to beat in the Thursday men’s league at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club last week.
Reimer carded a 3-over 39 to take low gross honours, one shot ahead of Steve Millward.
Top net scores were recorded by Keith Dexter (30) and Ted Baker (32).
Other prize winners included Brendan Meisner, who boomed the longest drive on #3, and Matt Coffey, who sank the longest putt on #8.
Closest to the pin winners were Tony Sanfelice (#4) and Craig Tunnicliff (#9).
Five players shared the gross skins money pot thanks to birdies. Sharpshooting winners earned $20 each: Ted Carmichael (#1), Bill Daly (#2), Brodie Townley (#4), Meisner (#7) and Patrick Craig (#8).
Net skins, valued at $60 each, were scooped up by Carmichael, Townley and Dexter.
In Tuesday’s Woofs league, Kevin Jackson led everyone with a 4-over 40. Harry Huizer took low net (35) and Bill Daly birdied #8 to win the hidden hole prize.
Ernie Jensen was closest to the pin on #4 and carded a birdie.
Heavy rains washed out the Monday business women’s league competitions but on Tuesday the women’s nine-hole league was able to resume play.
Sally Miller took top spot with 49, followed by Sue Sherk (also 49). Carolyn Cochrane and Suzanne Watson were right behind at 50.
Watson also won the “closest to the flower” contest on #8, while Deborah Williams was closest to the pin on #4.
The players in the 18-hole women’s league on Tuesday battled thick rough and wet fairways, which produced some higher than normal scores.
Three players — Louise Robitaille, Carroll Baker and Yolanda Henry — shared individual low gross honours with scores of 93.
Martha Cruikshank and Tracey Peters were close behind at 95.
Peters also had low net with 73 and added a birdie 3 on #17. Other top low net shooters were Henry and Baker (76) and Cruikshank and Barbara Hastings (77).
Hastings was closest to the pin on #4 and fewest putts were recorded by Robitaille and Henry (32), Baker and Cruikshank (34), and Val Chubey and Peters (37).
The league also incorporated a “blind partners” game, in which partners were randomly paired up and their net scores combined.
Gayle Tanner and Chubey won with a combined score of 159, just one shot ahead of Lisa Allen and Margot Richardson.
With nothing but warm temperatures and sunshine in the forecast for the next few weeks, players are looking forward to better scoring.
