There were some wild times on the links of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club this week — and it wasn’t just Mother Nature delivering more bad weather.
On Monday, the forecast disrupted play again and then on Tuesday, a wily coyote put in a brief appearance and a hungry hawk met its match when a flock of smaller birds chased it off.
Meanwhile, on the fairways, Jim Meszaros was continuing an incredible hot streak.
Meszaros was top dog in Tuesday’s Woofs league, shooting 1-over 37 — for the third straight week.
Grant Williams was low net with 32 and Randy Churchill won the hidden hole (#5). Gary Stuggins was closest to the pin on #4.
Judy Mantle had the hot hand in Tuesday’s 18-hole women’s league, taking low net honours with 70 and third-lowest gross with 96 — and needing only 28 putts to accomplish it.
Other top low gross shooters were: Louise Robitaille (85) and Carroll Baker and Yolanda Henry (91). Low net: Cheryl Yamamoto, Henry and Baker (73), and May Chang, Cathy Murray and Jennifer Meszaros (78).
Robitaille was closest to the pin on #4 and other top putters were Murray (30) and Baker and Henry (32).
The nine-hole women’s league’s game of “Fairways and Putts” on Tuesday was won by Bonnie Lamourie, with 29.
Deborah Williams had the longest drive on #8 while Marlene Sibbald and Suzanne Watson both carded birdies.
Weather forced cancellation of Monday’s Business Ladies league.
Last Thursday in the club’s men’s league, Al Kavanagh and Rob Reimer shot matching 1-over par 37 to win low gross. Kavanagh and Michael Sanders shared low net with 31.
Brock Sansom made the longest putt on #2 and Jared Mines boomed the longest drive on #3. Don Cruikshank was closest to the pin on #4 and Dan Vukovich was closest on #9.
Birdies earned Joe Doria (#1) and Glen Murray (#5) gross skins worth $55 while Keith Dexter (#7) and Sanders (#8) won $95 net skins.
The prize in the weekly putting contest has ballooned to $500 this week as Rai Lauge, Ron Planche and Sam Ridesic all missed their chances at claiming the prize.
