2020 Men’s Championships Winners

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The Men played the final two rounds of their 72-hole Inverell Golf Club championships last weekend. The last 18 holes were played in cold, drizzly, and sometimes showery conditions. Phil Fox started Sunday 5 shots ahead of 17 times Club Champion, John Coote. Both players struggled on the first 9 because of the conditions and John was able to close the gap by two shots. Phil recovered to score a birdie, six pars and two bogies, on the bottom 9. His one over par on the bottom gave him a five-shot win and his 5th Club Championship.

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The A Reserve competition was remarkably close with the lead changing throughout the four rounds. Ian Jeffery went into the last day with a 4-shot lead over Simon Green and another one over John Foulcher and Gordon Dean. Gordon, at the age of 83, had to pull out after 6 holes because of the cold conditions. John Foulcher went on to record 80 off the stick. This was enough to put him back into the lead and eventually gave him a two-shot win over Simon Green and Ian Jeffery. Simon and Ian then went back out to complete a 3-hole playoff to decide the runner up. Simon managed to record a par on the 3rd playoff hole while Ian had a bogey, and this gave Simon the runner-up prize.

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In B Grade, Tony Schutz was consistent, playing under his handicap for all four rounds.  He took out his grade 13 shots in front of Ben Butler

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Harry Edmonds averaged more than 4 under his handicap for each of the four rounds to give him a massive 47 shots win of next placed Graham Moore.

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Two old timers fought it out in D Grade with 83-year-old Ross Tutt the eventual winner defeating Peter Bucknell by four shots.

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John Coote was the veteran gross winner and Harry Edmonds took out the juniors. Harry also won the overall nett, 6 shots ahead of Tony Schutz.

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Players also competed for nett positions.

Those winning gross events were not eligible for the nett prizes.

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In A Grade – John Coote finished 4 ahead of Jason Shaw while in A Reserve – Ian Jeffery was 4 clear of Steve Kent.

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Adrian King took out B grade, 2 ahead of Ben Butler while Noel Cross finished 2 in front of John Stansfield in C grade.

Matt Flitcroft took D grade, again, 2 ahead of Allen Bujack.