LAST Saturday saw a great milestone in the future of ladies golf at Hawks Nest, with 5 girls being inducted into the Australian Golf Foundation Junior Girls Scholarship Program for 2025.
The Program aims to create a love of the sport, as well as a strong connection with local clubs which may encourage more girls to play golf. Hawks Nest Golf Academy has been working hard to achieve these aims, with PGA Head Coach Glen Haynes recruiting local players of the future through his regular junior golf clinics.
The girls in this intake will have the opportunity to enjoy ongoing tuition with Glen to advance their skills, and hopefully go on to gaining a handicap to play in club competitions down the track. Additionally, they will receive honorary membership for 1 year at Hawks Nest Golf Club, as well as free access to training facilities, equipment provided by the Australian Golf Foundation and clothing by Red Belly.
Congratulations girls, we look forward to seeing you enjoying your golf experience with us at Hawks Nest! Well done to the Hawks Nest Golf Academy, and coach Glen, on reaching this milestone.
Meanwhile, 27 ladies teed off on Saturday’s Single Stableford event. Pauline Barham led the field home with a great 40 points, well clear of her next rivals Marcia Smith and Robyn Keegan.
However it was Marcia who scooped the winners’ pool, taking the honours in A Grade, NTP in A Grade, as well as the Golden Shot Prize on the 10th Hole. Well done, Marcia!
Results: Saturday 12/4/25
Ladies 18 Hole Stableford
A Grade Winners: 1st Marcia Smith 37; 2nd Julie Hammond 35; 3rd Anne-Marie French34 C/B
B Grade Winners: 1st Pauline Barham on 40 (best score of the day); 2nd Robyn Keegan 35; 3rd Lucy Griffiths (The Vintage) 30
Place Getters (18-22): Karen Green, Maxine Mitchell, Antje Basson, Lynda Bayliss, Angela Clipperton, Robyn Burns
Tuesday’s event was a 4 Person Ladies Stableford Waltz, played from the Grey Tees. In the same way that you might count the steps to a waltz as 1,2,3/1,2,3 our scoring followed the same cycle:
teams counted the one best score on the first hole, the 2 best scores on the 2nd hole, then 3 scores on the next, repeating the pattern for the remaining holes. The 41 ladies who participated all enjoyed the different format this morning, with only a couple of brief showers to force the umbrellas up.
Results: Tuesday 15/4/25
Ladies 18 Hole Stableford Waltz
Overall Winners:
1st Deb Gardner, Angela Clipperton, Sue Campton & Tanya Sinclair, total score 85;
2nd Marg Bonney, Sue Hair, Viv Ballinger & Heather McGuinn 83;
3rd Marguerite Miller, Cheryl Foster, Jeanette Kemp & Ann Morris 81;
4th Ann O’Brien, Marilyn Sparks, Jane Harvey & Renea Kerr 78
The Play of the Day might have been Jeanette Kemp’s big score on the 5th, finishing with 3 shots for 4 points – well played!
Tuesday Lady Vets also saw 7 players tee off on the Back 9 today, and it couldn’t have been any closer at the top of the leaderboard. 3 ladies each scored 14 points, so it went to a count back, with Pat Dodd clinching the win.
Results: Tuesday 15th/4/25
Lady Vets 9 Hole Event
1st Pat Dodd on 14C/B; 2nd Ann Browning 14 C/B; 3rd Sue Nicholson 14; 4th Kate Brown
Unfortunately more wet weather saw the cancellation of Thursday’s Lady Vets event.
Our ladies are well under way in the club Single Match Play Championship, with round 1 games completed now. There have been some close games that went right down to the wire, decided only at the 18th hole. Those who missed out on a win in round 1 will now compete for the Match Play Plate, while the Rd 1 winners move on to round 2 match ups. It’s wonderful to see some of our less experienced ladies taking part, and growing in confidence as they compete against more senior players. They should be very proud of themselves, and we all look forward to following their golfing success in the future.
Well played everyone!
By Dianne BOWES
