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Two win golf knockout

 

Mella Weatherstone and Hien McManus have won the golf 2B Knockout.

They won from Pat Clarke and Donna Mitchell.

The A Grade April Medal was won by Sandra Balneaves with 69 net, the B Grade Medal by Marie Stokes with 70 net, and C Grade Medal by Carol Mapplebeck with 72 net.

Medals have always been played as a stroke event.

In April, Everglades ran a Stableford event but with the stroke event taking precedence.

The change was tried because of the continued complaints about slow play by many of the players at the end of the field.

It was felt that those players not having a good stroke round, could pick up, but still continue to play in the Stableford event, thereby speeding up play on the day.

The changed format was reported to have sped play somewhat, with all but a couple of groups at the end of the field completing their round in four and a half hours.

The concept was well received and almost all the comments received were favourable.

The Medal round for the month of May will be played with the Club Championships, so it will not be possible to have the Stableford in conjunction.

The May issue of the Australian Golf Digest reports: "The biggest problem facing golf is the number of people who are disillusioned by the amount of time it takes to play a single round."

The article goes on to state that time-wasting is the biggest detraction from the game of golf with people not being prepared to play when it is their turn and others insisting upon using the "honour system" as opposed to "ready golf".

Everglades is not alone in trying to tackle the problem of slow play.

Judy Andrews, April 26