Golfers turned out in force for two days of competition for the Coolamatong Open four-ball-best-ball and stroke event. The Sunday open 18 hole stroke event saw a series of good scores in both scratch and nett, with Michael Justen capturing the 18-hole best scratch score with 77 to pip several players who shot 78. Starting on the back nine, Justen shot one over par 37, followed by a five over par 40, which did include a double bogey on the sixth hole. Runner-up on a countback in the scratch was Soeron Stoettrup on 78, which included a triple bogey on the first and double bogey on the sixth. There were several players in the mix, including A-grade scratch winner Steve Dunn, who shot 78, but was disappointed to finish his final three holes in bogey, bogey and double bogey. Raymond Kading won the A-grade nett with a fine 69 nett score, two better than his handicap. In the B-grade, Bruce Hart won the scratch with 85 on a countback from Tim Caldwell, and Aaron Fenton won the nett with 69. In C-grade, Felix Bertossi won the scratch with 91, runner-up was Glen Stalker, and Brian Clayton won the nett with 69. The near pins were won by Ross Thompson on the third hole, including the eagles nest for a shot inside a metre, Philip Ingram from Cooma on eight, Louise Fenelon on 15 and John Marshall from Delegate on 17. Soeron Stoettrup won the long drive competition in A-grade, Brian Johnson in B-grade and J Scott in C-grade. Saturday 4bbb In the Saturday four-ball-best-ball competition, Kim Weston teamed up with Ross Thompson to record 47 points. Runner-up was Alan Parsons and Kevin Sharling with 46 points, and third position Benji Munce and Matthew Hughes with 45 points on a countback. In the scratch four-ball-best-ball event, Charlie Filtness and Steve Dunn registered 34 points, Steve Edwards and Chris Brown had 33, and Josh Crawford and Andrew Haigh finished with 32 points. The Saturday near pins were won by Josh Crawford on three, Cole Haigh and eight, Andrew Haigh on 15 and Soeron Stoettrup on 17. 86-year-old Ross Thompson, shot 79 on Saturday to break his age by seven. Ross said the last time he shot 79 was when he was that age.
