THERE were some incredible scores at Coolamatong this past week, and none better than last Wednesday with Alan Butterworth shooting 67, four under par for an unofficial course record.

Starting on hole 13 with a birdie four, and then snaking a second birdie on the par three hole 15, his round settled into a mix of solid shot making, great scrambling and holing several clutch putts.

A perfectly read breaking putt on the first hole for bogey set the scene for numerous more great reads with birdies on the second and fourth holes.

An unlucky miss for par on the eighth hole let one shot slip back, but it did not deter the shot making.

An eight-foot birdie putt on ten set up a great finish, and after a par on eleven, from another great save, he unleashed a huge drive on 12, just more than 300 metres, albeit slightly downwind.

His excellent round of four under was sealed with draining a delicate putt of about 15-foot for a final birdie and 67, and 44 stableford points off his five handicap.

Talking with older members afterwards, the official course record of 68 has been matched twice by Ron Wallace and Adam Robinson many years prior.

With the tee boxes under renovation at present, all tees were sitting in front of the usual tees, and it is also unknown if the previous 68 scores were played with preferred lies.

But regardless, Butterworth’s 67 was one of the great rounds in Coolamatong’s history, especially considering the greens had been cored recently and are still in the recovery process.

Playing in the same group as Butterworth, Steve Cuff shot his best score around Coolamatong, a three over par 74 off the stick for 43 stableford points.

Even he was surprised by the round considering it was hist first game back after a winter break.

His round included birdies on the fourteenth, the ninth and a tap in birdie on the tenth

As much as Cuff was pleased with the round, he did finish with a double bogey and bogey on his final two holes, 11 and 12, and let a chance of a par figure round slip by.

In B grade, Bruce Hart playing of 16 had a great round himself shooting 41 stableford points and would find himself unlucky to only run third overall, that score often a winner on most other days.

Hart had 82 off the stick, close to his previous best round of 80 with his scorecard very consistent including six three pointers.

On Sunday, Louis Fenelon shot 44 stableford points to easily win the day and C grade by four shots over Kylie Woodcock, also having a great round with 40 points.

Fenelon had 20 points the front nine and a sensational 24 points on the back nine shooting four over par for the nine, including two four pointers, handy golf for a 20 handicapper.

In the ladies competition, Kylie Woodcock had 40 points, just pipping Jan O’Halloran who continued her good form with 39 points.

In A grade Charlie Filtness had 35 points, Soeron Stoettrup 32 and Nigel Bolton 32 points.

In B grade, Dan Wilson had 36, Terry Stevenson 36 and Bruce Hart 35.

Nearest the pins for men were Chris Brown on 3, Soeren Stoettrup on 8, Glen Staker on 15 and Kim Weston on 17.

Jan O’Halloran captured three of near pins with Kylie Woodcock taking out the 17th.

Last Wednesday near pins for men were Stephen Edwards on 3, Geoff Murphy on 8, Alan Butterworth on 15 and Terry Stevenson on 17.

In the ladies near pins, Jan O’Halloran capped off a good day by claiming three and Michelle White one.

The Club will hold their AGM on Sunday September 29 with a shotgun 9am start, sausage sizzle after the game and the AGM after the presentation.

There is also list of events on the Facebook page including the Coolamatong Snowy Mountains Open on October 19-20