The 77th running of the Petries Mitre 10 Bathurst Open was held on the weekend.
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There was a big field taking part in what is arguably the premier event on our golfing calendar.
The A Grade prize is in the hands of Club champion Reece Hodson.
He proved his intimate knowledge of the layout is the difference after posting a 36 hole total of 146 for a three stroke margin over visitor James Brownlow.
A playoff was required to separate Tim McKinnon and John Curtis in the quest for the B Grade crown.
Both players had 169, in the end McKinnon prevailed after a number of extra holes.
The C Grade battle was a mirror image of B Grade.
Craig Hanrahan and Steve Dury both registered 190 off the stick for the 36 hole event.
Hanrahan eventually proving triumphant after the extra holes.
Nett Scores
Moving onto the nett scores it was James Cleary with 143 who accounted for Justin Kim by one stroke in A Grade.
Correy ‘chief’ Sams fired 143 to beat Cameron Jackson by a single shot.
He claimed the B Grade while Chris Boardman (150) was able to finish on top of C Grade
He had four shots to spare on runner-up Martin Horder.
Thursday’s A Grade event went to the consistent Darren Small with 39 points.
The minor placings went to Brian Long (38) and John Payne (37), Darryn Bruce (31) added another scratch prize to his burgeoning belly of loot.
Dean Oxley was the standout performer in B Grade largely thanks to his 42 points.
Visitor James Derriman made his foray to Bathurst a worthy one.
He fired 39 points for second and the final prize on the dais went to Bob Lockhart on 38 points.
Nineteen points enabled Danny Gooley to win the scratch.
Dave Bromhead and Paul Cregan were the champion 2BBB combination on a count-back over Oxley and Glyn Daunt after both pairings had 48 points.
The scratch went to the usual suspects in Bruce and Darrell Bourke.