Sunshine Coast golfer Sarah Wilson will again pit her skills against the country’s best men after being confirmed as one of the first women in the Queensland Open.
“It was the only hole I didn’t hit driver,” he said.
“I was trying to play it safe and sliced it into the water.”
By the time he’d finished his round, Ben had forgotten all about that second hole.
Indeed, he shot the best round of his life – a magnificent, memorable two-over-par 74 that included an eagle, three birdies, nine pars, just four bogeys, and that inexplicable seven.
His round resulted in 48 stableford points – an outcome the 13-handicapper never dared dream about, and which he’ll never forget.
It was the best score recorded on Saturday, and won him the B grade trophy.
Ross said an autopsy this week would determine the cause of death.
Rick was a talented musician, who played all over the Sunshine Coast with his band Fine Line before retiring two years ago.
“But he’d still get on stage with his mates whenever he got the chance,” Ross said.
Rick, the former lead singer, helped his band take home $10,000 in The Surf Club Mooloolaba’s Sunny Coast Sounds competition in 2015.
Rick, 74, grew up in Victoria and was a fanatical Collingwood supporter, but even that passion paled in comparison to his lifelong love affair with wife Sue.
They fell in love when they were both 17, married in 1969 and would have celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary this year.
Richard Backwell took out the Maroochy River Legends Pro-Am.
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Though it’s much more casual than the usual professional golf tours – players are allowed to wear shorts, for example, and ride in carts – Australia’s Legends Tour still abides by some longstanding traditions.
One is that winners must wear long pants at the presentation.
And that presented a problem for Richard Backwell, whose round of four under-par 68 earned him the title at Friday’s Maroochy River Legends Pro-Am. Richard Backwell, in his borrowed long pants, delivers his victory speech.
Backwell had given so little thought to his chances of winning that he turned up at Maroochy River in just his shorts and golf shirt, and had to borrow trousers from a fellow pro, who had a spare pair in his car.
In the season opening Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship last week, in which Herbert contended
strongly – at least until the weekend - he averaged 321 yards off the tee, a significant improvement on his 2020 season average of 301.25 yards.
But it took an early morning Zoom chat with his Peregian coach Dom Azzopardi to sort out a few teething problems with the booming new driver.
“He was losing a few right with this driver in practice and I talked to him about what’s going to cause that in his technique, particularly now that he’s got the ball further forward,” Azzopardi said.