Men’s Master Pennant Golf interrupts Mothers Day

By Noel Rowsell

thE 2023 Golf NSW Men’s Master Pennant competition teed off on Sunday, with 7 games from the opening round played locally in western Sydney.

In the home matches, Leonay crushed Antill Park 7.5-0.5, Richmond won 7-1 over Bexley, Wallacia won 5-3 over Fox hills, Stonecutters Ridge won 5-3 over Liverpool, twin Creeks drew 4-4 with Muirfield, Dunheved fell 3-5 to Pennant hills and Penrith fell 0.5-7.5 to Kogarah.

In the two away games, oatlands defeated Springwood 5-3 and Camden (Studleigh Park) crushed Glenmore heritage Valley 8-0.

All teams will meet the same opponent again this Sunday, at the alternate venue.

the NSW Srixon Mid Amateur Championship is being held on 21st23rd May at both Byron Bay and ocean Shores golf clubs.

the championship is open to amateurs who are aged 30 years and over, as at 21st May, with a GA handicap of 12.4 and under for men, and 20.4 and under for women. It is stroke play tournament, played over three rounds of 18-holes.

there will be a cut after 36 holes, with the final (3rd) round to be played at Byron Bay GC.

Western Sydney has 8 male and 2 female players attending the event, including Allan Ison, Sean hartmann and Mark Cadle (Stonecutters Ridge GC), Casey Lee, hyun ho, Chris Par, Myoungjoon Kang and Stella Yoo (twin Creeks GC), Jared Wild (Glenmore heritage Valley GC) and Shaun Sheridan (Dunheved GC).