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    SUCCESS: Horsham’s James Davidson, left, and Brendan O’Loughlin were the overall winners of a successful Golden Putter competition at Horsham Golf Club at the weekend.

Horsham golf course, competition impress

By Colin MacGillivray

Horsham Golf Club president Gerard Bardell believes the club is positioned to thrive into the future after celebrating a successful Golden Putter competition at the weekend and a key milestone at Monday’s annual general meeting.

More than 100 players from across Victoria flocked to the club for the Golden Putter, a 36-hole, four-ball best-ball competition on Saturday and Sunday.

Horsham’s Brendan O’Loughlin and James Davidson were the overall winners, 19 up on a countback from Roger Sordello and Phil Butsch.



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The club also hosted its annual hole-in-one shootout on Friday night, with Adrian Taylor winning division one by holing his shot from 130 metres.

Mr Bardell described it as ‘a really successful weekend’ for the club.

“What was really pleasing was the number of different people who came from all over the state to play in it,” he said.

“There were quite a few people who had never played in Horsham before and were blown away by the competition and the quality of the course. 

“That was really encouraging to hear as well.

“The team worked really hard to prepare a good course and we were fortunate with the weather as well.”

Mr Bardell said there was even more good news at the club’s AGM on Monday.

At the meeting, he announced the club had successfully repaid four community members who each loaned the club $50,000 when it was struggling to remain financially viable in 2019.

“We’ve received tremendous community support when we threw our hands up and asked for it, and it’s wonderful that we’re in a position now where we’re meeting all of our requirements and we’re still investing in the club, which is really important,” he said.

Mr Bardell said the club had plans to continue transforming its surroundings as it sought to improve its financial standings.

“We’ve got some good plans for the future and we’re really hopeful that with some good planning and a bit of luck they’ll come to fruition,” he said.

“The key piece from the AGM is that golf participation is up. 

“We’re getting more people using the driving range, we’re getting more people on the course and we have more members now than we’ve had for a long, long time.

“It’s great to see so many people using our wonderful facilities and we encourage everyone, even if you’re not a member, to come out and try the driving range.

“We’ve recently completed an extension to the driving range, which really sets us up nicely with a wonderful precinct in our own back yard.”

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