Golf is a game of tradition and ritual. People are drawn to the sport because of its tradition and timelessness.  It feels peaceful and serene to walks down the fairways at Brighton surrounded by beautiful mature trees and a variety of wildlife it is a magnificent place for adults and children to spend the day playing golf.

A very enthusiastic field of Junior Tiger golfers participated in the Easter Golf Competition. Golfers between the ages of 6-10 years old took on the first 3 holes at Brighton. The weather conditions were absolutely perfect at the sun rays glistened across nice lush fairways. Not even a breath of wind was blown during the competition which put a smile on the Junior Tigers faces. I was very impressed as were the parents by the sounds of the applause on the way around the golf course by the high standards of golf.  Few sounds are as pleasing as the sound of a well struck golf shot. Lucky for me that I had the pleasure of hearing and seeing many great shots during the competition! It is clear the golf coaching is helping junior golf in Australia and the standards of the golf players keep improving. I look forward to hosting the next tournament already!

Marc Woolfson

PGA Professional

Brighton Golf Course

• 1st white Group   Seamus McCurry   -Riverside
• 1st Red Group       Aaron Sharma       – Brighton
• 1st Yellow Group  Lachlann Amon    - Riverside

The day ran well with 38 juniors participating in the second event held at ALGC.

Local star Ash Zadel played exceptionally well posting a score of even par 36 which included 4 birdies!

The sun was shining but winds at times were gusting up to 25 knots which made the golf course a real challenge.

Many thanks to Jody Hawkins the resident Professional, Ivan Zadel and Kristy Wallace for the running of the event!

Overall winner- Ashley Zadel 36 gross

Overall R/UP- Jack Laine-Wyllie 44 gross

Hello Junior Tigers!

As the year is coming to an end so is Junior Tiger for 2011. Our last tournament for the year has be run and won at Riverside Golf Course. An impressive field of 36 juniors took to the course in slightly windy and mild weather. It was great to see so many faces out there representing all the different levels from Yellow through to Black.

After the huge thunder and lightning show the night before, 25mm of rain fell on Riverside overnight. By the afternoon the clouds had cleared and the course had drained fairly well. The only casualties were the bunkers, which were rendered out of play. The first players to finish their rounds were from the Yellow and Red levels. They played a 3-hole competition consisting of the 1^st, 2^nd and 9^th holes.

Congratulations to Hugo Hansen who won the Yellow level with a score of 20 and to Jordan Corso who won the Red level with a score of 18. Both boys played fantastically well and thoroughly deserved their win.

The rest of the field in White, Blue and Black played a 9-hole competition and were contesting for the coveted 12 month Wilson Staff sponsorship. The tournament was played fairly and in great spirit by everyone and in the end Jack Chrystie was announced the winner!

Jack hails from Riverside Golf Club and used his home ground advantage to perfection in taming the course with 6-over round of 40. This score was made all the more impressive when considering it was achieved off the public men’s markers.

Runner-up and only 2 shots behind was Rory Harrington. After shooting a beautiful round of 42, Rory was the first card in and was forced to wait nervously to see how his results compared. It was fair to say the wait was well worth his while. He also is from Riverside and is proud White level Junior Tiger.

It turned out to be an excellent afternoon and all the players showed respect, fair play and skill in creating a fabulous tournament. We look forward to crowning new winners in 2012!

The results were as follows:

White:

1^st – Rory Harrington 42
2^nd – Seamus McCorry 43
3^rd – Dylan Cukalac – 47 

Blue:

1^st – Jack Noonan 45
2^nd – Nathan Blackmore 46
3^rd – James Crea 48

Black:

1^st – Jack Chrystie 40
2^nd – Remi Zimbardi 44
2^nd – Lachlan Bridgeman 44
2^nd – Nathan Page 44
3rd – Kallista Do 45
3rd – Jeremy Katanas 45

The weather was excellent considering it had rained all night the night before.
 
The fortunate weather providing some great scoring and ultimately 2 shots separated the top 3.
 
Overall winner was Jack Laine-Wyllie with 42 gross
 
Overall R-up was Matt Riordan with 43 gross
 
White winner and 3rd place overall was Kelvin Knight with a score of 44.
 
Blue winner was Angus Dynon with a score of 53.
 
Congratuations to the winners and to all the participants for making it a fun and relaxed event.
 
Many thanks to Scott Wearne and Stuart Ginn who ran the event.