AUSTRALIAN SENIOR ORDER OF MERIT


AUSTRALIA vs ADFGA CHAMPIONSHIP


Tallwoods Golf Club - Oct 10-11, 2007

      GALLERY

Tallwoods Golf Course

Tallwoods Golf Course

Tallwoods Golf Course

Tallwoods Golf Course
See who's visiting this page.

2007 AUSTRALIAN SENIORS TEAM vs
AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCES CHAMPIONSHIP


To read an ADFGA report on the 2007 match click here .

Thanks Alan Evans for the Match Report below & Tony Kennings for the photos above

Inaugural match between ADF and Golf Australia Seniors Team

The inaugural match between twelve man teams from ADF Golf and GA Seniors was played at Tallwoods Golf Club near Forster on the north NSW coast on 8th and 9th October using the Presidents' Cup format.

The opening 4BBB game was won 4 matches to 2 by the ADF on the first morning, however the Seniors team came back well in the afternoon foursomes to level the first day at 6 matches each.

An enjoyable evening meal was provided by Tallwoods and many yarns were shared about how lucky and unlucky players had been during the day. This led to some outrageous proposals for the following day which generally failed to materialize in the cold hard light of day the following morning. A good night was had by all.

The Seniors started well in the singles against the long hitting ADF team (but probably not as experienced in the bar as some of the Seniors). As the day progressed the scores became very close and after both teams had won 4 matches the tension began to rise. Jim Gilchrist came back from dormie 3 down to earn a valuable ½ point, holing a 10 foot put on the 18th after ADF player Lee Oliver had made a miracle bogey following water trouble off the tee.


Geoff Everett holes his putt
to win at 18

The scores were then locked at 5 matches each when the last groups came to the last hole. Evergreen Australian senior Geoff Everett and the experienced Queensland senior Ian Read were 1 up and 1 down respectively. Everett calmly holed a pressure 5 foot putt to defeat Dave Schwartz from ADF 1 up. Dave had narrowly missed his 15 footer following a brilliant second to a difficult back hole position on the last hole.

The attention of all players was now on Ian Read who faced a tricky 8 foot putt on the final green to draw level with Daryl Whitehead. Holing the putt would mean a very valuable ½ point for the Australian Seniors and a narrow win overall. However, the putt slipped just past and the inaugural Australian Seniors vs the ADFGA event finished in a fitting tie - 12 matches each.


Ian Read's putt slides by and
the series ends in a tie!

Next years event will be held in Queensland in May and the event is destined to become a landmark event on both the Seniors and ADF calendars in years to come.

2007 AUSTRALIAN SENIORS TEAM
        Name             State              Name                 State     
Les Browne NSW Geoff Burke QLD
Alan Evans VIC Geoff Everett NSW
Richard Froebel VIC Jim Gilchrist ACT
Pat Giles VIC Nigel Goodall WA
Grahame MacDonald QLD Michael Maher QLD
Ian Read QLD Norm Way QLD

2007 DEFENCE FORCES TEAM
        Name             Force         Name                 Force
Tony Wallace Army Daryl Bell Air Force
Darryl Whitehead Navy Lennon Thurtell Army
David Schwartz Army Greg Fraser Air Force
Peter Reinke Air Force Peter Chambers Army
Kim Johansen Army Derek Brown Air Force
Lee Oliver Air Force Mark ArmstrongArmy
David Eley Army Trevor Owens - MgrAir Force



2007 RESULT:

AUSTRALIAN SENIORS 12 tied with AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCES 12

        FOURBALL Australia                2         FOURBALL ADFGA                              4
Norm Way & Nigel Goodall   Darryl Whitehead & Lee Oliver 4 & 2
Alan Evans & Michael Maher   David Schwartz & Daryl Bell 3 & 2
Ian Read & Geoff Burke   Lennon Thurtell & Peter Chambers 3 & 2
Richard Froebel & Grahame MacDonald 5 & 4 Greg Fraser & Peter Reinke  
Les Browne & Jim Gilchrist 3 & 2 Kim Johansen & David Eley  
Geoff Everett & Pat Giles   Derek Brown & Tony Wallace 4 & 3
        FOURSOMES Australia                   4         FOURSOMES ADFGA                           2
Norm Way & Grahame MacDonald  3 & 2 D Whitehead & David Schwartz  
Alan Evans & Geoff Burke   Greg Fraser & Peter Reinke 3 & 2
Ian Read & Nigel Goodall  2 & 1 Lennon Thurtell & Peter Chambers  
Jim Gilchrist & Richard Froebel   Derek Brown & Lee Oliver 1 up
Les Browne & Pat Giles 3 & 2 Kim Johansen & David Eley  
Michael Maher & Geoff Everett  1 up Daryl Bell & Mark Armstrong  
        INDIVIDUAL Australia                     6         INDIVIDUAL ADFGA                             6
Ian Read   Darryl Whitehead                             1 up
Geoff Everett  1 up David Schwartz  
Norm Way  6 & 5 Greg Fraser  
Alan Evans   Lennon Thurtell  5 & 4
Les Browne   Daryl Bell  3 & 2
Nigel Goodall  sq Peter Chambers  sq
Jim Gilchrist  sq Lee Oliver  sq
Pat Giles  3 & 1 Tony Wallace  
Michael Maher   Kim Johansen  3 & 1
Grahame MacDonald   Peter Reinke  4 & 3
Geoff Burke  5 & 4 Derek Brown  
Richard Froebel  6 & 4 Mark Armstrong  

The players listed above were selected in the teams for the inaugural Australian Seniors Golf Team versus the Australian Defence Force Golf Team. The competition was played in a Ryder Cup format over two days. The match began with Fourball and Foursomes games on the Monday and the Individual games on Tuesday morning.

The Australian Seniors team was selected using the Australian Order of Merit plus two 'Captains' picks. Those players that represented Australia against New Zealand, earlier in the year, stepped aside to allow others to have the opportunity to represent their country.

The 2007 event was held on the NSW north coast at the Tallwoods Golf Course who were very generous in providing the course for this event at a minimal cost. Tallwoods is an exclusive development between Forster and Taree and provides a championship course surrounded by properties to buy or for getaway golf holidays.

In recent years the Australian Defence Forces Golf Association (ADFGA) has participated in matches between the ADFGA team and teams from individual states. The ADF has played a NSWGA team for almost 20 years and more recently played against Queensland and Victorian representative teams. These events have proven to be a great golfing and social success.

This match against a national Seniors team will add further to the development of golf in our armed forces. It is expected this Australian Seniors vs the Australian Defence Forces will be an annual event with the venue rotating between NSW, Queensland and Victoria.

Shared accommodation (Sunday and Monday nights) at the Navy units in Forster