Jon Dall was the Dawnbusters winner for 19 January when a field of 16 golfers teed off in pleasant conditions at Carpentaria Golf Club. Photo: Cape York Weekly.
They say all good things come at a cost, and that was certainly the case when Jon Dall swapped a narrow victory for a pummelling by the handicap gods when a field of 16 teed off at Carpentaria Golf Club on 19 January.
Unusually pleasant conditions greeted golfers for the weekly instalment of Dawnbusters, with Dall carding 52 off the stick to take the winner’s chocolates with a nett 18, and relegate Scott Andrews (44/19) to runner-up.
Dall attributed his win to “spectacular accountancy” and a handicap bigger than anyone else in the field – a handicap spectacularly slashed by 18 strokes after the dust settled on the course.
Peter Kelly and Chelsea Buckley impressed with the big sticks to win the men’s and women’s long drive prizes.
No one had their short game dialled in, meaning nearest to the pin bragging rights went unclaimed.
Beth Dall took out the coveted Hoffman’s crown for the round.
Golfers will challenge themselves against the front nine on Australia Day, with the first playing group scheduled to get away from about 6:30am.
