Genuine subtropical conditions tested golfers when they teed off in Dawnbusters action at Carpentaria Golf club on Australia Day. Photo: Cape York Weekly.
Players could have been forgiven for thinking they had teed off on an equatorial golf course when genuinely subtropical conditions greeted the Australia Day contingent of Dawnbusters in Weipa on Sunday.
Thirteen golfers vied for bragging rights, with Chelsea Buckley (63/17) taking clubhouse honours ahead of runner-up Dave Sands (54/18).
Buckley was surprisingly confident about her chances in next weekend’s round, despite her handicap taking a 19-stroke clip as a result of the victory.
Jim Lucas and Vivian Chan were the best on the day with the drivers, taking the men’s and women’s tee shot gongs respectively.
The weekly Hoffman’s was won by Beth Dall, but she did attribute her loss to the coaching of her husband, a finger pointing the Cape York Weekly can absolutely understand and support.
New players are invited to take on the back nine on 2 February, with the first group scheduled to get away at 6:30am.
