Rob McVean (nett 20) and Matt Byrne (nett 19) returned to the clubhouse with runner-up and winner bragging rights when 16 golfers contested Dawnbusters on 3 August. Photo: Supplied.
The field of 16 was confronted by an unusually cool Weipa morning when players picked up their clubs to challenge for Dawnbusters glory on 3 August.
There were some hot scores recorded off the stick, with Jamie Hutton (39), Matt Byrne (41) and Viv Chan (43) carding the best efforts.
The result was enough to deliver a nett 19 and victory for Byrne, who denied runner-up Rob McVean (46/20) the Dawnbusters winner’s polo shirt prior to leaving western Cape York in four weeks.
In his last 16 Sunday morning outings, Byrne has averaged 49 strokes.
Byrne was pleased with his win, despite it costing him 17 handicap strokes, and had some life advice for his fellow Dawnbusters.
“I woke up, showed up, and teed off like a legend,” he commented.
“Turns out sleep’s overrated when you are this good at golf.”
With a bit of luck, some of his golfing wisdom will rub off on Jon Dall, Mick Cerneka and Grant Crossley, who all carded disappointing rounds of 52 off the stick.
Chelsie Buckley and Laurie Turner bagged the women’s and men’s long drives for the day, while Scott Triffitt notched up his third nearest to the pin for the season with his tee shot on the 9th hole.
Julie Howard was the week’s Hoffman’s winner.
On 10 August, players will tackle the back nine, with new golfers welcome to join as the first group gets away from about 6:45am.
