ABInBev Monthly Medal series off to popular start

Golf
A good turn-out of 73 players entered for the first tournament in the series.
Andrew Poolman
  • 2 Months Ago - 2024-02-06 00:00:00
The Windhoek Golf Club proudly hosted the first of eight ABInBev monthly medal competitions last weekend. The WGC has extended a very warm thanks to the new sponsor ABInBev for their support and for making this series event possible.
The medal series will be used to determine the club’s Medal champion of the year. The competitors qualify for the Tournament of Champions at the end of the year, where the best 24 players are split into two groups of twelve and compete over 54 holes.
Seventy-three players participated, which is a good turnout.
The abbreviated results for the ABInBev Monthly Medal for February:

Overall winner
1 Olavi Hamutumwa (83 gross, minus 16 handicap index, equals 67 nett)

A DIVISION (handicap index less than 13)
1 Burger Bergh, gross 81, handicap 12, nett 69.
2 Charles Lohmann, gross 74, handicap 2, nett 72.
3 Gavin van Wyk, gross 82, handicap 10, nett 72.
4 Wilfred Lohmann, gross 75, handicap 2, nett 73.
5 Fanie Oosthuizen, gross 85, handicap 12, nett 73.

B DIVISION (handicap index 13-19)
1 Andreas Shoombe, gross 90, handicap 18, nett 72.
2 Melt van Schoor, gross 88, handicap 14, nett 74.
3 Aldo Beukes, gross 90, handicap 16, nett 74.
4 Etienne Brits, gross 91, handicap 17, nett 74.
5 Quintin Esterhuizen, gross 93, handicap 18, nett 75.

C DIVISION (handicap index 18.9 )
1 Marten Kapewasha, gross 93, handicap 19, nett 74.
2 Mike Beavis, gross 94, handicap 19, nett 75.
3 Heinrich Schmidt, gross 99, handicap 24, nett 75.

LADIES DIVISION
1 Ester Emvula, gross 106, handicap 34, nett 72.
2 Natasja Louw, gross 99, handicap 26, nett 73.
3 Sesilia Nkoshi, gross 108, handicap 34, nett 74.
4 Hansina Hinda, gross 97, handicap 21, nett 76.
5 Celonika Robinson, gross 96, handicap 17, nett 79.
Nearest-to-the-pin prizes were won by Stefanus van der Merwe (hole 3), Gavin van Wyk (hole 9), Justin Mwamba (hole 13) and Walter Bredenhann (hole 17).
Three lucky draws were also on offer, sponsored by Fanie Oosthuizen of World of Hygiene & Namibia Hospitality. Thank you!
• This coming weekend, the club will host the annual Federation Pairs competition sponsored by Safety Kit. It is a 54-hole competition comprising of betterball, foursomes and combined formats.