Recent Winners
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Peter Fryers (23) was winner of the Alan McHenry medal on 29th April with a score of 44.
Geoffrey Levingston (25) was winner of the John Cotter Medal on 1st April with a score of +3 Rich River winners- Grade A - Andrew Moule Grade B - Grahan Dowers Tom Dean (HC 24) was winner of the Jim Pallant Medal with a score of 68 on Tuesday 4th March. Yellow Ball Day Congratulations to Ronnie Chong, Alan Pilatti and Paul Paproth for winning the "Yellow Ball" day. on Tuesday 11th March. 40th Anniversary Golf Day Thanks to everyone for contributing to a great day for our "40th Anniversary Golf Day". For those interested you can see a summary of the results here. Club Champions 2025 Gross Winner - Leigh Coutie - 225 Runner-up - Andrew Moule - 237 Grade A Nett - Leigh Coutie - 193 Grade B Nett - Don Heath - 199 Putting - Jeff Ferguson - 90 Paul Hart was the winner of the Frank Hayes Summer Golf day trophy at Lang Lang with a score of 29. A tough day for most of us. Don Heath was the winner of the Peter Marburg Medal on Tue 4th Feb, with a score of 62 (HC 31). Congratulations to John Dyer for his hole in one at the 12th Hole on Tues 7th Jan. Gerard Wilson was the winner of the Richard Wearne Medal on Tue 7th Jan, with a score of 65 (HC 21). Well done to Richard Wearne, winner of the Summer Match Play, Terry Thomas Trophy. Bad luck to Frank Hayes, who beat some good players to reach the final. Details of past winners can be found here. |
Peter Fryers (left) accepting the Alan McHenry medal.
Bruce Freeman (right) awarded Life Membership with Paul Hart
John MacGregor (right) accepting the 9-Holer championship trophy from Terry Harrison
Ian McFarlane (left) accepting the 9-Holer Putting Trophy from Terry Harrison
Don Heath (left) accepting the 18-Holer Putting trophy from Alan McHenry
Andrew Moule (left) accepting the Gross Runner-Up plaque from Naresh Pankhania
Happy "Yellow Ball" winners
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About us
Golf Program
Scotchman's Creek Golf Club is a male only club comprising mainly of retirees. The club plays out of Malvern Valley Public Golf Course, which Stonnington Council operates and maintains.
18 Hole competition
Tuesday fields in the order of 50-60 players are common, whilst Friday entries usually range from 30-40. Tee off on both days is from first light until all are away, to suit the obligations of the Course Managers to the public and other user groups. There is also a separate 9 hole competition played on Tuesdays for those members who are getting older or are recovering from injury or illness (see below). A Thursday competition is also held commencing at approximately 10:30 am.
Members are encouraged to attend the Club rooms on Tuesdays after the game to foster friendships and gain first-hand knowledge of any announcements and information for the members. In addition to the presentation of winners' trophies and a generous quantity of ball prizes for both Friday and Tuesday competitions, there is an Almoner’s Report, clarification of Rules and social function updates.
A diverse and challenging Golfing Program is developed annually and includes several annual Championship Events and Seasonal Plates, Medal Days, occasional Novelty Events and inter-club competitions with other mens and ladies clubs.
Normal intra-club playing days are either Stroke, Stableford or Par competitions. Other formats such as 4 Ball Best Ball (4BBB), Ambrose & Chapman Pairs also are featured throughout the Program.
There are two annual Match Play Championship's for 32 qualifiers.
Furthermore, the Club regularly plays at other courses such as Waterford Valley, Lang Lang, Freeway and others. There is an annual trip away to a course such as Rich River on the Murray River.
In short, Members are fully challenged with a variety of golfing formats developed by the Match Committee within the disciplines of established playing Protocols.
18 Hole competition
Tuesday fields in the order of 50-60 players are common, whilst Friday entries usually range from 30-40. Tee off on both days is from first light until all are away, to suit the obligations of the Course Managers to the public and other user groups. There is also a separate 9 hole competition played on Tuesdays for those members who are getting older or are recovering from injury or illness (see below). A Thursday competition is also held commencing at approximately 10:30 am.
Members are encouraged to attend the Club rooms on Tuesdays after the game to foster friendships and gain first-hand knowledge of any announcements and information for the members. In addition to the presentation of winners' trophies and a generous quantity of ball prizes for both Friday and Tuesday competitions, there is an Almoner’s Report, clarification of Rules and social function updates.
A diverse and challenging Golfing Program is developed annually and includes several annual Championship Events and Seasonal Plates, Medal Days, occasional Novelty Events and inter-club competitions with other mens and ladies clubs.
Normal intra-club playing days are either Stroke, Stableford or Par competitions. Other formats such as 4 Ball Best Ball (4BBB), Ambrose & Chapman Pairs also are featured throughout the Program.
There are two annual Match Play Championship's for 32 qualifiers.
Furthermore, the Club regularly plays at other courses such as Waterford Valley, Lang Lang, Freeway and others. There is an annual trip away to a course such as Rich River on the Murray River.
In short, Members are fully challenged with a variety of golfing formats developed by the Match Committee within the disciplines of established playing Protocols.
9 Hole competition
The club provides a 9 hole competition played on Tuesdays for those members who are getting older or are recovering from injury or illness. Tee off time is approximately 7.15 am for the first group of four followed by groups as designated by the Marshall. The group plays the back nine holes of the course from the 10th tee. On most Tuesday’s there are between 15 and 20 players teeing off. The 9 holers have a representative on the General Committee of the Club.
The Group plays a Stableford competition each week. For handicapping the 9 Hole players use the golf link program based on the GA 9 Hole system. Each week there is a nearest the pin.
Each year in March the group plays a championship consisting of 3 weeks in a row. The winner of the
championship will be presented with the Dan Webb Memorial Trophy. The overall player of the year will be awarded the Masters Nine-Holer Champion Trophy.
The Group plays a Stableford competition each week. For handicapping the 9 Hole players use the golf link program based on the GA 9 Hole system. Each week there is a nearest the pin.
Each year in March the group plays a championship consisting of 3 weeks in a row. The winner of the
championship will be presented with the Dan Webb Memorial Trophy. The overall player of the year will be awarded the Masters Nine-Holer Champion Trophy.
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