Arabian Ranches Golf Club Championships 2011
The seventh edition of the Club Championship was always going to deliver an interesting result, for the first time ever the Championship was wide open with no clear favourite as Four Time defending Champion John Mills was no longer taking part.
On a weekend where the weather was as unpredictable as the Golf Gary Swan emerged as Men’s Champion and Adele McKelvey as Ladies Champion respectively at Arabian Ranches Golf Club on Saturday, 16th April, 2011. A field of 124 players competed in the 2nd and final round of the Club’s 7th Annual Club Championships.
Xavier Farrington headed into the final day with a three shot lead over Tony Dougherty, however by the twelfth hole his lead had disappeared and as a result set up a four way battle for the Championship between Farrington, Swan, Dougherty and Lachlan. The Championship once again delivered a nail biting finish with all four men still in with a chance of victory as the final hole approached.
The leader through 35 holes was eventual Seniors Champion Iain Lachlan who approached the final green with a one shot advantage but walked away with a triple bogey seven for a final score of 154 leaving the fait of the title in the hands of Swan, Farrington & Dougherty playing in the final group. After Lachlan’s unfortunate finish Gary Swan had a one shot lead on the final hole and stuck his approach shot to 20 feet and secured his first Championship with a fantastic two putt.
In the Ladies Division roles were reversed from the 2010 Championship as Adrienne Fullerton the defending Champion was unable to hold on to her title. Eventual Champion Adele McKelvey was tied for the lead with Adrienne going down the final hole and managed to secure her fifth Championship when she tapped in for a par against Fullerton’s double bogey.
Oliver Coulter won the Junior Championship with a brilliant gross 77, what made his score even more remarkable was that he played off a 12 handicap. The Junior Net Title was won by Aryaan Kumar with 73.
Andy Burrow, Club Captain – conducted the Prize Presentation and thanked everyone associated with the weekend and all for participating, all winners were presented with their trophies.
Prize Listing
Division B Net Runner up – Faraz Haider 74 + 73 = 147
Division A Net Runner up – Shane Callaghan 74 + 71 = 145
Division B Net Winner – Mark Evans 74 + 69 = 143
Division A Net Winner – Owen Mills 74 + 70 = 144
Junior Net Champion – Aryaan Kumar 73
Seniors Net Champion – Bob Fletcher 70 + 76 = 146
Ladies Net Champion – Adrienne Fullerton 72 + 71 = 143
Third – Xavier Farrington 73 + 81 = 154
Runner up – Doug McLennan 78 + 76 = 154
Junior Champion – Oliver Coulter 77
Seniors Champion – Iain Lachlan 77 + 77 = 154
Ladies Champion – Adele McKelvey 82 + 85 = 167
Men’s Champion – Gary Swan 77 + 76 = 153
