News

The Country Championships were played at Bathurst GC on the 2nd, 3rd of November, 11 Districts participated and HRDGA came a creditable 3rd, well done to our team on a great effort. A full report will be entered on Representative Results soon.

The Col Johnson Shield was played at Aberdeen Golf Club on 26 27 October. Newcastle DGA and Hunter River DGA were joint winners. Scores and photo’s in Men’s District Results.

Sadly John Hayes, a well known Muswellbrook golfer passed away this morning. John played Pennants for Muswellbrook and represented the HRDGA on many occasions. Condolences to his family.

Very sad news, Bruce Rose a former Committeeman of the HRDGA passed away on Friday evening after a long battle with cancer. His funeral will be held on Wednesday 30th October at 11am in The Carriage House (the Chapel at the Vintage).

The NSW Country Championships will be held at Bathurst Golf Club on the 2nd and 3rd of November. The HRDGA team is: Josh Knott, Hayden Gulliver, Clayton Small, Will Fraser, Corey Lamb and Josh Fuller.

HRDGA District Championships full report  in Results : Mens District Results

The NSW Regional Championships were played at Newcastle GC on Sat 17th, Sun 18th of August, HRDGA were successful in winning both the Jim Baker and Sandy Cameron Shields.

Cory Lamb our local Junior from Branxton blitzed the field to win the 10th Richard Mercer Invitational at The Vintage Golf Club. Cory turned 8 under after nine holes and finished his round at 6 under par to beat all the Professionals that played in the event. Congratulations to Cory!!!

On Saturday and Sunday 27th and 28th July HRDGA played NDGA at Scone Golf Club, NDGA took out the 2 day Match 9.1/2 to 8.1/2. Congratulations to NDGA.

Scone Golf Club has reopened after a complete rebuild of the Course.

On Sunday the 14th of April the HRDGA played CCDGA in their annual match at KOOINDA WATERS GC. Full Report – Results – Men’s Rep. Results

Aberdeen GC won the Senior Pennant for the third time in a row defeating Branxton GC 2/1

A Grade Pennant Final – Branxton defeated The Vintage 3/2 B Grade Pennant Final – Cessnock defeated Maitland 2/1 C Grade Pennant Final – Maitland defeated Cessnock 2/1

Harry playing in a Junior Tournament in the ACT, at the Federal Golf Club played 36 holes in 36 degree heat, had his first hole in one, and also played the second round in two under Par. Great Golf Harry, this makes an excellent start to your 2019 season.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18BZhQZ5VsBCap3vfXC3pV54r1XqqRqM6?usp=sharingYoung Josh Fuller was successful in winning the Faldo Series World Qualifying Event held at Castle Hill Golf Club in Sydney. The event was played over 54 holes on Monday 10th, Tuesday 11th December, Josh recorded scores of 72 – 71 – 69  to take out the event winning by 2 strokes from prominent junior…Read more

Dylan, playing in his first event as a Professional Golfer finished 3rd in a strong field at the NSW Open.

Harry Atkinson a junior from Kurri golf club blitzes the field in the NSW PSSA Championships played at Camden Lakeside with a 1 over Par round yesterday and a magnificent 4 under Par today to take out the win by 15 shots. Harry will Captain the NSW PSSA team that will be playing in Victoria…Read more

The 2018 HRDGA Championships were held on Sunday 26th August at Singleton and Kurri Golf Club. A Grade winner was Clayton Small EL&G with 67, B grade winner was Daryl Sheppard from Branxton with 86, and C Grade was won by Dennis Wright from Cessnock with 95, congratulations to the other winners in each grade,…Read more

Corey Lamb WON the MJT International Players Championship hosted by the Maple Leaf Junior Tour at Jasper Park G.C. in Canada U.S.A. Corey was running second after 2 rounds posting scores of 73 72 and then blitzed the field with a final round of 65 to take out the 54 hole event. Congratulations Corey

Dylan Perry has played into the Match Play finals in the U.S. Amateur after carding 3 under Par at Pebble Beach

On Sunday the 5th of August the HRDGA Seniors Championship was held at East Leisure & Golf Club. The winner of the Ben Owen Trophy for best Scratch score was Grant Turner (The Vintage GC). Full report on the event in District Results.

New Rules for the game of golf commence on the 1st January 2019. New Rule books will be delivered to each Club prior to the start date.

The HRDGA entered a team in the JNJG Junior Am Ambrose played at Merewether today Monday 9th July. The team of Ian Atkinson, Harry Atkinson, Corey Lamb and Lachlan Charnock finished on 14 under par which was the best Scratch and the best nett score on the day. “Great effort by 3 Juniors and a…Read more

Harry Atkinson has won the under 13’s McCarthur Masters with a 2 over at Campbelltown and a 1 under at Cambden, a magnificent effort from young Harry to win over a strong Junior field, Harry is a Junior member of Kurri Golf Club. “Well done Harry”

Mel is very happy with the round played at Maitalnd G.C. on Sunday 29th April, happy with the roll up of 22 juniors, the number is increasing each month, all present enjoyed the day on the course, welcome to our new members. Congratulations to the winners: Seniors Scratch – Ethan, Seniors Nett – Owen, Juniors…Read more

The Junior pennant Final was played on Sunday 29th April at Kurri G.C. where The Vintage proved too strong for Maitland to take out the Pennant 3 matches to 2. Full story and photo in Pennant History 2018.

Last year Mel ran a very successful Golf Development Camp for Girls, this year Mel and Chad are planning the following: Boy’s Camp 17-18 July 2018     and     Girl’s Camp 19-20 July 2018 Both camps will be held at CYPRESS LAKES Golf Resort, which has generously allowed the full use of the members lounge,…Read more

Mel and Chad, the District Junior Golf Co-Ordinators are currently planning the “Junior Championships” to be held on the 17th of June at Singleton G.C., as information firms more information will be released. Mel and Chad are looking for a SPONSOR for the Championship event, any interested parties please contact Mel on the following email…Read more

19 juniors (including 4 new members) contested the day. Special mention to the 6 girls who played on the day, numbers are growing each time an event has been held. Congratulations to the following winners: Ainsley – Scratch winner Seniors, Jacob – R/up Seniors, Angus – Scratch winner Juniors, Bohdi – R/up Juniors, Lanna –…Read more

15 juniors attended and participated in the FOREKIDZ JOM golf day at Kurri on Sunday 25th February, 5 of the 14 were young girls and I was advised that they all enjoyed the format and the day overall. Congratulations to all of the winners: Senior Scratch – Oliver, Senior Nett – Zac, Junior Scratch –…Read more

Two of the Hunters junior golfers starred in the schoolboys event staged at Adelaide in the first week of December. Corey Lamb & Harry Atkinson won the two age division held, providing the District with two Australian Schoolboys title. To read more click here. And in late news Cameron Walton from Kurri has won a…Read more

Kurri junior Harry Atkinson blitzed the field at the NSW PSSA championships at Camden Lakeside early in September. Playing in high winds the 11 year shot a personal best of 77 for the first round, then followed it up with an 84 for a two round total 161, to win the event by 4 strokes….Read more