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The Sir Dallas Brooks Trophy and Victorian Men's & Women's Foursomes Championships kicked off this morning at the pristine Metropolitan Golf Club.
Leading the charge in the Sir Dallas Brooks field are Heidi & Andrew Haringcaspel from Settlers Run & Peninsula-Kingswood respectively, assuming the top qualifying position after shooting a solid nett 71.5.
Finishing just half a stroke back on nett 72 were the pair of Andy Cheng (Spring Valley) & Jane Zhang (Rosanna).
A further 14 pairs on the next best nett scores secured their spots into the knock-out match play rounds which will be played on Wednesday through to the final on Friday.
Commonwealth duo Caleb Bovalina & Danika Coyne recorded the best gross score of the day with 74 off the stick to claim both the Sir Dallas Brooks 18-hole prize and the Victorian Mixed Foursomes title awarded to the leading amateur pair.
Aiden Didone (Metropolitan) & George Worrall (Kingston Heath) were victorious in the Victorian Men’s Foursomes Championship with a remarkable score of 66 off the stick.
The pair set up the win with an astonishing front nine 29 and ultimately finished two clear of Kyle Michel (Shepparton) & Blake Collyer (Metropolitan).
The Men’s Australasian Shield for the best club/district pair went to Peninsula-Kingswood duo Harrison Gilbert & Matthew McCole who finished with 74.
Taylah Robinson (Southern) & Jazy Roberts (Belvoir Park) dominated in the Victorian Women’s Foursomes Championship, carding 80 off the stick to win by 10 shots.
In the nett sections, Matthew Buckle (Royal Melbourne) & Glen Van Dyk (Peninsula-Kingswood) were the best in the men’s section with a nett 66.5 while Wendy Ji (Eastern) & Zehra Stewart (Green Acres) were the best in the women’s field with nett 77.
Click here for full results for the Sir Dallas Brooks Trophy and click here for Men’s and Women’s Foursomes results.
Click here for tournament photo gallery.