Golf Articles

A big congratulations to husband & wife duo Sharon & Riley on becoming members 1000 & 1001.

We had a special visit from them to collect their prize pack this week. 

Make sure you give our winners a wave when you see them out on the course! 

Congratulations to Janice Thomas who won the 2024 Grandmothers Trophy.

Janice had a great score of 42 stableford points.

Well done Janice!

Our Div 1 Matchplay team had a great win down at Moonah Links on Monday in stunning autumn conditions.

The team of Lisa McConville -Brain, Annette Coombes, Connie Beckett, Jenny Low & Kate Philip won 3/2 over Rosebud. 

Congratulations ladies.

Click HERE for the results and standings.

ROUND 2

The MGC Division 3 Matchplay Team had another superb victory in the Peninsula Midweek Matchplay. 

They defeated Flinders 4.5 -0.5.

Well done ladies.

Click HERE to view the results and ladder. 

ROUND 1

Our Division 3 Matchplay team played their 1st Round on Monday at Mt Martha against The Valley and won 3 – 2.

Noel Kimpton and Christine Tunbridge had fantastic wins, Maureen Conlon and Janine Bone drew their matches and Heather Mushet had an unfortunate loss

Well done ladies, a great start!

The 1st Tee – Craig Corfield, Craig Murdoch, Michael Faraone and Dave Cornell

Michael in some trouble on 18 – made Par

The famous Faraone Finish….

Michael with President, Gary Millen

When Michael Faraone informed us that he was resigning from his position as Club Professional, the Board asked him how he would like to farewell the members.

Michael had a simple request, to play a “final” round with the members on a Saturday.  

Saturday 20 April was set as the day we would Farewell Faraone.  The weather was perfect, and the field was full, Michael was ready to play.  Michael was playing with past Captain, Craig Corfield, Past President, Dave Cornell and GM, Craig Murdoch.

At presentations, Craig Corfield, Rob Cooper and President, Gary Millen said some very special words about Michael’s wonderful 17 year tenure at the Club.  The Board decided to award Michael the very special honour of Honorary Membership at MGC. Michael made an emotionally charged, heartfelt speech to thank the Club for the gift and the members for their support.  Michaels wife Julie and his kids were there to watch the presentations, which was lovely to see. 

It was a very special moment and the end of a very special era at Mornington Golf Club.

Thank you, good luck and farewell Michael, you will be missed.

Congratulations to Lisa McConville-Brain who shot an amazing Nett 68 to win the Ladies April Medal by 5 shots from Jenny Low!

Great score Lisa, well done!

Please click HERE to view the 2024 President’s Trophy Draw

Click HERE to view the Terms of the Competition

We won the Flag!!!!

Congratulations to our Men’s Pennant Team on their fantastic victory over Cerberus in the GPV Division 2 Final played at Moonah Links on Sunday.

The boys capped a brilliant season by securing a huge 5.5 to 1.5 win. Well done to all players who contributed throughout the season and to our Pennant Manager, Paul Hedger for his efforts through the season, ably assisted by Mike Iredale and others.

Thanks to our team sponsors Twin Bays Painting and  Tar Barrel Brewery and Distillery .

The team enjoyed an open bar back at the Club on Sunday night to celebrate their win.

Brilliant stuff lads!!

Craig Murdoch
GENERAL MANAGER

Dear Members

Club Captain, John Howell has prepared his very first Captain’s Corner.

Please click HERE to view this edition.

Craig Murdoch
GENERAL MANAGER

The 2024 Tee up for Cancer Charity Day was an amazing success from start to finish.

We had 130 ladies playing in this hugely popular event from all over Victoria and the day started with pre shotgun start refreshments.

There were lots of fun things set up around the course including a champagne and cheese tee, a tee shot from the pro, Michael Faraone, nearest the pins, mulligans and more. 

The day would not have been possible without the very generous donations from hundreds of business around Australia. Thank you so much to each and every one of you.  The list of Donors can be viewed HERE.

A massive amount of planning and organisation goes into this day and it would not run so smoothly and we would not raise anywhere near as much money as we do without the incredible efforts from Marg Hancock and her Charity Day Committee.  You have done the Club proud, once again.  Well done ladies.  

The team of volunteers that help throughout the day deserve a special mention as well. Your assistance with raking bunkers and ball spotting go a long way to ensure the success of the day. Thank you all.

We had a trading table, silent auctions, loud auctions ran by special guest auctioneer, Brenda Atkin, raffles and donations on course.  The final amount raised for this day is still to be confirmed but we are closing in on a magical $24,500 figure.  A sensational amount raised for Cancer Council Victoria and valuable funds to be used to beat this horrible disease. 

The golf, as always, is secondary to the fund raising but we had some wonderful scores and congratulations to all the winners.

Well done everyone!

Craig Murdoch 
GENERAL MANAGER