Don Lawrence Trophy report
The 30th running of the Society’s Don Lawrence Trophy was held in delightful afternoon weather at Woodlands GC on 22nd April. A field of 32 players competed in 4BBB Stableford for the trophy, inaugurated in 1996 to honour Don Lawrence, an esteemed golf journalist, foundation member and past President of the Golf Society.Players included GSA members and guests. After 18 holes of golf, players gathered in Woodlands’ member’s bar. Guest Judy Bull from Commonwealth GC spoke of her memories of Don and his great contribution to golf journalism in the daily newspapers in Melbourne over several decades. Don specialised in covering golf and tennis, first for The Age and later for The Herald.Judy recalled the Marrum Cup meeting at Barwon Heads in 1973 where Don and his fellow “Gang of 3” journalists – Peg McMahon of The Age and Di Gatehouse of The Sun – reported on the golf and joined in the social events surrounding this historic team’s event for amateur women golfers. Judy said Don was among the first to join an after-golf trip on Bettine Burgess’s boat to go fishing for flathead.The Woodlands event was organised by GSA committee member Marty Maguire, who thanked competitors and Woodlands GC for the club’s hospitality.Trophy winners: John Mann & Simon Hibbins (41 pts c/b)Runners-up: Mango Maguire & Marty Maguire (41 pts)Best member and guest: Andrew Thomson & Richard Briggs (44 pts)Best front 9: Thomson & Briggs (22pts c/b)Best back 9: Rod Hiscox & Bruce Sutherland (22 pts c/b)NTPs: John Kelly, Sam ForsythLong drives: Stella Cugley, Paul Ansell
This event honours the great Don Lawrence an Inaugural committee member and Past President of the Golf Society
For more about Don’s significant career click the link below
https://golfsocietyaust.com/wp-content/uploads/about-Don-Lawrence.pdf
2024 Winners: Sam Forsyth and Ben Jarvis
Don Lawrence Trophy winners John Mann and Simon Hibbins with Marty Maguire
Runners Up Mango and Marty Maguire
