WADA Golf

WADA GOLF 2021 Golf Season

WADA Golf Spring Cup

The annual WADA Golf Spring Cup was held in September at the Vines Resort, Ellenbrook. The Lakes Course was host to 27 keen golfers vying for the perpetual trophy and prizes donated by our major corporate sponsor Dentsply-Sirona. Once again, the weather gods provided us with an outstanding day for golf. An early lunch in the Greenside Café was followed by a challenging 18 holes on the championship members’ course. The site of various international tournaments over the years, including the Johnny Walker Classic and Heineken Classic, The Lakes Course is a stern test with considerable water in play. In a closely fought contest, David Owen from Swan Valley Dental Laboratory secured the win with a fine score of 37 points, from Stuart Bowden on 36 points. A countback was required to separate three players for third place, with Garry Bishop from Health Practice Brokers pipping Paul Tan and Jane McCarthy on 35-points. Post-match presentations and hospitality were enjoyed by all. We were joined for the afternoon by representatives of Dentsply-Sirona in Russel Redpath and Craig Botes. Subsequently, Dentsply product representatives Becky Yates and Leanne Patrick joined the group to award the Dentsply-Sirona trophy and celebrate with the various winners of the day. As always, our thanks are extended to our corporate partners for their support of WADA Golf.

Nearest the pin and overall prize winners were:

Dentsply-Sirona NTP 4th hole Russel Redpath The Health Link NTP 7th hole Michael Welten Swan Valley Dental Lab NTP 13th hole Charles Angliss Health Practice Brokers NTP 16th hole Paul Tan

WADA Golf Longest drive 18th hole Charles Angliss

Individual competition winners:

1st David Owen Dentsply-Sirona Spring Cup

2nd Stuart Bowden

3rd Garry Bishop

Lake Karrinyup

The final fixture of the year was held at the spectacular Lake Karrinyup Country Club, where a large field of 39 golfers gathered to contest the ADA Cup, sponsored by David Owen from Swan Valley Dental Laboratory. This is a long-standing trophy, dating back to 1936, which is contested as a stroke event, with the winner determined by the best net score. Fast greens and windy conditions meant scoring was difficult with only six players managing a net score playing to their handicap or better. Russell Gordon proved the best gross score golfer of the day with an impressive 79 shots off the stick, and a competitive net score of 70. This was only enough to secure third place in the overall ADA Cup competition with Jay Vaddagiri and Stu Phillips each posting fantastic net scores of 69 strokes. On a countback, Stu was determined a worthy winner of the ADA Cup.

Results for the day were as follows:

WADA 3rd hole long drive Patrick Douglas Health Practice Brokers NTP 5th hole Stu Phillips Dentsply Sirona NTP 8th hole Alex Leggat Healthlinc NTP 12th hole Garry Bishop WADA NTP in two 14th hole Russell Gordon

Swan Valley Dental Lab NTP 17th hole Nav Mahendran

Individual competition winners:

Best gross scorer ADA Cup winner Second

Third

Russell Gordon

Stu Phillips Jay Vaddagiri Russell Gordon

The evening concluded with presentation of the Cec White Trophy, the winner determined by an aggregate of results over the eight WADA Golf events during the year. In an historic first for WADA Golf, Jane McCarthy became the first ever female winner of the trophy, having completed a consistent season of golf, posting: a first; two second place finishes; a third; and a fourth for the seven events she contested. Congratulations Jane and we hope this inspires all female dental golfers to come forward and join our group for the season ahead.

We have been fortunate to have financial support from several corporate sponsors throughout the year and once again thank Brad Potter from The Healthlinc, Russell Redpath and team from Dentsply-Sirona, Garry Bishop from Health Practice Brokers and David Owen from Swan Valley Dental Laboratory for their support of WADA Golf.

Country Trip

The annual country trip saw 26 intrepid WADA golfers embark on a three-day golfing extravaganza of the beautiful Dunsborough region. A diverse group, ranging in age from late 20s to mid 70s, took part in four rounds of golf to determine the winner of the Captain’s trophy for best overall golfer, together with the Busselton Cup for the best score for the 36 holes played on day two of the trip. Our opening game at Busselton Golf Course was a challenging round with heavy rain and strong winds confronting the group over the first nine. Winner of the day was Keenan Inderjeeth with an outstanding 36 stableford points. The next day saw an early start for 36 holes of golf at Dunsborough Lakes Golf Club. The rain had passed, but the wind remained strong. Russell Gordon and Ian McCarrey both played two consistent rounds and could not be separated in determining the winner of the 36hole Busselton Cup. The reward for a long day on the golf course was provided by a wonderful dinner that night. The final day required a short trip to Capel Golf Club for the last round, and to determine the overall winner of the Captain’s Cup for the best 72-hole score. Playing in reverse order of merit, the final group comprised Russell Gordon leading the way with Keenan Inderjeeth four shots behind, Stu Phillips a further five shots adrift and Dean Martin an unlikely two shots further back. The competition was intense between the two front runners with the overall lead changing numerous times throughout the round. Word spread to the remaining group that a close finish was at hand and a memorable finish was witnessed with Keenan failing to sink a five foot putt to ensure the two leaders finished in a tie. Russell had played a terrific round for 36 stable points, with Keenan scoring a superb 40 stableford points, requiring an extra hole sudden death tie breaker. Nerves and the gathered crowd may have been a factor in both players inexplicably hitting their tee shots into the trees. Remarkably, both shots ricocheted back to the fairway. Despite Keenan having an additional handicap shot on this hole, all seemed lost when he failed to capitalise on his good fortune and sent his second shot back into the trees, with the ball coming to rest on a difficult lie with limited access to the green. Russell settled over his second shot and played a delightful high draw to the middle of the green. The outcome now seemed obvious with Keenan playing from the deep rough. However, he managed to progress his third shot to the fringe of the green. Whilst Keenan lined up his fourth shot, Russell waited anxiously for his opportunity to putt. Keenan settled over a lengthy 30-foot putt from off the green. To the disbelief of all, the ball tracked to the flag and disappeared into the hole for a most unlikely par. The small but vocal crowd erupted. Russell, despite giving a shot away to Keenan on the hole, still had a chance to sink his 10-foot putt to tie the hole. Alas it was not to be and Keenan was deemed the winner after an extraordinary effort by both golfers.

Final overall results

1st Keenan Inderjeeth 2nd Russell Gordon

3rd Dean Martin

Thanks to David Owen from Swan Valley Dental Laboratory for his generous sponsorship of the country trip.

Good golfing,

Michael Whitford

WADA Golf Captain

dentalgolf@gmail.com