{"id":2042,"date":"2025-09-01T04:09:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T04:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.murraydistrictgolf.com.au\/cms\/?p=2042"},"modified":"2025-09-01T04:09:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T04:09:38","slug":"blue-skies-for-culcairn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.murraydistrictgolf.com.au\/cms\/2025\/09\/blue-skies-for-culcairn\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Skies for Culcairn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The weather was perfect for a great day of golf at the Culcairn Golf Club&#8217;s annual tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Even the MDGA president Stephen Kishere wasn&#8217;t slow in getting behind the event. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murraydistrictgolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250810_083701-e1756699014323-287x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.murraydistrictgolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250810_083701-e1756699014323-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/www.murraydistrictgolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250810_083701-e1756699014323.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Travis Merritt and Daniel Lee took it to the 19th for a decider, with Daniel emerging as the final victor.<\/p>\n<p>Todd Le Grand didn&#8217;t win fashion on the green, but he should have. His plus fours outfit provided a touch of class to the day.<\/p>\n<p>Young gun Oliver Nelson gave a clear demonstration of what the future of golf in the MDGA will look like.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Open Scratch &#8211; 1st Daniel Lee 69 after a play-off; 2nd Travis Merritt 69; 3rd Oliver Nelson 73<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A Grade Stableford &#8211; 1st Russell Jones 39; 2nd Justin Knott 34; 3rd Don Mills 32<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">B Grade &#8211;\u00a01st Rino Feltrin 36; 2nd Ken Primmer 35; 3rd Fred Ford 34; 4th Andrew Neilson 32 on a countback<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">C Grade &#8211; 1st Cameron Knust 38; 2nd Malcolm Holland 36; 3rd John Maugh 35; 4th Tony Nelson 34 on a countback<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2031\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murraydistrictgolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Daniel-Lee-Travis-Merritt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"244\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2034\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murraydistrictgolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Travis-Merritt-284x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"300\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2033\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murraydistrictgolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Todd-Le-Grand-300x255.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2032\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murraydistrictgolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Junior-e1756699384991-271x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.murraydistrictgolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Junior-e1756699384991-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/www.murraydistrictgolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Junior-e1756699384991-923x1024.jpg 923w, https:\/\/www.murraydistrictgolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Junior-e1756699384991-768x852.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.murraydistrictgolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Junior-e1756699384991.jpg 1312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weather was perfect for a great day of golf at the Culcairn Golf Club&#8217;s annual tournament. 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