The Women’s Holden Scramble continues to grow as a new club to the Holden Scramble hosts one of the biggest ladies fields in Women’s Holden Scramble history.
Green Acres Golf Club in Melbourne has never hosted a Holden Scramble before but that didn’t stop the members coming out in droves to get involved in the nation’s biggest and most successful teams event.
Simon Angliss, Director of Golf at Green Acres, said he was amazed at how well the new event was received. “We had about 115 ladies front up and they all had a ball. They absolutely loved it!”
The weather wasn’t looking good there for a while, however, as the ladies were sent out for the shotgun start in pouring rain, but Angliss ensures everyone still thoroughly enjoyed the event. “Yeah it was a great day, it was raining at the start and there were a few skeptical faces but once they got out there, the sun came out and it turned into a fantastic day.”
Green Acres ended up hosting the biggest Women’s Holden Scramble in Victoria, which is an extraordinary achievement considering it was a members’ only event. Angliss points to the strong membership base as a major reason. “All the players were members. We have a pretty big ladies membership here, which is great so we run a members only event.”
Angliss also adds another contributor to the success of the day was the additional support provided by the local sponsoring dealer, Ralph D’Silva Holden. “Yeah, we had a representative from Ralph D’Silva Holden come out on the day and he ran the presentations and mingled with the ladies, which was great”, says Angliss. “They were there again for our mixed Holden Scramble at the end of May”.
The year of the Scramble seems to have taken over even more clubs, with Mullumbimby Golf Club on NSW’s North coast hosting their first ever Women’s Holden Scramble at the end of May. Head Professional, Nicole Picken, said it was a great day. “I’m really thrilled with the numbers we got. We around 50 players, the weather was fine and the signage was all up and looked great, so it turned out to be a great day.”
Mullumbimby also had the support of their local Holden Dealer, Carsburg Holden, who has been a supporter of Holden Scrambles in the area for many years. “They’re great”, says Picken, “Tony Carsburg was there to do presentations and they put on a lunch afterwards for their players.”
The winning teams from the Women’s Holden Scramble will progress through to the Women’s Holden Scramble State Final in their respective states, where they will be joined by a PGA Professional to make a team of five and compete for a spot in the Championship Final, held at Twin Waters Golf Club and Novotel Twin Waters Resort in December.
The Holden Scramble continues to grow, with more clubs and players getting involved every week, so make sure you’re a part of Australia’s biggest and most successful Pro-amateur golf team’s event!
Want to be involved in a Women’s Holden Scramble? Contact the PGA Events Division on (03) 8320 1999 or email us at holdenscramble@pga.org.au