Army wins ACT interservice tournament
Volume 11, No. 55, November 02, 2006

Top performers: The Army team celebrates at the 19th hole after taking the ACT Interservice Golf Series at Mollymook.

ARMY recovered from an early setback to win the ACT Interservice Golf Series for the first time since 2000 at Mollymook on the NSW South Coast from October 23-27.

Army golf representative Col Tony Wallace said this year’s event continued the tradition of close matches between the three teams, with the result decided on the 20th green of the last match between Navy and Air Force.

“In the first match, in which Army lost narrowly to Air Force by five matches to 6.5, the result could have gone either way, with a number of close matches before the top-seeded match was decided on the first extra hole,” he said.

“Army needed a big win against Navy to keep their hopes alive in the series. The team order was reshuffled and this helped Army to record one of the biggest wins in the tournament’s history, beating Navy nine matches to 2.5.”

Air Force might have secured the title by defeating Navy in the final match and for most of the day Air Force held the upper hand before a late rally by Navy that sent the second-seeded match to extra holes.

AB Glen Petersen sank a tricky downhill 7m putt on the 20th hole to give Navy victory over Air Force.

The biggest green-side cheers came from the Army team because Navy’s victory over Air Force (6.5 to five) meant that Army were the interservice champions.