ELEVEN-year-old Lachlan Smith, a junior member of the Ocean Grove Golf Club, had two rounds of golf last week, playing stableford, and came in with scores of 35 and 37 points.
Most golfers would be happy with these scores but what makes Lachlan’s even more remarkable is that they were played over only 12 holes.
His disappointment with his score of 35 was that he scrubbed the par three 11th hole.
If his score is equated to 18 holes he would have had scores of 47 and 49 points. Now any golfer will take that anytime. Needless to say Lachlan won the weekly competition.
Lachlan, a student at Surfside Primary School, last year represented his school in the State School Championships.
Playing in the District qualifier at East Geelong, Lachlan qualified in the top six to move onto the second round, which was played at Bacchus Marsh, a course he had never seen before and just missed out on qualifying for the final in Melbourne.
Lachlan is looking forward to representing his school again this year and has high hopes of going the next step. The whole club and Ocean Grove are all behind Lachlan in his endeavours.
He is looking forward to the upcoming District junior pennant season which starts next month.
Lachlan has dropped six strokes from his handicap.
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