25/08/2026
500 PLAYERS OVER 3 PARFECT DAYS IN QUILPIE
Dear Golfers,
ALOHA!
On behalf of the Quilpie Golf Club I would like to sincerely thank you for participating in this year’s Quilpie Open Carnival.
Our small volunteer club worked tirelessly to coordinate this event and we hope you had as much fun as we did.
The 3 day carnival was an outstanding success as we entertained 500 players from all over this great country.
Festivities got underway on Friday lunchtime for our Meet and Greet round and it was a honour-lulu to have you there. 100 golfers familiarised themselves with the silky smooth sand greens and then it was time for the $500.00 Putting Puttacular at the 19th hole, which was won by our local member Ron Francis.
236 players assembled on Saturday morning for our Social Saturday Shenanigans and it didn’t disappoint. This is our signature event as we encourage participation, mingling and good vibes.
The Quilpie Golf Club has forged some very strong partnerships with our sponsors and this guarantees a plethora of trophies
Major Prize Winners -
Hole No 2 NTP Won by Mick Griffiths
Hole No 7 NTP Won by Monique Light
Hole No 11 NTP Won by Will Walton & Glen Andrews - too close to call
Hole No 18 NTP Won by Brayth Burns
Hole No 10 LADIES LONG DRIVE Won by Kim Hansen
Hole No 5 MENS LONG DRIVE Won by Ashton Bolam
Best Dressed Team - Never in doubt! Team Moana from Longreach
Best Gross - Keegan Ferguson, Ryan Pallasier, Justin Silvester & Kohan Anderson- Mitchell
R/up Gross -Ron Hohn, Daniel Hohn, Phil Burns & Brayth Burns
Best Nett- David Giesemann, David Meara, Oscar Meara and Scott Travers
$10,000.00 LUCKY DOOR PRIZE- TRIP FOR 4 to HAWAII won by Darren & Lizette Waldron, Anthony & Trudy Wollaston
$10.000.00 Cornerstone Risk Group Helicopter Ball Drop was won by MAREE HARRIS - I bet she is flying high!
154 players nominated for the 2026 Quilpie Open, for what was the biggest tournament in our history. ( Social Saturday was responsible for a few late withdrawals)
No 2 NTP won by Bart Turner
No 7 NTP won by Steve Walker
No 10 Ladies Long Drive won by Amanda Watson
No 11 NTP won by Grant Marchant
No 18 NTP won by Rich Higgins
No 5 Men’s Long Drive won by Ashton Bolam
LADIES BEST GROSS 83 won by Sally Hansen
LADIES BEST NETT 65 won by Lyn Capewell
LADIES R/up BEST GROSS Kim Hansen
LADIES R/up BEST NETT Glenda Eckel
MENS BEST GROSS 8 under Par 62 - Ashton Bolam - A NEW COURSE RECORD!
MENS BEST NETT- Bart Turner
A GRADE GROSS - Phil Burns
A GRADE NETT - Mark Mayfield
B GRADE BEST GROSS - Jesse Short
B GRADE BEST NETT - Lewis Usher
C GRADE GROSS - Darrel Capewell
C GRADE NETT - Roger Volz
LUCKY DOOR PRIZE - 2 nights in a 1 Bedroom apartment at Q1 Resort & Spa
Surfers Paradise- WON BY ROB HANSEN - Barcaldine
Our team always endeavours to improve things from year to year , so we promise the 2027 edition will be a finely tuned operation.
We hope to see you back on August 13, 14 & 15 next year!
Mark it in your calendar and please FOLLOW the Quilpie Golf Club page to keep up to date with all the happenings.
Ciao
Bruce Paulsen
The Golf Father
President Quilpie Golf Club
