Otepää GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS WERE HELD ON AUGUST 9-10
GOLF CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS is the club’s most prestigious competition of the season. It determines the club’s best players. In the Open Championships, players from Estonian Golf & Country Club, Niitvälja Golf, and Estonian Tour Players Club competed against the club’s members.
Men for OGCC Championship Title HCP 0-26.0
I Indrek Turmen 178 Club Champion
II Marten Türk 185
III Siimeon Elias Pilli 192
13-year-old Enso Saar, the sole competitor in the Boys U15 category, finished one stroke behind Marten Türk, the silver medalist in the Men’s category, and was 6 strokes ahead of Siimeon Elias Pilli, who took bronze.
Women for OGCC Championship Title HCP 0-26.0
I Teele Paalme 196 Club Champion
II Karmen Turk 200
III Liisi Haggi 217
Senior Men
I Raul Koni 201 Club Champion
II Peip Reedi 205
III Toomas Murulo 207
The open event was won by Andre Laine 184 (Estonian Golf & Country Club), and second place went to Teet Anier 187 (Niitvälja Golf).
Senior Women
I Reet Dalberg 205
II Aire Siim 208
III Signe Tsernjavski 211
Veteran Men
I Carl Orav Club Champion 201
II Kuldar Kruuda 203
III Tiit Salum 207
The open event was won by Toomas Kull 186 (Estonian Golf & Country Club)
Boys U12
I Georg Andreas Tsernjavski 195 Club Champion
Martin Pedari 287 participated in the open event.
Boys U16
Enso Saar 186 Club Champion
A key principle of open competitions is to allow club players with higher handicaps to participate in the club’s most significant annual event, cheer on the championship contenders, and experience the sporting excitement of the championships.
Combined Category
I Timmo Krull 82 pts
II-III Margus Kivi 80 pts and Tambet Luha 80 pts
The next championship event, organized this time by the Estonian Golf Association, will take place next weekend in Pärnu: the Estonian Inter-Club Championships. Otepää Golf & Country Club has entered men’s, women’s, and senior men’s teams. For our club, this marks our sixth participation in the Inter-Club Championships.
Otepää Golf & Country Club began its operations in 2020, following an amendment to the Estonian Golf Association’s statutes that permitted the registration of one club per 9 holes for each golf course (instead of one club per 18 holes).
This amendment to the statutes was significant, leading to natural market competition among clubs. Overnight, all clubs had to re-engage with their members and determine what genuine value they could offer.
Creating competition for “monopoly clubs” led to an increase in club membership across all regions of Estonia.
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