2024 Lexus of Brighton Golf Invitational - Metropolitan Golf Club

The Lexus Brighton Golf Invitational was held at the beautiful Metropolitan Golf Club under cool, windy and sometimes rainy conditions. Despite the weather, we managed to have a 100% turn out which was a fantastic result.

In the end, just over a shot separated the top four teams. The third placed team of Wendy Pullar, Patrick Farrell, Carol Li & Tony Cui were lucky to pip another team on a count back when they both finished with nett 58.37. That said, they didn't have it all their own way as they bogeyed their very first hole of the day. They were quickly able to right things with a birdie on their next hole and steady golf from there on allowed them to claim third place. The runners up also started with a bogey and after a few steadying pars, they put together four birdies in the space of five holes to race up the leaderboard. Coming down to their last three holes, they were still in with a chance to take out first place, but an untimely bogey meant they would have to settle for second on nett 57.25. Well played, Mark Ross, Ian Vague, Chris Minas & Frank Mascaro. The eventual winners would sneak over the line by just 0.13 of a shot with nett 57.12 and in contrast to the other place getters, they started strongly with three birdies in a row. They would go on to shoot the lowest score of the day, a fantastic eight under par, but if it hadn't been for birdies on their last two holes, they would not have even finished on the podium. Congratulations, Paul Diviny, Harris Diviny, Jamie Harris & Chris McKenzie. For the full results from the day, please click on the button below - 'Download All Results'.

The on course charity event raised $5,150 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and special thanks go to Tracey for donating her time. Geraldine was on the 1st hole with Flightscope - for a collection of swings, please see the video below:

Twenty three guests also took part in the beginner golf lessons with the local golf professionals. Congratulations to the following winners:

Putting Winner - Sherry Zhang

Putting Runner Up - Susan Davidson

Chipping Winner - Rohit Gupta

Chipping Runner Up - Bing Deng

The opportunity to go to the Lexus Melbourne Cup and play The Royal Melbourne Golf Club was drawn at the end of the day and Scott Steer was the lucky winner. Scott will have the opportunity to attend LANDMARK by Lexus for the running of the Lexus Melbourne Cup.

In addition to the golf days, Gillard Golf hosts a number of golf tours. In 2025 we will be heading to the US Masters for a 5th time and in June 2025 we will host our inaugural tour to Portugal (only 4 spots remaining). Please click on the link below for more information about Portugal or simply sign up to the mailing list to be made aware of future tours.