Andersons win Tuohy Trophy

Colin & Amy Anderson have taken out the 2018 Tuohy Trophy family foursomes event scoring net 67.875 in tough, windy conditions.

The father, daughter pairing must like the Glenelg layout, having also won the Owen Whitford Trophy back in December.  It was a convincing win, 2.875 shots ahead of mother and son-in-law combo, Jill Hodge & Tom Gale (70.75) who snuck in front of Brett & Declan Bayly (71).

Rounding out the top five placings were Matt & Josh Grundel and inaugural winners Paul & Henry Duregon.

After an absence due to injury it was fantastic to have Bob & Ben Tuohy play in the field.  Also in attendance for the trophy presentations was Bob’s wife and fellow member, Sue, along with their children and grandchildren.  It was great to see so many pairs playing in this years event and from such a great variety of clubs.  We hope to see you all again in 2019!

Results

About the Tuohy Family

The Tuohy Family is synonymous at Glenelg Golf Club and an outstanding family to be honoured by this event.

Bob Tuohy has been an active contributor to golf at this Club, locally, nationally and internationally for more than 50 years. He has had an amazingly successful career as a tournament promoter, responsible for some of the biggest tournaments in Australia & New Zealand, including the ANZ Ladies Masters, NZ Open, NZ PGA, The Player’s Championship and Tour Championship, and the Jacob’s Creek Open to name just a few. And it all started with the 1976 West Lakes Classic at which a young golfer by the name of Greg Norman earned the first of many tournament wins at Grange Golf Club.

Bob was a reasonable player too:

• C Grade Champion in 1954 at age 13;
• 1955, 56 & 57 Club Foursomes Champion;
• 1957 State Amateur Champion
• 1957 State Junior Amateur Champion

Then in 1958, he dominated the local golf scene as an 18 year old, winning the State Amateur, State Junior Amateur, State Foursomes, State Mixed Foursomes, the Club Championship, and the Jimmy McLachlan Trophy, among other events. Bob turned professional shortly afterwards, and had a distinguished career on the Pro circuit, winning 13 different tournaments in 8 different countries, and was a fairly consistent bridesmaid on 29 separate occasions.

In 1990, Bob was awarded Honorary Membership of the PGA Tour of Australasia for his services to professional golf inAustralia, and in that year Tuohy Associates launched Australia’s highly successful Australian Ladies Masters on the Gold Coast and soon after was instrumental in reintroducing the Women’s Australian Open Championship.

Bob’s wife, Sue Tuohy, is able to stand on her own two feet as well in regards to golfing achievements and contributions to the game of golf at Glenelg. She is a multiple Club Champion, Club Foursomes Champion, Laurel Wreath winner and has won numerous Club Mixed Foursomes Championships with both her husband and son Ben. Sue’s pedigree for golf is undeniable as her mother Rhonda Watson OAM, undoubtedly remains one of the most outstanding female golfers, and arguably one of the best amateur golfers Australia has ever seen.

And the lineage does not stop their with Bob and Sue’s son, Ben Tuohy, already an accomplished golfer at Glenelg Golf Club, consistently playing off a scratch handicap and having won the 2003 State Amateur Championship, the Club Championship on three occasions, multiple Club Foursomes Championships and represented the Club in Simpson Cup in well over 100 matches.

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