The Catalina Club will host the Bateman’s Bay Open on May 3-4.
WHEN the South Coast Open left Catalina in the late 70s to travel across the south coast NSW, the Catalina Club created the Batemans Bay Open in the early 80s.
Forty years on, and with 2024 winner Jarrod Hunt from Goulburn Golf Club the most recent name on the perpetual trophy, the jewel of Catalina’s tournaments returns to kick off the autumn season of golf in the temperate climes of this Top 100 estuary parkland course.
The Open is a major event in the state sporting calendar, a formidable test of golfing skill for junior and mature competitive amateurs.
Serious golfers arrive to take part from clubs as far north as Newcastle and as far west as Dubbo, attracting the leading players from a 500km radius to Batemans Bay, to compete for the prestige associated with the event and the $6,000 total prize purse.
To be played in early May, places in the field are filling fast with only 20 per cent of tee times now remaining.
A NSW Vardon Trophy event, the weekend of the Bateman’s Bay Open begins with a Medley 2BBB Stableford on Friday, May 2, before Round one of the tournament on Saturday, May 3 (plus a Stableford event) followed by round two on Sunday, May 4 (and a Stableford Event).
The Catalina Club offers a 27-hole championship course.
Go to the website at catalinaclub.com.au, go to the ‘GOLF’ link, and click on Bateman’s Bay Open for more information and the on-line entry form. Entries close April 18, with the field limited to 220 players.
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