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May Monthly Medal – 02 May 2015
The medal for May was fraught with controversy, not unlike the outcome of the Mayweather v Pacquiao clash where the best fighter on the day (or golfer) did not go home with the medal. Dennis put in a sterling performance with a net 62 to come out on top, however due to his ineligibility for the medal it was the Q-stick John Quinlan who took out May’s Medal with a net 67.
The rain held off all day and 17 players ended up fighting it out with 9 players scoring points. Brendon was on his lonesome on par, three players tied for 4th place with Zimmer, Bob and Ryan scoring 69 and finally a point went to Gordon, Trev and Priemsy all tied on 71.
Dennis’s heroics for the day means his handicap will drop 4.0 points for next week! Although with his new handicap he still would have won on the day. There were only 11 birdies scored for the day, which is expected when only two members beat their handicap.
Second round of the matchplay continued and again the chip off green determined a winner. Zimmer and Brendon battled it out and after being very even all day it ended up all square. The first chip off hole ended in a tie. There was a lonesome spectator who watched an enthralling battle take place, with the self named ‘chipperman’ Kazim taking it out.
The other matchplay for the day was contested between Chris Priems and Johny Q. Not surprisingly John won 2 and 1 after taking out the monthly medal.
IGL matches today were between Tigers (Dennis and Brendon) and Magpies (Ryan and Bob) with Tigers coming out on top. (It seems that whoever is playing the magpies ends up winning on the day, look out Bulldogs. Hopefully this jinx’s Mehmet for next week). Hawks (John and Gordon) defeated Blues (Zimmer and Chris P) and Bulldogs (Craig Sharp x2) lost to Saints ( Trev and Michael/Noods).
There was some outstanding golf played today with Sharpie needing 10 shots on the 17th, and Noodles was chipping quite well and ‘almost’ sunk a few from the rough, although this didn’t translate well on the scorecard. Maybe his hangover from the night before had something to do with it (Happy birthday to Whitey for last week btw who preferred to recover in bed than on the golf course). Speaking of birthdays Paul Rowland celebrates another milestone this week.
Next week is the David Ford Autumn cup, two weeks of Par. Remember this week is the last chance to complete the round two matchplay matches.
Results for Saturday, 02 May 2015
1st Dennis Ward(62) 2nd John Quinlan(67) 3rd Brendon Mitchell(68) 4th Kazim Akdag(69) 4th Bob McDonald(69) 4th Ryan Porker(69)5th Gordon Hill(71) 5th Trevor Jackson(71) 5th Chris Priems(71)