As the old saying goes – While the cat’s away the mice will play. Even if they didn’t set the world on fire.
A very small field with a lot of the big guns away tearing up the turf at Barnbougle and Lost Farm and with some maybe put off by the weather forecast. Harry sort of regrets not fighting off the effects of jet lag for a chance to get into the points. As it turned out, the weather wasn’t too bad – a bit on the cool side and a brisk southerly didn’t stop the hardier types turning out in shorts.
Targe had a mixed sort of a day and wouldn’t divulge exactly why he was shouting his playing partners a round of drinks. Perhaps it was because he scored the jackpot pro-pin. Or perhaps not, given that the last (other) group weren’t in when he anteed up. Noodles had to make a quick departure and SOS tried his hardest to get Nood’s share of the drinks round. Targe was also about a foot off slam-dunking it on the 18th and confidently slotted it for the birdie. Brother Tony put his tee shot in pretty much the same place on the green but pansied it to leave a bit left for the par.
SOS was a bit disappointed to have missed his chances to win outright but was happy enough the get top points along with Targe, if not the handicap reduction that went with it.
Noodles did have hopes of scoring a point but he was pipped at the post by the ever dependable Laurie Mannix. Rodger would prefer that his round didn’t rate a mention – sorry Rodger.
The first round of the Matchplay has now officially finished with Richard Hall scoring a walkover from Stefan Belevski. Check the Matchplay results page(s) and start organising your matches – you only have a bit over a month to get the round done. Also, Harry would like some feed-back on which matchplay report you prefer.
Results for Saturday, 12 May 2012
1st Targe Mifsud(36) 1st Stephen O’Sullivan(36) 2nd Bill Eastoe(35) 3rd Ken Grist(33) 4th Tony Mifsud(32) 5th Laurie Mannix(30)