Well, I’m not too sure who had the lean, Pepsi, the cameraman or the horizon. Maybe it was just the weight of the trophy that put him off balance – he hadn’t had that many beers at this stage at least. It was decided that Pepsi should be somewhere near vertical after a magnificent come from behind win with a +4 today and an overall +3. He didn’t have it all his own way as Gordo shared the honours on the scorecard but lost out in the count-back over the last six holes after being tied over the last nine. A couple of minor hiccups on the 13th and the 17th for Gordo made all the difference.
Ken Grist put in a steady performance today to ease himself into second place with an overall +1 followed by last week’s front runner Bobbie McDonald and a consistent Dennis Tiernan coming in square for third place. Krispy Priems and Bill Eastoe held it together to make 4th and 5th to round out the Championship Point getters.
Talking of Championship points there has been some serious movement at the station for the word has got about that the colt from Old Regret has got away. The pressure of lack of sleep and worrying about his batting average seems to have gotten to Noodles and his run down the straight has stalled for the time being. Gordo is now leading both Championship tables with the big points for this event. With the finishing line in sight, the numbers capable of pulling off a crash tackle are diminishing but there are still several in there with a chance.
It seems to have been Pepsi’s day as he managed to score a ball on the 12th for the Nearest the Pin. Didn’t manage a birdie on that one though he did manage to rack up almost half of the eleven that were plodded. The ProPin on the 15th, already a jackpot from last week, eluded us all again this week so a double jackpot up for grabs next week. Should be enough to bring some people out of retirement.
Speaking of retirement, Allan, it seems, has gone back to work. They made him an offer he couldn’t refuse and he has to be able to afford golf balls somehow.
After last weeks effort, Tony had a heap of stories to tell about hard luck with trees and bad lies and seemed to be making better of it today except maybe for his second on the 6th that was hard up against the butt of a gum tree. It required a back of the club left handed shot to get it back into play. Ken also put himself close up behind a tree on the 16th but managed to pull off a respectable recovery. How he did it without bending the club around the tree remains unclear.
Bill turned up today without his balls. Seems he cleaned out the three dozen that had accumulated in his bag and forgot to put a few back in. Only problem was he worried the whole round about the possibility of losing the brand new balls that he had to buy. Blighty also had a bit of a brain fade on the 15th and left one of his clubs on the tee – one of those popular Bogan clubs that he uses.
The Bendigo trip is looming up fast and there was lots of money changing hands. There was also some mis-counting of what was changing hands. Pepsi is not looking forward to playing Bendigo on his new handicap.
The after barbeque was enjoyed by all although there was a bit of a panic about gas or something early on. The hamburgers and sausages were of the usual high standard. Mehm provided some left-over cake that met with high approval from the cake-eaters in the group and SOS, a self-confessed cake-a-holic filled up his doggy bag with the left-overs. Might have to let your belt out a notch after that lot. The fate of the left-over snags was less clear with Pepsi’s dog being the front runner after the guys teeing off on the 17th knocked back the chance in favour of a beer after the 18th.