Talk about the terrible twins. Both off 19, both 85 off the stick and both 38 points to share the honours for today’s event. And Harry managed 20 points on the back with two scratches. Mal had his chances to have done better as well.
Just a single point behind in second place with 37 points was Ben who had a pretty ordinary start to his round and could also have easily done better.
Nobody else bettered their handicap with David being next with 35 points. There was a change to the announced results due to a calculation error and Ken and Mal A shared fourth spot.
Speaking of calculation errors, there were two others today so the discussion at the meeting about double checking your card is worth noting well. Fortunately, the strokes recorded were in agreement and there was no more serious fall out.
There were three Matchplay matches played today. Two of them were pretty close run in the end although Tony and Mal A had fairly comfortable leads well into the back nine. In the end, the dormie matches ended up going to a chip off and Mo and Gordon walked away with the honours after maintaining a winning streak of 3 and 5 holes respectively. The other match between Harry and Chris also ended up dormie after the 13th but a win on the 14th gave the match to Harry 6 and 4.
The ProPin on the 15th went begging and will jackpot to next week. The Nearest the Pin for a ball on the 18th wasn’t that near the pin but was good enough to collect a ball for Gordon. Although the conditions were just about ideal, if a little hot, there were only 5 birdies reported today. The eagle gets to keep her little clutch.
There is a suspicion that Tony might be suffering from Malzheimers Disease as he fairly consistently referred to Harry as Mal during the round. After Harry had slipped from 5 up at the 6th to 2 up after the 10th, David offered him some Butter Menthols after which Harry reeled off 4 winners in a row (including consecutive birdies) to take the match. Cleared his throat up no end it seems.
There was a Club meeting after the round and President Gordon took the opportunity to welcome a few players that we haven’t seen for a while due to their commitment to some other sport. Good to see Richard, Paul and Rod W even if their golf form was a little off the pace. Maybe they were trying for the cover drive.
It is hoped that matters relating to affiliation with Golf Victoria and access to our own Golf Access account will be finalised in the next month. Hopefully, all will be in place before the June deadline for other memberships that people have taken out.
It has been suggested that our rules for qualification for events such a Monthly Medal etc should be reviewed to clarify special circumstances that might apply due to injury, holidays, work commitments etc. The committee will work up a proposal for consideration.
There was also a discussion on card management as mentioned above and it was pointed out that what you are signing for are the strokes taken on the hole. Although it is not strictly your responsibility you should check the handicap sheet to make sure that you record the correct handicap on the card and you should endeavour to calculate the results correctly as well if only to avoid embarrassment at a later time. It is the responsibility of the committee to confirm the results (and that the correct handicap has been used).
It was also proposed that the committee investigate the possibility of locating a suitable cabinet in the Club House to store the Perpetual Trophies to ensure that they are available when required.
Ben reported that he has 25 registrations for the Annual Challenge with 14 of those players. There are still spots available so contact Ben if you would like to grab a spot. From some of the stories around it is a good weekend of golf and partying.
Results for Saturday, 09 March 2013
1st Harry Boughen(38) 1st Malcolm Fleming(38) 2nd Ben Akdag(37) 3rd David Howard(35) 4th Malcolm Adey(34) 4th Ken Grist(34) 5th Gordon Hill(33) 5th Dennis Tiernan(33)