Talk about wimps of the first water. First sign of a bit of water from above and they wimp out in droves. However, thirteen dedicated golfers turned out to chance their arm with the course and were rewarded with greens that would actually hold a ball. Provided of course that you didn’t gut it and send it flying who knows where. It wasn’t all down to the threatening weather though as it was suggested that Chrispy might not have been too Chrisp this morning and was much more likely to be a bit on the limp side.
We all remember that Noodles set a cracking pace for point scoring through the winter last year and maybe he has just started this years campaign with an event winning total of +4 points and all of those racked up on the front nine. Did he hold it together or did he run dead? And as you can see, he doesn’t really come in a shiny yellow packet!
Next cab off the rank was the Midget from Malta, Targe, very close behind on +3. Targe played it the other way around by squaring the front and beating up the back. It is not clear what went on between Targe and Craig out on the course, but Craig was very generously volunteering to let Targe buy him a drink every week at the 19th Hole.
Damo was only half offended when he was dropped back from the second group to even up the numbers for the last two groups but he seems to have gotten over it to put together a respectable enough score of +2 though he does admit that it ‘could have been better’. Harry, who was responsible for the relegation ended up with the same score and the same commentary on the potential outcome.
Gordon wasn’t able to reproduce his final shot from last week’s round though it wasn’t from want of encouragement from those hoping for another round of drinks. Still, two in two weeks would be a bit much to hope for and an even card was the best that he could scare up. He was heard to admonish himself after a couple of less than high standard shots. A three way tie for the last points was shared by Craig, Trevor and Mo. Craig was also heard to protest vigourously on a couple of occasions
For the second week in a row, the same name appeared on the Nearest the Pin and the ProPin but unfortunately Harry was not able to emulate MalA’s efforts by taking the event as well. Considering the size of the field, the eight birdies carded probably wasn’t too bad though Harry did not appear in the count.
Damo still has his nose in front on the Championship Table and the three points today didn’t do him any harm. However, there is still plenty of time and points for somebody to be able to crash tackle him from behind. The Senior’s is much more of a close run thing and although Mike is still outright leader the lead could change in any number of ways over the next few weeks.
Trevor made a comeback from his back injury even though it still gives him a bit of curry. There certainly wasn’t too much wrong with his golf for the first dozen holes. Craig’s achilles is also reported to be OK and it hasn’t yet been blamed for any shortfall in his results.
Pepsi went close to driving the green on the 9th and the 11th but reckons he had no idea where the ball was going to go when it left the tee for most of the day. Most people would kill to be able to spray them and still have 74 off the beater.
The Club is on the verge of having its registration with VicGolf and an option is available to take a six month affiliation to align things with the calendar year. So for those of you that have a membership with another organisation, if you can hold off renewing your membership for a week or two, the club will free-carry you until the new membership year. We are not sure what information we will have to provide to transfer your current membership to us but hopefully it will only be name and current membership number. As soon as we know, we will let you know. Also, for those who do not currently have an official handicap, if you could, let us know whether you want to be registered with us as soon as possible. Hopefully, we will be able to use your old cards to qualify for an official handicap. The Club handicapping system and events will continue to be used, the only difference will be that you will have a different member number for the inside events.
Results for Saturday, 18 May 2013
1st Stephen Butterfield(+4) 2nd Targe Mifsud(+3) 3rd Harry Boughen(+2) 3rd Damien Lee(+2) 4th Gordon Hill(□) 5th Trevor Jackson(-2) 5th Mo Sabih(-2) 5th Craig Sharp(-2)