What a super day it was – weatherwise any way. The aftermath of the recent wet was evident in the soggy ground underfoot and in a couple of places, balls were seen to land but were not found. The preferred lie rule was in place again and relief from casual water was a regular necessity.. Still, hardy lot that we are, we managed to paddle our way around the course with varying degrees of success.
Far and away the most successful was none other than Ben who seems to have been channeling Arnie in more ways than one, declaring at the presentations “Ahmm Baack”. He also denied that he had been anywhere Windy Hill in recent times and the bottle containing blue liquid on the table in front of him was not his ASADA sample though many think that they should be notified. Plus, there was a mis-calculation on his card to give him 45 rather than the 44 that his marker recorded.
Noodles probably thought he had a good chance of collecting the major points with his very respectable total of 41 that included a gash on the 17th – perhaps he was reliving last week’s effort. His tally included three four pointers that included one for an Eagle on the 14th. His drive finished about 2.5m from the pin and he made the putt.
Ben wasn’t the only one with a blue on his card. Pepsi neglected to check his handicap and his card was calculated based on last week’s which gathered him an extra point to fill third place on his own after daylight between him and Noodles. Eddie and Targe then filled fourth place with more or less complementary rounds – Eddie blitzed the front while Targe pulled up his socks on the back.
Zimmer and Craig gathered the last of the points and Chrispy is not looking forward to work next week with Craig having come in in front.
Ben and Noodles moved themselves up the Championship Ladder a few rungs but Oliver still has a very handy lead. Targe picked up the points in the Seniors and edged a little closer to the top as a result. The ball for the nearest the Pin on the 7th was won by Eddie who finished only a metre or two from the hole. The resulting birdie gave him a four pointer. There were nine other birdies reported for the day, perhaps a little down for the size of the field. The ProPin on the 15th went to Harry at 141cm but in line with recent experience with the flat blade he didn’t make the birdie.
Joe Demir was with us again on his comeback trail and submitted his third card and so has a brand new handicap. Interestingly, it is not all that far from where his old one was. Willy Ghidetti joined us as well and we look forward to welcoming him as a full time member.
The last two matches of the third round of the Matchplay were decided today. Stefan was well in front at the 13th when he was overcome by some sort of stomach upset and had to withdraw but not before gentleman David had conceded the match. In the other match, Targe was victorious over Jan 4 and 3 which is much closer than their respective stableford scores would have suggested. It seems Jan ran out of steam just as Targe was coming good.
Mostyn ran foul of the tree on the corner of the 17th with his second, which put his ball into the hazard with the ball coming to rest past the edge of the water but resting on a bed of decayed reeds. He insisted that he could play the ball and proceeded to put the ball on the green and running on a direct line to the hole. It did stop short but a great shot nonetheless.
Don’t forget, there will be a Club Meeting after the round next week.
Results for Saturday, 10 August 2013
1st Ben Akdag(45) 2nd Stephen Butterfield(41) 3rd Andrew Petricola(35) 4th Ed Kloprogge(34) 4th Targe Mifsud(34) 5th Kazim Akdag(33) 5th Craig Sharp(33)