Another beautiful day in paradise. You certainly couldn’t blame the weather if you didn’t score well today. The longish cut on the rough caused a few extended searches but the course has firmed up nicely and the closely cut greens were pretty fast. Things could change for next Saturday if the predicted rains are forthcoming during the week. But who said the BOM was any good at forecasting what the weather is going to be tomorrow, let alone for the next week.
One person who had nobody to blame but himself for his score was young Zimmer who went close to parring the course with 70 off the beater and a very creditable 43 points. The handicapper just loves scores like that. There was supposed to be a new picture of Zim but the interminable delay on the mobile camera shutter and a quick move by Zim and Mehm means that it will have to be saved for another day. The viewfinder definitely showed the correct subject but the saved file did not – go figure.
A fair bit of daylight (no need for a photo) back to second where Damo is keeping up the pressure to score as many points as possible before the cricket season starts. He came in with 38 points to close the gap on Oliver just a little. Damo claimed a little duress through having to watch for two balls, as one of his playing partners struggled to keep track of his.
A small bunch in the field brought home Pepsi with 36 points and Trevor on 35 points. Trevor, in particular, was playing some of his best golf in recent times rarely missing a fairway and recovering well when he did. A bit of a relapse on the home straight lost him a few points. Oliver managed to keep his points accumulation going by picking up fifth spot together with Mehmet and they both scrabbled a bit to gather 32 points.
The predominance of young blood on the podium today meant that the Senior points went to Trevor, Oliver and Harry. Pepsi managed to score himself a ball for the Nearest the Pin on the 12th. The contest for the ProPin on the 15th was closely fought and was eventually won by Chrispy who hooked (yes – Chrispy hooked a shot) and it bounced off the bank, entered the green at right angles to the direction from the tee and finished about 1.8 m from the Pin. As they say, it’s not how, it’s how many. And yes, he got the birdie. There were eleven others plodded, with Zimmer topping the count with three in his blitzkreig round.
Not sure whether Mostyn was looking for excuses for his various misdemeanours today but he was claiming only three hours sleep and having consumed 15 pints of VB last night. Could explain yesterday’s lunch – again (Chrispy is claiming danger money). A drive from the 13th put him at about half the length of the left hand hazard and a second shot that was called close (if not in the hole) had most of his group pencilling in a birdie from 2.5m. Would you believe that five putts left him without a point?
Gordon lost his balls, if not his marbles, on the 16th and 17th. And no, he isn’t speaking with a high pitched voice. The grand total was five (trying to match Mostyn’s putts?) three on the 16th and two on the 17th. And it wasn’t for the want of trying to find them if the blackberry scratches on his legs are anything to go by.
Next week is the Grand Final (no – not the footy) of the Matchplay that will see Eddie and Stefan slug it out for the prize and the points. The minor placings were decided last week. Eddie dropped in this morning sporting an injury acquired doing some actual manual labour – can you believe it? He was seen dropping his daks on the practice green but only Chrispy will be able to tell what was on display. Maybe Eddie is just building up an excuse for if things don’t go his way next week.
For those of you that want to maintain your Golf Australia handicap, but not enter the inside comp, don’t forget that you have to fill out a separate card with your GolfLink number and handicap and hand it to the handicapper, don’t just put it in with the IMSGC cards. While Harry is away next month, the plan is that Gordon will fill in and handle the GolfLink side of things while Jan will do the IMSGC handicap runs etc.
Results for Saturday, 14 September 2013
1st Kazim Akdag(43) 2nd Damien Lee(38) 3rd Andrew Petricola(36) 4th Trevor Jackson(35) 5th Mehmet Akdag(32) 5th Oliver Gross(32)