Anybody would swear there was something else on in town today. Although we weren’t expecting huge numbers, in the end nine brave souls turned up for the fray and everybody to a man seemed to be keen to hit off as early as possible and to get away as quickly as possible afterwards. Fortunately, the general public seems to have stayed away in droves as well so a prompt start and virtually no hold ups resulted in a record low elapsed time for the round. This seemed to please everybody all round.
Despite some more rain since Wednesday/Thursday, there was little free water on the course (other than the hazards) and even the new dam was empty. That’s probably because they have problems with the pumps and are busting pipes all over the place. The wind got pretty fierce at times which might have helped to put people off their game to some degree however it probably made as many holes longer as it made shorter so it probably evened out on that front.
The winner, though, managed to noodle his way around the course without too many blemishes on his card though a miss on the 17th did protect his handicap a little with a result of only 37 points. After Harry chipped in to birdie the 1st, Noodles was desperate to get a birdie so that Harry wasn’t the only birdie for the day and in the process went close to getting the chip in on two occasions. In the event he needn’t have worried because there were four birdies plodded for the day.
Harry faltered a bit after his early success (PBSU?) but managed to finish the round with a couple of pars to haul himself into second place with 33 points. This eased out the early club-house leader, Bobbie, who, until the last cards came in had hopes of pulling off a winning result.
The Maltese Falcon, Tarcisio, was next cab off the rank in the podium placings with 31 points. Last, but not least, of the point scorers were the terrible twins, Oliver and Mo. Sounds like a cross between Laurel and Hardy and the Three Stooges! However, it does seem that both Mo and his marker, Targe, went to the same school and made the same addition error when totalling Mo’s points. Do try to be a bit more careful chaps.
Because of the small numbers, there were no pin competitions and no ball run so everybody had to be happy with just their points if they made a place or with the let out of their handicap if they didn’t reach the exalted heights. Seniors points went to Harry, Bob and Targe.
Gordo reckons the Club has a very unlucky President. He wouldn’t go into details but presumably it had something to do with the way his game went today. Other news is a bit thin on the ground because everybody was so hell bent on getting away to do something else.
Lots of guesses were made about who would be playing next week so it might pay to check with the Club House if you think you might or might not be attending though with a Monthly Medal up for grabs all sorts are likely to come out of the woodwork. Although the list shows Eddie and Stefan not qualified, the fact that they played their Matchplay Final last week will allow them to qualify. The software is not yet at a stage to pick up on that. Maybe the webmaster will get around to changing the report.
The following two weeks will be another of the major events for the year, the Fred Kitson, which is a Par Event. Lots of points (and a trophy of course) for the winner and, if the right person gets it, a chance for somebody to close in on Oliver, particularly if he can be nobbled and kept out of the points. No offence, Oliver.
The handicapper will be away for most of next month and Jan will be looking after the handicapping. Gordon will take cards for GolfLink handicapping – make sure you don’t put them in with the Club cards.
By the way, sorry about the typo/senior moment with the tee times last week. I’m pretty sure that nobody turned up for 07:50. At least I hope not.
Results for Saturday, 28 September 2013
1st Stephen Butterfield(37) 2nd Harry Boughen(33) 3rd Bob McDonald(32) 4th Targe Mifsud(31) 5th Oliver Gross(30) 5th Mo Sabih(30)