There were only a select few who made it to the green fields of Ivanhoe this week-end, mainly because the majority were off tearing up the course up by the Murray. Wonder how that went? No doubt we will hear in due course.
Play was to the GA handicap and of the five contenders, Mostyn made the best of it and only just missed out on picking up the inside Monthly Medal with a nett 61. Eddie was trying to beat up for points to be allocated even though there were none on offer and there wasn’t a quorum anyway. Said Ed couldn’t find his ball on the 17th, even though its landing point was surely known. After a trudge back to the tee, he proceeded to put it over the green. Mostyn had put his on, but left the eagle putt a bit short – probably a good thing given that it was only a social event.
RodG scored a birdie on the 12th after carelessly leaving his tee shot about a metre short dead in line with the hole. MalF also cracked a birdie on the 14th (no mean feat at the best of times) but then had a monumental PBFU on the 15th with two OOB to end with an 8. If that had been a more respectable 4 his nett would have been a very respectable 68. He actually went close to a double birdie on the 9th after scaring the crap out of a magpie (no – not a Collingwood supporter) with his tee shot, playing a recovery to the base of the hill and then putting it within what should have been gimme distance of the hole with his third.
Back to the serious business again next week. There are six slots set aside for us and it will be our Monthly Medal so a good roll up would be in order. Some serious winning will be required if anybody is going to catch Oliver at the head of both Championship Tables but there are some other trophies still up for grabs.