Who said he would be half asleep after being out on the roads until 0200? Maybe it helped him keep his head down. Whatever the reason, SOS really hit his straps today and managed 40 points with three one pointers in the tally and nary a birdie to give the numbers a boost either, just good steady golf. He also ratted the Propin booty on the 18th with a shot that didn’t inspire but was enough to ease out Gordon by a whisker in the run for the Jackpot.
Snags and Targe had been sitting down quietly confident of their chances with 39 points apiece and they could have easily grabbed the top spot with the form that they showed except for a little sprinkling of no-score holes. Craig had to rush off because he was having a baby or something – or maybe that was his wife having a baby. A bit hard to tell which really.
Chrispy and Zimmer played together and stayed together on the scoring front to come in next with a very creditable 38 points both faltering a bit on the back nine though Zim had no problem driving the green on the 14th – while there were still people on it. More than a little consternation when it appeared that Eddie had played the ball back in the direction it came though there was a little sleight of hand involved on Eddies part. Once again guys, if you can put the group in front in danger, wait a few moments or at least let the shorter hitters play first. Although registered golfers do have insurance cover, we would rather not put it to the test.
Bill the Beast put on another birdie fest today, gobbling up four, including two consecutive, on his way to fourth place on his Pat Malone and to open up a very handy lead in the Eclectic. Mehmet, Harry, Brendon and Keith filled out the last rank of point scorers and will be back with exactly the same handicap next week having put together 36 points. Keith didn’t get mentioned in despatches due to a calculation error on his card and there were a couple of lower ranked players in the same boat as well. Possibly it is down to handicap changes changing the holes that you get strokes on so it always pays to double check where you get strokes each and every round.
The nearest the Pin for a ball on the 12th went to Zimmer. Seniors points to Targe, Bill, Harry and Keith
Now you’ve undoubtedly heard of eagles and albatrosses, but have you heard of an ibis! Not sure whether this one is likely to attract any awards or shouts of the bar, but Keith managed to score one today. Apparently collected one dead centre with one of his usual power shots leaving said bird in dire straits and beyond the option of calling animal rescue. Keith was heard to ask which club he should use to finish the job and the Rules Committee are now in session to determine whether this constitutes taking advice. The other question up for consideration is whether he should have counted the strokes that he took to despatch the unfortunate creature of which there were several. The image at left shows the before and after shots. Hopefully the RSPCA does not monitor this site.
While all this was going on, Oliver took to his tee but was so distracted by the guffawing of his playing partners that he shanked his shot something fierce and ended up somewhere about two fairways across. He then threaded it through a couple of lots of trees and went very close to parring the hole. Just shows what the reigning Club Champion is capable of and maybe just why he holds that position.
Not sure whether it was related to the new bird on the block, but there was some interesting discussion about what the protocol was with celebrations in the event of someone scoring a hole-in-one – in particular in relation to who should pay and who should receive the largesse.
MalF didn’t have the best of days today but he reckons it was because he was carrying SOS. Obviously did a very good job of it.
Brendon appeared back at the Club House after stowing his clubs, all distressed because his car had a flat. Did anybody have a compressor? Can anybody give me a lift? What should I do? Have you got a spare – was an obvious response. When it was determined that such a thing existed it was agreed that reasonable assistance was in order
As a result, a reasonable crowd gathered around and made appropriate assistance noises while the flat tyre was removed and the spare was put in place for the trip to Beaurepaires or wherever.
The removal and replacement of the locking nut did have its moments and SOS obviously put his dealing with offenders training to good use to explain some of the intricacies of the procedure to Brendon. Maybe we should take a lead from Europe and get these installed.
The Annual Membership fee is now due and payable. For Home Club members (that is, those who get their official handicap through us) the sub will be $110 ($90 +$20). For non-Home Club members (those who get their GolfLink membership with another Club membership) the Club sub only applies though there might be a small surcharge when the invoice from GolfLink is received and we have full details.
The new Club tee-shirts will also be available next week and you should be prepared to ante up the fee for those as well to the tune of $20. They should be very smart in the bright new colour with the new Club Logo. If you are not sure what the logo looks like, have a look at the web-page header.
Don’t forget the Orange Ball Event next week. There will be several of these through the year associated with Club Par Events (not majors) and they will be listed on the calendar along with some rearrangements of the schedule. So, if you have printed one out already, it might pay you to do so again after the new version goes up. An APB will advise when it does.
Results for Saturday, 18 January 2014
1st Stephen O’Sullivan(40) 2nd Targe Mifsud(39) 2nd Craig Sharp(39) 3rd Kazim Akdag(38) 3rd Chris Priems(38) 4th Bill Eastoe(37) 5th Mehmet Akdag(36) 5th Harry Boughen(36) 5th Keith Delzoppo(36) 5th Brendon Mitchell(36)