Mozzie was so excited he was jumping out of his skin and as a result he was all blurry. At least the bag was sharp, even if he wasn’t. Made some excuse about having to rush off to the snow but maybe the excitement was just too much for him. So, just in case you didn’t know it already, Mostyn was the run-away winner of the June Bonus Trophy and he put in an appearance today to collect the booty. Appearances can be deceiving but it seems likely that a new buggy will be in order if he is going to use it for everyday. There wasn’t a great deal of evidence of the form that won him the event though as he positioned well down the field.
Not that the field was all that huge, considering that the weather was fine though the track was on the heavy side in places. A couple of the forecast showers turned up late in the round which was just enough to be a nuisance and not enough to blame for some of the scores that were returned. But, enough of the doom and gloom the idea is to celebrate those that managed to bring home the bacon.
For the first time in a while, it was necessary to do a count-back to determine the winner of the Medal and there was a decision required between no less than four players who all carded a nett 67. The contenders for the Medal were Oliver, SOS, Chrispy and Targe and it was SOS who made the big turn-around between the front and back nines and he managed to win the count-back very comfortably. Well done SOS with a 36 off the stick on the back.
Next to step up to the podium were Noodles and Bob with their favourite number 69 as the score. Noodles wanted it to be known that he is now officially a better player than Mehm. Not too sure what Mehm thinks of that but they will probably have fun working it out between them. Bob continues to play steadily since his return with the new plumbing around the old ticker but maybe he should get his eyes tested or even check the handicap sheet to be sure that the correct handicap goes on his card.
That left Mehm on his Patma in third place with a fairly respectable 70 nett. Then there was a skipped score to the three musketeers all for one and one for all on 72 consisting of Damo, Snags and Brendon. Damo and Snags also played out their round in the matchplay and it ended up being a close run thing. Snags was one up after the 17th and so a lot was riding on the outcome of the 18th. Damo was off the green and Snags very courteously offered him the choice of pin out or pin in. After a certain amount of hemming and hawing, it was decided that it should be left in. The shot hit the pin and bounced out whereas the general opinion was that had the pin been out the ball would have been in. So, that was the ins and outs of it. Snags claimed the round one up.
Last in the field of many to receive points were Trev and Whitey with 73’s. They were grateful for the point apiece but probably won’t be going home and bragging around the pub about it. Trevor did alright as far as his eclectic went with three improvements including a birdie on the 7th which is no mean feat in itself but this was achieved from a chip out from under the trees and a fair way out. The whole course wondered what Ed was shouting about.
While on the subject of birdies, there were a fairly paltry 7 accumulated today and the fact that the ProPin on the 15th jackpotted again says volumes for the general accuracy. Ed managed to get onto the 18th for the Nearest the Pin and then went charging around the course in a cart looking for the tape measure that had been ‘lost’. Ergh, Ed, we don’t use the tape on the NTP. Still, he got a ball for his trouble.
Walking between the 9th and the 10th, Targe detoured and announced that he would be back shortly. Almost goes without saying.
There will be a Meeting after the round next week to deal with a couple of items of business. The top priority is to get somebody to take on the job as Social Secretary as Ben finds that pressure of work does not allow him to continue in the role. Give it some thought chaps. The main priority at the moment is the Annual Challenge organisation and somebody needs to be picking Ben’s brains sooner rather than later. There was a suggestion that Mostyn would pick it up but until that is positively confirmed anybody else who would be prepared to take it on or help out should let Gordon know. The same applies to the job of Secretary.
Whitey has arranged a voucher for 2 hours of time for up to 4 players at the Golf simulator facility at Coburg. Use your own clubs or borrow from the facility. Extra time can be paid for at the time if required. This will be run as a raffle and tickets will be sold over the next few weeks to give everybody a chance to get to an event and buy some if they wish. $2.00 each or 3 for $5.00.
Results for Saturday, 05 July 2014
1st Oliver Gross(67) 1st Targe Mifsud(67) 1st Chris Priems(67) 1st Stephen O’Sullivan(67, MM countback) 2nd Stephen Butterfield(69) 2nd Bob McDonald(69) 3rd Mehmet Akdag(70) 4th Damien Lee(72) 4th Brendon Mitchell(72) 4th Craig Sharp(72) 5th Trevor Jackson(73) 5th Rodney White(73)