Where have all the young men gone? Long time passing. Where have all the young men gone? Long time ago.
Of the six members who came along to enjoy each others company and a beautiful day for golf, only one was under sixty, two were under seventy and two were under eighty. Oh well, age shall not weary them…..
As it was a social event and all pressure to perform was off, it might be expected that there would be some good scores turned in. For someone who claims to have left his swing if not his heart in San Andrews (rather than San Francisco), it seems that maybe it turned up in the post or Santa left it in a stocking over the fireplace. Actually Bill was a little disappointed that it wasn’t actually next week and the Monthly Medal and his swag of birdies would have counted towards the eclectic. In any case a 72 off the stick for +4 (including three gashes) just goes to show that the beast is back. Bill’s other complaint was that his playing partners cost him by giving up too early in searching for his ball on the 17th though apparently they would have needed their scuba gear to have found it.
Next came a group of three on +1 that counted in its number, Targe, Harry and Mal. Targe had his moments but despite being warned that Dennis was in range on the 13th, he teed off and finished reasonably close to aforesaid Dennis. Targe’s claim that he didn’t see aforesaid Dennis caused some consternation until it was realised that aforesaid Dennis was probably below the horizon for Targe. The morning was a little cool and maybe that is why Mal took a while to warm up but when he did he fairly stormed home to score six plusses on the back nine and went close to overturning his title as ‘two putt’ Fleming in favour of a new one of ‘one putt’ Fleming.
There was a small sum of money contributed by each for a ProPin and the 4th was nominated as the hole in play. When it was obvious that nobody had managed to grace the green, Bill collected the marker and asked for a new hole to be nominated. The logical choice was the 12th and so Bill duly put his ball within a metre of the hole and collected the loot. All in all, a good day for the lad.
Next week, we are back into serious competition with the January Monthly Medal. In anticipation of a refreshed and keen membership, we have booked a full block of tee times so please, please can everybody indicate their intentions (especially if you are not going to play) so that we can change the booking to suit. The management do cut us a fair bit of slack but there is no guarantee that it will continue if we do not keep up our side of the agreement.
In the meantime, have a happy and safe New Year and look forward to some good golf and fierce competition in 2015.
Results for Saturday, 27 December 2014
1st Bill Eastor (+4), 2nd Harry Boughen, Mal Fleming, Targe Mifsud (+1), 3rd Rod Grant (-2), 4th Dennis Tiernam (-3)