Back on the Ivanhoe track after the wash-out of last week. The deluge on Friday night and Saturday morning flooded the course and managed to dampen the spirits of none other than 13 hardy club members ready to face the wet but went home disappointed. It was quite disconcerting to be home so early on a Saturday morning but I’m sure it gave us all a chance to really make the wives, girlfriends, partners, mates, mistresses, boyfriends, concubines, loved ones all feel very special on Valentines Day. Right? You know I am….
Well, if you haven’t seen the result in the Sunday paper – it’s official … the Ivanhoe Golf Club Medal of Medallists is our own Eddie Kloprogge. He beat a star-studded field (??!!) of 5 to win the title with a 58 (nett) but with a score like that he would have beaten a field of 100 by miles. A fantastic round of 73 off the stick and daylight to the rest. Well done Eddie.
Eddie may have won our competition too except he wasn’t able to participate – thank goodness say Stefan and Targe who won the day with very fine scores +4. Stef hitting a 68 and Targe a very respectable 80. Mehmet and SOS both coming good with a well put-together +3 for second, Peps third with a +1, Michael G fourth with a square round (he may take over Oliver’s crown as ‘Mr Consistency’) and Blighty fifth spot with -1 (Sorry Noods and Chrispy – points addition error on Blighty’s card – H).
After the round, Chris was heard to say that he has never in 20 years of playing golf with Pepsi that he has seen 2 outright shanks in the same round from him. It was indeed an unusual sight but Andrew went on to score at the right times in PAR to get a +1. Welcome back the Beastie after a short break and obviously not a good first up runner with today’s score but the knee roll was noticeably absent – maybe the cobalt injections are working!
Great to see Blighty back after a short spell in the paddock with a sore back (apparently) and resplendent in hi-viz orange. And a big welcome to a new member – Taner Kemal – a keen golf associate of Mehmet (but we won’t hold that against him). Good to see the new blood joining to raise the standard of the present membership (some exceptions there but I am not sure which ones count).
Bon Voyage to Bob – enjoy your cruising. Welcome back to Melbourne town Harry. Hope your ‘holiday’ went well and you kept your head down – good for your safety AND for golf. We look forward to your website updates again and a quicker turnaround on the handicapping.
Results for Saturday, 21 February 2015
1st Stefan Belevski(+4) 1st Targe Mifsud(+4) 2nd Mehmet Akdag(+3) 2nd Stephen O’Sullivan(+3) 3rd Andrew Petricola(+1) 4th Michael Gourlay(□) 5th Andrew Blight(-1)