What cracker of a day! Melbourne weather at its best and the course drying out very quickly over the week (spoiled only by a few spots where the sprinklers had been applied – wtf). With the excellent conditions one would think that some bright scoring would be had – however Matt Nichols was the only one to break his handicap by scoring a very nice 40 points to win the day. Matt’s recent racing tips may have been a little below par but his golf was on the money today. Coming in equal second on 35 points were SOS and Whitey – both welcome returns to some sort of form. Third spot was filled by El Presidente John Q, Chrispy and Gordo (alias Jack Newton). Playing with one sick and sorry wrist, Gordo played some of his best golf one-handed – even managing 2 birdies in the back nine.
Fourth spot went to Jason Hopkins and the ever-consistent-Championship-points collector Michael Gourlay with Keith, Targe, Pepsi, Bob all gaining a point for 5th spot.
Great to see Stephen ‘Ned’ Kelly back for a round today – it’s been a long time but good to welcome him back to Ivanhoe.
There was a nasty confrontation with the playing group behind our last 5th group when tee shots were made from the 9th while our last group were on the fairway waiting to make their second shots to the 9th green. Little did they know that our local constabulary representative SOS was in that group and certainly read the riot act about common sense and etiquette on the golf course. One of their group did not like being confronted on the issue and called the clubhouse about ‘slow play’ and not keeping up with the group in front but was told to back off and stop being so aggressive. SOS was stirred up enough to put in a pretty good round nonetheless. (PS Ivanhoe MSGC group 4 timed their round at 4hrs 15 minutes …)
NTP $$ went to John Q with the 18th NTP Jack Potts (again). Ball NTP was taken out by Matt Nichols – big day for Matt.
The run on the fairways is improving greatly and it won’t be long before the preferred lies are removed and we have to play real golf again. Golf as usual this coming Saturday even with the playing of some footy final apparently. May the best team win.
Copyright – Gordon Hill Esq.
Results for Saturday, 23 September 2017
1st Matt Nicholls(40) 2nd Stephen O’Sullivan(35) 2nd Rodney White(35) 3rd Gordon Hill(34) 3rd Chris Priems(34) 3rd John Quinlan(34) 4th Michael Gourlay(32) 5th Keith Delzoppo(31) 5th Jason Hopkins(31) 5th Bob McDonald(31) 5th Targe Mifsud(31) 5th Andrew Petricola(31)
Seniors Results: 1st Gordon Hill (34) 2nd Bob McDonald (31) 2nd Keith Delzoppo (31) 2nd Targe Mifsud (31) 3rd Dennis Ward (30)
Nearest the Pin Results: ProPin No 1 18th Jackpot ProPin No 2 15th John Quinlan BallPin 12th Matt Nicholl