15 players were in attendance – perhaps the par format scared a few people away on what was a perfect morning for golf – we even missed the late rain although it threatened with some dribs and drabs towards the end of the round.
There were some fresh faces back after a break: Eddie, Blighty, Brendon and Bob McDonald. It appears the time away from Ivanhoe did Brendon and Bob well, with each carding +4. There were some questioning Bob’s round on the 15th when it was observed that he was hacking it very close to the out of bounds right in front of the ladies tee, although he rallied hard and came through in the end. The Kiwi could have produced an even better score if not for some issues with the putter. He blamed some rough greens. To be fair, the greens at Ivanhoe have been in better nick. At least the first cut of rough had been cut this week!
Primesy managed to curtail the shanks for the most part and put in a consistent performance to place outright 2nd on plus 2. Blighty put in one of his better rounds for a while and tied with porks on +1, although Noods commented that porks was playing terrible all day and didn’t quite know how he ended up on that score.
Allan also managed to play to his shiny new handicap and tied in 4th with Dennis. Dale also continued his good form at came home in 5th place, his new clubs must be working quite well.
There were no reported draughties today and Noodles’ new year resolution is still going strong, although his playing partner MattH may have lost a club in anger. He blamed the dewy conditions early on. MattN caught a bad case of the shanks early after being mostly flawless off the tee (according to Matt himself). Playing with Chrispy appears to be dangerous as Sos was reported to have caught the shanks a couple of weeks earlier. Pepsi didn’t have the greatest day on the field and was heard carrying on with expletives for most of the day after mostly missing putts.
Used the bleach to good effect!
Blighty found some misfortune on the 15th, going OOB. However, he didn’t go out on the left or over the back. As Chrispy, Brendon, Targe and MattN were walking up the 16th fairway a cry of “fore” came from beyond the bushes. It seems Blighty had shanked the ball off the 15th tee over the 14th green and OOB near the tennis court car park. Apparently Blighty had just birdied the 14th, so it was a quick reality check.
There were only 10 birdies carted for the day, the there was another jackpot with the pro pin on the 12th. Matty Hunt played a decent shot to claim the ball on the 4th and after proclaiming to be able to reach the back tier with his 9iron on the 18th, noodles managed to place it within 5m to take out the pro pin.
There were some interesting fashions on the field today, Blighty was wearing some new spectacles which resembled Mrs Doubtfire. Last week Matt N or Noodles convinces that to get the best cleaning effect for his club cap, Targe should use bleach to really extract the sweat and dirt from the last yrs play. Well Targe took the bait and turned up with a new pink hat as a result. He claimed at the end of the round that it was an improvement over the standard navy and white!
Matchplay is coming up soon and starts on March monthly medal. The rules and regs are on the website about qualifying and seeding etc. If in doubt ask Harry.
Results for Saturday, 10 February 2018 1st Bob McDonald(+4) 1st Brendon Mitchell(+4) 2nd Chris Priems(+2) 3rd Andrew Blight(+1) 3rd Ryan Porker(+1) 4th Allan Davies(□) 4th Dennis Ward(□) 5th Dale Webb(-1)
Seniors Results: 1st Bob McDonald (+4) 2nd Andrew Blight (+1) 3rd Allan Davies (□) 3rd Dennis Ward (□)
Nearest the Pin Results: ProPin No 1 12th Jackpot ProPin No 2 18th Stephen Butterfield BallPin 4th Matt Hunt
