Conditions were great, albeit with a bit of a cold start but the sun soon peaked through the clouds and 19 members enjoyed the golf, and in some cases more the company as the golf wasn’t that great for the most part. No one managed to match their handicap and as a result there were two equal winners on 35 points.
Gordon who has put together a nice run of points to lead the championship and Jason, who somehow managed to sneak out of the house after becoming a Dad for the first time last week. It could have been beter if he had not hit the nearest the pin marker on the 12th hole, by all reports his ball would have been quite close if it was not there. Gordon was putting for par on the 16th and his ball fell agonizingly short on the lip of the hole, after a period of time (9.5s) it dropped in for the par. Second place was shared by a number of players, Brendon, David, Chispy and Dennis rounding out the 5 pointers on 34 stableford points.
Matt was struggling a bit all day but managed to scramble well enough to end up in third place on 33 points and now leading Rob 10 and 6 for their little side contest. A swaggle of players finished up on 32 points and a share of 4th, Blighty who was looking a little worse for wear before the round, SOS and Trevor. There were no reported shanks from SOS although he did hook a shot on the 9th wildly and it appeared that like it was a homing missile aimed Simon. Trevor was heard winging after the round that he 3 putted almost every hole. It seemed like almost everyone would score points today, but Bill cut a few short and ended up on his lonesome in 5th place on 31 points.
Simon was complaining of Jetlag after returning from overseas, although the excuse was not accepted for his performance. After seeing Gordon’s ball fall in as mentioned earlier, Simon’s approach shot on the 17th almost replicated his feats. As shown in the photo, he was oh so short of knocking it in for eagle.
Rob was seen sporting a new ‘fat’ putter grip and he said it felt great! It turns out it didn’t work that well however as he was seen time after time hitting putts short and missing putts that should not be missed. Ryan and Rob both hit close approach shots on the 18th and the tape measure was required to determine the winner of the pro pin. Rob ended up being 3.1m from the hole and took the cash, and after all his missed putts he sunk the birdie putt into the back of the hole, or which there were 8 carded for the day overall. Ryan was having all sorts of issues off the tee with the big stick, although the par 3’s were more to his liking, he hit it close on the 7th, 12th, 15th and 18th and managed to take out the ball hole and 2nd pro pin as a result.
There were reports of a runaway buggy – Ben’s new electronic buggy went from the pond on the 14th “unassisted” to past the green, up the side of the 15th tee and did wheelies in some casual water. No one from the group saw the ‘rogue’ buggy have a run. Dennis also had some issues, he doesn’t leak oil when his game goes bad, he loses his buggy tyre. He lost one coming down the 17th!
There were no reported drafties for the day, although on the par 5 fairway, Rob had an almost freshy and just topped the ball with a few onlookers giving him some grief after (notably his brother). Noods and porks were having mares and decided to math play the back 9. The bets were decided and noods proceeded to crumble after a few holes.
Results for Saturday, 08 September 2018
1st Gordon Hill(35) 1st Jason Hopkins(35) 2nd Brendon Mitchell(34) 2nd David Mullenger(34) 2nd Chris Priems(34) 2nd Dennis Ward(34) 3rd Matt Hunt(33) 4th Andrew Blight(32) 4th Peter Damou(32) 4th Trevor Jackson(32) 4th Stephen O’Sullivan(32) 5th Bill Eastoe(31)
Seniors Results: 1st Gordon Hill (35) 2nd Dennis Ward (34) 3rd Andrew Blight (32) 3rd Trevor Jackson (32)
Nearest the Pin Results: ProPin No 1 15th Ryan Porker ProPin No 2 18th Robert Priems BallPin 12th Ryan Porker