The mood was positive in the early morning as the prospect of a sunny day of golf was on offer, and the result of the previous nights footy was a topic of conversation. It was a surprise that Chrispy made it on time after the pies effort the night before. There was not so much luck for JQ as he was not thrilled with the result. Preferred lies were no more as there is a fair bit of run in the fairways, so some would expect for high scoring all round. It was not to be however as only two members out of the 20 beat their handicap.
Allan and Steve (damo junior) ended up tying for first place on 37 points after consistent rounds. Allan managed to play without scratching a hole and Steve only had the single wipe. It goes to show that it pays to be consistent. Steve also played an outstanding shot on the 18th and in the pro pin jackpot and just snuck in the birdie putt after being only 70cm from the hole, of which there were 9 birdies carded for the day from all.
2nd place was shared by a couple of relatively new comers in Daniel and Mehmet who scored his first points for quite some time. Dennis also shared 2nd place on 34 points who is stringing together some good rounds in a row recently.
A trio of hooligans scraped home in 3rd place, Ben, Peter and Chrispy, who was seen wearing Collingwood shorts and a Collingwood shirt. Don’t get ahead of yourself there Chrispy, 1 week to go. Ben managed to top his drive on the first, which is becoming a regular theme, although the topped drives are often joined with points for the day so something must be working ok. Dale was on his lonesome in 4th place on 31 points.
Again 5th place was shared by a few patriots who didn’t have their best round, but nonetheless a single point they will take. Noods, Gordo, Jason and John. Jason was observed on multiple occasions teeing up for a second time at the tee after playing some wild shots out of bounds. JQ was so keen about his golf he was asking after the round who was available next week to play in the competition, given that the Tigs are not in the big game.
The ball hole was on the 12th and Damian hit it close enough to score himself a shiny new one. The second propin was on the 15th and no-one hit it within 5m so it will jackpot again for next week. Simon was oh so close as his tee shot struck the flag, but it ricocheted off to the edge of the green. Unlucky Simon. There was some confusion on the 4th as there were two holes in play, but only one flag. Course management had failed to fill in the second hole, Chris from the Pro shop was seen rushing to cap the second hole just prior to the last group teeing off.
Senior points were on offer and Allan, Dennis and Gordon took out the 3, 2 and 1 points places respectively. The seniors championship is heating up with Simon leading on 46 points, Gordon hot on his heals on 43 and Harry is currently in third place on 29 points.
There is only 3 months left in the championship for this year, Gordon is leading marginally from JQ and Noods and there is only 10 points separating the top 5 players and 12 players within 20 points of the lead. It’s within anyone’s reach with a few good wins. Ryan still leads the eclectic ahead of Noods and Brendon.
Happy Birthday to Bill and Michael G for this week. Reminder that there is a club event next week for Grand final day and the trip away to Rich River is the following week. There will still be an official event on that weekend at Ivanhoe for those who are not attending and there will be points on offer for both events if there is at least 6 played in attendance.
Results for Saturday, 22 September 2018
1st Allan Davies(37) 1st Stephen Kelly(37) 2nd Mehmet Akdag(34) 2nd Daniel O’Rourke(34) 2nd Dennis Ward(34) 3rd Ben Akdag(32) 3rd Peter Damou(32) 3rd Chris Priems(32) 4th Dale Webb(31) 5th Stephen Butterfield(30) 5th Gordon Hill(30) 5th Jason Hopkins(30) 5th John Quinlan(30)
Seniors Results: 1st Allan Davies (37) 2nd Dennis Ward (34) 3rd Gordon Hill (30)
Nearest the Pin Results: ProPin No 1 15th Jackpot ProPin No 2 18th Stephen Kelly BallPin 12th Damien Lee