There was a forecast of rain, and raid it did. It was only fairly light and it seemed that the umbrellas were forever going up and down. With the second last round before daylight savings, it was still dark when it was time for the first group to tee off. 16 members (bravest of them all) turned up put through some uncomfortable conditions but it was a non assuming Rod White that putted along and racked up par after par. His playing group were relatively surprised when the end result was plus 6 which romped home for first place. By his own accord, he only hit 3 fairways all day, and didn’t set the putter alight, but something must have worked in his favor with a very impressive score.
It seemed that it was a day for the higher handicappers, with Targe (or yours truly as he is more often than not referred to), and Peter coming home in 2nd and 3rd places respectively with scores of 3 and 2 in the positive. Targe has extended his lead in the club championships so the handicapper has taken the liberty to deduct a few more from his playing weight, surely he will be back to his old mark soon enough.
With only 16 players there was plenty of opportunity for points, however only 5 ended up achieving that. Dale played to his handicap and Dennis was just one more behind. Dennis did well to score a point, he was also quite distracted during the round by sending sms’s to Gordon from time to time, complaining about this and that.
As always Simon was intrigued with the seniors results, and he managed to score the final placing with Allan.
Michael joined us today for the first time in a while, and he would be been regretting it for the early part due to the rain and his inability to score pars. He started the round with 6 ‘gashes’ but rallied and came home with some more solid golf. Jason also wasn’t playing too well, with a -7 on the back 9. There is always next week guys. With the inconsistent golf from some, there were no reported draughties for the day.
The nearest the pins were hotly contested. The ball on the 12th was quite a distance away by the time the second last group came around, but Brendon beat that mark to win the prize. The 15th pin was at the back of the green, and Damian hit hit tee shot a little fat and it landed short in the rough at the front of the green. It took a magnificent kick out of there and rolled up to within 2.5m of the pin to take the money. He slotted the birdie, of which there were only 8 carded for the day.
The 18th was again at the back tier and Damian again hit a solid shot to be close enough for a ball. The course wasn’t it too bad of nick if you ask Gordon, who with Simon and Michael, all of their group made pars on the 13th.
Matchplay round 2 starts next week along with the April monthly medal. The Ryder cup round is held during the following week which proves to be an interesting concept, with championship points on offer.
Results for Saturday, 30 March 2019
1st Rodney White(+6) 2nd Targe Mifsud(+3) 3rd Peter Damou(+2) 4th Dale Webb(□) 5th Dennis Ward(-1)
Seniors Results: 1st Targe Mifsud (+3) 2nd Dennis Ward (-1) 3rd Allan Davies (-3) 3rd Simon Powell (-3)
Nearest the Pin Results: ProPin18th Damien Lee BallPin No 1 12th Brendon Mitchell BallPin No 2 15th Damien Lee