It was a warm Summers day with little to no breeze early on which made things a bit uncomfortable. This did not deter the 15 players in attendance, although with a little controversy there ended up being joint winners at the end of the day’s play.
A couple of minor errors on the score card upgraded Targe to share first place on 38 points with Chrispy. The controversy was associated with CJ and his use of balls. On the 4th tee he hit his shot far and wide close to the OOB area and had a little trouble finding his ball. SOS joined the search and plucked one of CJ’s Callaway soccer themed ball that was red and yellow.
He proceeded to take a drop and continue on and played out the hole to eventually get a single point for the hole. Now the problem was he was accused of using a blue and yellow ball instead and it had magically changed colour. For the life of things CJ could not remember for sure what colour his original ball was and they decided to let it slide, where Peps said that it’ll be interesting if he ended up winning. Well sure enough that was the case but after much deliberation the score still stands. There were no such reports for anything untoward on Targe’s card but his win drops him down into the 20’s for his handicap again, well done Targe!
Matt and Ken played together and were solid enough all day to play to their handicaps and, with Targe’s upgrade they also are upgraded to 2nd place. Not too far back is old Reliable hit it down the middle Craig who was not too far away with 35 points for 3rd.
Trevor also is getting used to his new handicap and with some minor arithmetic errors in his card is upgraded to 4th place on 34 points. Rounding out the points placings were Gordon and SOS on 33 points. SOS managed to shank his tee shot on the 12th and the ball ended up in parts of the course that not many would have seen before.
The propin was again a jackpot on the 12th, no one was close enough with a deceptive pin position at the back of the green. The first ball hole on the 15th was won by CJ, it was not reported what colour his ball was that was lucky enough to end up close enough to win another ball but it must have been his lucky ball as he managed to sink the birdie putt.
The last ball hole was on the 18th and Peps hit a nice shot to take it out. There were 10 birdies scored for the day which was a little low considering the conditions were close to perfect with a lot of run on the fairways, little breeze and top notch greens overall. There were almost 2 birdies scored in a row however by Bob on the last two holes, but his putt on the 18th spun around the hole and decided that the hole was not the home for him and it popped out to deny Bob yet again. One could imagine the expletives that would have been heard after such events.
As a recurring story, Bob had issues with his electric buggy but Matty was observed to be having a fantastic time with his new buggy manoeuvring it to all corners of the course, into bushes, over hills etc.
Happy Birthday to Jase who celebrated a milestone during the week.
A reminder to all to register for the matchplay tournament on the club website. The event is soon approaching and Harry has asked for all to register beforehand with a yes or no so the draw can be determined. The intention is if you do not register your interest you will be be included in the draw.
Results for Saturday, 22 January 2022
1st Targe Mifsud (38) 1st Chris Priems (38) 2nd Matt Hunt (36) 2nd Ken Watson (36) 3rd Craig Cameron (35) 4th Trevor Jackson (34) 5th Gordon Hill (33) 5th Stephen O’Sullivan (33)
Seniors Results: 1st Chris Priems (38) 1st Targe Mifsud (38) 2nd Ken Watson (36) 3rd Craig Cameron (35)
Nearest the Pin Results: ProPin – 12th Jackpot BallPin No 1 – 15th Chris Priems BallPin No 2 – 15th Andrew Petricola