Rained Out – No Competition – No Monthly Medal
The wintry blast from Antarctica that hit Melbourne on Thursday and Friday continued into Saturday morning. Cold, rainy conditions confronted four members who made it to Ivanhoe, hoping that more members might appear and allow us to consider whether we should play for the monthly medal. At 0730 with the rain still falling and no signs of it disappearing we decided that today was not the day for golf, not even a “social” game in the rain.
As we left the carpark with the rain still falling, golfers fully decked out in their rain gear with umbrellas up, were still arriving seeming determined to play their round of golf in the worst winter conditions – it’s February, where did our summer go. As one of the café staff stated when we expressed our disappointment of no golf on Saturday – “you must be truly mad about your golf to try and play in these conditions”.
The punters club did however play 3 rounds at Mornington and to cut a long story short, many beers were had, Mehmet won the prestigious chipping competition and Jake won the overall 3 day competition. Good times were had by all!