What is the old saying, there are no truer things in life than death and taxes. Well add to that list, new members winning in their first few competition rounds for the club. Wasting no time with his first official round with a club membership, Andrew Noble wasted no time and blitzed his first par round with a score of +5 for the day. This included 5 pluses on the first 6 holes! Even on the 18th hole he missed a par putt and claimed “all well that’ll save me 0.3!”
Not quite up there but close enough, who also scored Andrew’s card mind you, was Raj who handed in a card with a score of +2, much to the dismay of the club house leader at the time. Raj was on multiple occasions sinking puts from everywhere, including a 16 footer on the 18th for birdie which moved quite a long way up and down the slope!
Andrew (Blight variety) took out the seniors and also outright 3rd place with a very respectable +2. Conditions could not have been much better with little wind and warm conditions, plenty of fairway run and greens in decent condition. The course faired well for three others who also beat their handicap, Craig, Matt and Targe all played to +1. Craig claimed to have missed at least two putts from 18 inches or so. Michael also missed a shortish putt on the 18th for birdie. although this was close enough to win the ball hole, he did not however fair in the points.
Andrew (Peps) rounded out the place getters with a square card who was also joined by Brendon. Peps managed a shank on the 2nd although he blamed the tree he was under; although SOS blamed karma as peps was talking during SOS’s drive on the very same hole.
Speaking of shanks, Michael claimed to have scored the best par ever on the 14th after shanking his drive OOB, he reloaded and drove it close enough to the green to chip in for par and a square on the hole! SOS was hesitant to mention mention the word which must not be spoken, and claimed to have never sh@#^ked one with the driver before, however about 10 seconds later he proceeded to do so and his drive sailed over the 16th green!
Porks didn’t have the best day but he turned it around on the par 3’s, winning the pro pin on the 12th with a tee shot to 1.6m and was even closer on the 15th for the other ball prize. No hole in ones but there was a moment on both holes where the thought had fluttered by momentarily.
Adam achieved a first for the club for himself, a draughty and subsequent shout on the 17th. He was seen hitting a second shot from the hill adjacent to the 18th green.
Shout out to Bob and Brent who celebrated birthdays during the week.
Results for Saturday, 11 Feb 2023
1st Andrew Noble (+5) 2nd Rajesh Mahto (+3) 3rd Andrew Blight (+2) 4th Craig Cameron (+1) 4th Matt Hunt (+1) 4th Targe Mifsud (+1) 5th Brendon Mitchell (□) 5th Andrew Petricola (□)
Seniors Results: 1st Andrew Blight (+2) 2nd Craig Cameron (+1) 2nd Targe Mifsud (+1) 3rd Michael Gourlay (-1)
Nearest the Pin Results: ProPin – 12th Ryan Porker BallPin No 1 – 15th Ryan Porker BallPin No 2 – 18th Michael Gourlay