SOS vs Westerners, Stableford 27 April 2013

Old Course, Wembley Golf Complex, 27 April 2013.
Stroke Play
 
Prize Sponsor: SOS
 
Special day today: we SOS are hosting the Vision Impaired Westerners.
Sky looking fine, not a cloud, no wind, but the weather turned to overcast later on in the day.
Tee off at 9:25am, the Stableford match between SOS and the Westerners is on.
My game ended pretty much after the first shot, with a massive slice to the right and long time to find the ball, luckily I did find it. I knew it was not going to be my day…

Hole n.10 was meant to be Nearest to the Pin in 2…but the first group forgot to leave the marker…so it became NTP in 2 at hole n.13… The appropriate fines were applied later on at the club house.

Then at hole n. 16…big surprise: the marker was placed on the green… who will it be? Read on to find out.

After 18 holes, here are the scores.

First of all…

SOS vs Westerners

SOS 140
Westerners 139

SOS wins by the skin of the teeth!

 

Then the SOS scores…

Stableford Play, Old Course

Lollies of the day go to:

Peter 26

Then:

Greg 26
David 26
Lorenzo 28
Don 28
Brett 28
Shelley 28
Richard 29
Glen 29
Paul C 29
Earle 29
Derek 29
Gim 30
Malcolm 30
Bernie 30
 
Third place today:
Colin 31

Second place:
Ian 32

And the winner today is…

Allan 35

Well done Allan

(But why such miserable scores today??? Luck of wind? Too much booze on Friday???)

Novelties:
NTP #2: Doug

Longest Drive/Ladies #4: Bernie
Longest Drive/Men #4: Lorenzo
NTP in 2 #13:Earle

…but most important of all…

The Jackpot #16 goes to: Derek!
Great stuff, Derek! J

We want to thank the Vision Impaired Westerners and their Caddies for their great company and super friendly help.

Next week: Stableford on Tuart at 9:00

 

 

Today's Photo Gallery

The SOS Captain receiving the victory shield

Derek, winner of the hole #16 JACKPOT

The Captain has another go with the rules: Drop or Place quiz

Allan, winner of today, receives the prize from Shelley

Malcolm pays for his sins...and forgetfulness on hole n.10 :)



Ok, today only numbers from 40 to 49, right?

Our delightful friends from the Vision Impaired Westerners, and their Caddies

 

Club Championship - Round 1, 20 April 2013

Old Course, Wembley Golf Complex, 20 April 2013.
Club Championship - Round 1
Prize Sponsor: Stephanie Jeffares

First of all, welcome to Kerry and Paul, back from a European tour.

Tee off at 10:00am this morning, for the Club Championship 2013.
Overcast sky, a little drizzle, but still we had a big turn up: 27 players contesting for the glorious SOS Club Championship title.
Today’s golf day will be remembered for Glen's yellow outfit... but also for the man’s marker, very nicely placed less than a meter away from the ladies’. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and will propose to have them like that more often! :)

After all said and done, here are the scores.

Club Championship - Round 1

Lollies of the day go to:
Malcolm, 89 points. Well done! :)

Then:

Allan: Disqualified?! What ever happened? Whatever…

Shelley: 85

Ross: 80
Paul G: 80
Tony: 79
Kerry: 78
Paul C: 78
Peter: 77
Stephanie: 77
Richard: 77
Don: 77
Colin: 77
David: 77
Eric: 76
Gim: 76
Debbie: 75
Ian: 75
Gary: 75
Greg: 75
Dave: 74
Vickie: 74

Third place today: Earle: 72

Second place:
Lorenzo: 70

And the winner is…
Glen: 67
Well done Glen!!! Great way to start the Club Championship!  

Novelties: NTP #2: Richard

NTP in 2 #9: Stephanie
NTP in 3 #12: Glen
Longest Drive #17: Paul G, allegedly with barely a 3 wood… AS IF!!! :)

Play of the day:

Vickie drops a coin in the wedges' dip! No photo though, unfortunately!

Next week we SOS will have the greatest pleasure of playing Stableford with the vision-impaired Westerners. Last year we were absolutely smashed, let’s try for something better this year.

At the end of the game there will be platters of food served to all players.

And here are today's photos.

Glen and Lorenzo's second shot on #14

A Champ in action: Glen on #18

Glen honoured by Stephanie, today's sponsor

Our Captain Rules!

 

That's all folks, watch this space for Round 2!

Stroke Ambrose 4, 13 April 2013

Old Course, Wembley Golf Complex, 13 April 2013.
Stroke Ambrose 4
Prize Sponsor: Earle Scarff

The weather forecasts were not so encouraging for today, but luckily enough we got no rain. Tee off at 9:00am, great for those who had a good rest last night (I had not).

Six teams of four lined up this morning, in the quest for victory and glory, … except for the team “Three Blind Mice” which, due a to a defection, were … just in 3.
We also had 2 guests, not competing for today’s game: Ivan Patchett and Brian Farwell.
Ambrose 4 is a game faster than our usual Stableford, my team completed the first 9 holes in 2 hours, and the full 18 holes in 4 hours on the dot. Normally the Stableford takes about 5 hours. Nonetheless the course marshal (aka Bruce) has been chasing and hurrying us as if we were having a pic-nic?
Anyway, for a change it was nice playing the ball always from the fairway (well,…not exactly always…) and having plenty of pars and birdies.

Here are the scores.

Stroke Ambrose 4, Old Course

Lollies of the day go to:
Three Blind Mice:   
   Ross
   Lynne
   Dave
with a score of 66.3.
In fairness, this did not come as a surprise, as playing in 3 is a clear disadvantage, so great effort, despite the lollies!

5^th Place:

   Earle
   Greg
   Colin
   Ric
with a score of 60.5

4^th Place:

   Lorenzo
   Derek
   Tony
   Stephanie
with a score of 60.0

3^rd Place:

   Gary
   Vickie
   Allan
   Ian
with a score of 59.375 (how can one score 0.375 strokes, I don’t know, did the ball shatter in pieces???)

2^nd Place:

   Glen
   Debbie
   Shelley
   Richard
with a score of 58.875 (…same as above, more shattering of balls this morning)

And the winners of the Ambrose 4 today are:

   Paul
   Malcolm
   Brett
   Peter
with a score of 58.0

Well done!!!

The Winners

Thanks to Earle for sponsoring the prize today.

Novelties:
NTP #2: Dave

Longest Drive hcp 20+ #9: Greg
Longest Drive #11: Colin
NTP #16: Gary

The booking officer books...

 

Waiting for the last teams...

And waiting some more...

 

 

 



 


More rules!
Do you know how to drop your balls?

Our Raffle Officer of today

 


 

 

Collecting the fines

 

 

Guess what! all that waiting time was cleverly employed by some of our members... so the first number was "43"... and Stephanie collects the 1st prize :)

 

 

That's all, folks. Next week: Club Championship. Be there or be square!

Stableford 6 April 2013

Tuart Course, Wembley Golf Complex, 6 April 2013.
Stableford Play

Start time at 9:00am today, everyone looking well rested and relaxed, ready for another great golfing day.

Weather assisting us, as usual in Perth: sun shining and temperature in the mid 20's.

We are playing the Tuart course today. It’s not everyone’s favourite one, but this year we are going to play it more often than in the past, maybe we’ll get more familiar with it and appreciate it a bit more? Time will tell. It is definitely a challenging course, with narrow fairways and massive overhanging tree branches, sometimes I wonder who ever came up with that design? My (least) favourite is hole #16, can someone please explain to me where the first shot is supposed to land???

Enough winging, here are some photos of the glorious day.

 

 

 

At the end of the day... here are the scores.

Tuart Course, Stableford

Winner of the lollies today, graciously accepted:

Don                        22
Remarkable effort, but needs more work: the club record is 19 :)

Derek                    24

Earle                      25
Greg                      26
Stephanie             26
Dave                      26
Brett                      27
Paul C.                  28
Lynne                    29
Shelley                 30
Peter                     30
Allan                      30           Birdie on 5th
Fran                       31
Ivar                        31
Glen                      32           Birdie on 9th
Colin                      33
Ross                       33Judith                    34
Ian                          34
Mal                        34

Third Place today:

Gim                        36           Birdie on 12

Second Place:

Richard                  37

And the Winner is…:

Lorenzo                 41

Nice, winning again...I can get used to this

Thanks to Judith for sponsoring the price today.

 

Novelties:

NTP in 3 #2                       Paul C.
NTP #9                               Glen
NTP #12                             Gim
Longest Drive #17            Judith
 

NTP on #9 = 1 golf ball ...mind you, that pink one looks really groovie

See? I can do NTP me

Longest Drive bombardier

And the day went on as usual...

 ...until the Captain tackled the hard task of explaining some of the golf rules

When moving your ball on the fairway you may not clean it, therefore here at Wembley you may indeed clean it

yeah, whatever

My after-golf treat

The new SOS shirts, kindly organized by Judith

Love picking numbers, I could go on forever

 

Ok, that was all for today.
Next week: Ambrose 4. See you then.