SOS Cup Round 2, Old Course, 26 October 2013

Old Course, Wembley Golf Complex, 26 October 2013.

SOS Cup Round 2

Prize sponsor: Rich

Round 2 of the SOS Cup today.

Weather forecasts finally got it right: sunny all day long, I guess that summer is just around the corner.

With no further ado, here are the scores:


SOS Cup Round 2
Stroke play

Disqualifications:

None, we all behaved today

Lollies of the day go to:

Kerry with 86! That's one way of winning

 
Then:

Rod 83

Toni 82

Don 82

Gim 80

Peter 78

Rich 77

Dave 77

Ian 76

Lorenzo 75

Glen 75

Ross 75

Brett 74

Vickie 72

Tony 71

Frances 70

Judith 70

Greg 69

Earle 69 birdie on #1

Mal 69

Phil 67

3^rd place on count back: 

Colin 67 birdie on 10th

2nd place:

Gary 67 birdie #13

and today's winner is:
Derek with an impressive 66

Spitze, Derek!

Novelties:

NTP #2: Tony
NTP in 3 #5: Glen

NTP in 2 #10: Colin
Ladies Longest Drive #17: Judith

SOS Cup, Overall results:

3^rd place: 

Earle 143

2nd place:

Colin 141

and the winner of the SOS Cup 2013 is:
Gary 140

Congratulations for another victory, Gary!
Here is the interview to the SOS Cup Winner

AOB:

Birthdays: Frances and Glen

Next week:

Captains Choice: Divorced Pairs. What the heck is that? here's the captain himself explaining.

Captain's Choice on 2 November
Divorced Pairs is the choice and is a stableford game played in pairs.  The stableford score for the relevant hole for each person in the pair is multiplied to give the result for the hole, eg player 1 has 0 and player 2 has 3 gives a result of 0 (3x0=0); player 1 has 3 and player 2 has 4 gives a result of 12 (3x4=12).  A counselling service will be available after the game for those pairs who have irreconcilable differences or come to blows during the game!!
As each player will be keeping its stableford score, the score will be registered with Golflink after the game.

Here is our weekly photo gallery 

Derek collects his prize from the sponsor

Today's podium

The winner of the SOS Cup 2013

SOS Cup Round 1, Tuart Course, 19 October 2013

Tuart Course, Wembley Golf Complex, 19 October 2013.

(also known as "the day that eagles flew")

SOS Cup Round 1

Prize sponsor:Mal

Round 1 of the SOS Cup today.

Weather forecasts nailed it once again: non-stop rain the whole day, as opposed to "occurring showers". I'll put my hand up next time that there is a position open as director of the BoM. Not for myself, rather for my dog.

But the sun was definitely shining on some of our friends: ... Glen, how was your game today???

In case you did not get it, Dr Glen scored a spectacular EAGLE on the #12, which is also our Jackpot hole. Want to hear it straight from the horse's mouth? there you go:

Don't mean to be disrespectful, but from memory, out of the last 3 eagles, 2 were scored with a mis-hit. So here is a motivational thought for you: when you mess your shot, don't despair: you have more chances of scoring an eagle!

Superb stuff, Glen, ... no matter how you got it :)))
And thanks for the drinks!


Our captain Earle also offered 2 platters of "humble" meat pies (to make up for last week's scores business....) Thanks for that to you too.


Scores:

SOS Cup Round 1
Stroke play

Disqualifications:

THE BoM!!!!!
Miriam also had to withdraw at the 9th hole.

Lollies of the day go to:

Peter! with 85! What happened, you had some very good round lately...?

 
Then:

Derek 84

Ian 83

Frances 83

Gim 82

Ross 81

Lynne 81

Judith 80

Phil 79

Don 79

Vickie 79

Brett 78 birdie on 10th

Lorenzo 78

Mal 78

Shelley 77

Greg 75

Colin 74

Earle 74

Gary 73

3^rd place on count back: 

Rich 71 birdie on 3rd

2nd place:

Glen 71 EAGLE ON 12TH!!!

but despite the eagle, the winner is:
Dave with a massive 66

Well done Dave!!!

Novelties:

NTP #3: Rich (Birdie)
NTP #9: Vickie

NTP in 3 #14: Gary
Longest Drive #17: Lorenzo

AOB:

Justice was done, Judith has been awarded as winner of last week comp.

Next week:

SOS Cup Round 2, on Old course.

Here is our weekly photo gallery

Glen in the middle of a mystical vision

Judith collecting the prize for last week's victory (sponsored by Earle though)

Mal awards Dave, winner of today's comp

Cheers for Glen!

Club Championship Round 7, Old Course, 12 October 2013

Old Course, Wembley Golf Complex, 12 October 2013.

(also known as "the day of the spectacular twist")

Club Championship Round 7 

Prize sponsor: Ian

Round 7 is the last of the Club Championship, so we are probably going to get sometime soon the announcement of  the Club King.

Good turn up today, Oliver was back with us, away from his fatherly duties.

I will remember this day for 2 things:
1. on the #16, the tricky par 3 and jackpot hole, all of us in group 6 landed on the green few meters away from the pin. Gary was the closest, we had 1 birdie and 3 pars.
2. ... you'll figure it out in just few seconds - OMG... painful stuff! :)

Actually, another thing that I will remember is a freaky lady chucking a coin at Phil's face, in the club house!!! :)))


Ok, scores.


Club Championship Round 7

Disqualifications:

Phil
Paul G
DJ
Colin

Lollies of the day go to:

From what I understood, Don? with 82 net, after countback.

 
Then:

Kerry 82, however collecting the lollies :)

Tony 80

Gim 79

Miriam 77

Peter 77

Lorenzo 76, birdie on #16

Vickie 76

Oliver 74

Earle 74, birdie on the infamous #5
Glen 74, birdie on #1
Ross 73

Greg 72

Shelley 72

Gary 71, birdie #8

Ian 71

3^rd place on count back: 

Brett 70, birdie #11

2nd place on count back:

Judith 70

and the winner is:
Rich 70, birdie #14

Well done Rich!!!

HANG ON A MINUTE

Update from our Captain:




Oops!!!  For some undescribable unexplainable reason I read Judith's and Brett's scores of 70 as 71 and this has meant the results today are completely different from those announced (is this a giant fine or what!!!!!).  The correct results are as follows:

1   Judith Holm - 70 on a countback with 42 on the back 9.
2   Brett Frodham - 70 on a countback with 45 on the back 9
3   Richard Yeo - 70 on a countback with a countback of 47 on the back 9.




SOOO:
Well done Rich Judith!!!



The West Australian has been advised with the correct score above.

Novelties:

NTP #2: Brett
NTP in 3 #8: Gary, who actually birdied the hole, with a downhill putt from 8 meters :)))

NTP in 2 #11: Brett
Longest Drive #17: Brett

That means that Brett goes back home with 5 new balls!

AOB:

Club Championship to be announced soon?

Next week:

SOS Cup Round 1, on Tuart.

Photo gallery

4 balls on the green in 1 stoke, at #16. The hole is by Gary's putter

 

Gary, whatever perfume you're using....CHANGE IT!!!

Kerry hopping in the cart in a Duke of Hazzard fashion

Yesss, it's a birdie (#16)

Phil, seconds before being abused by a hot-headed blonde

Can you photoshop it so that my legs look shaved?

Rich, ALMOST winner of Round 7

Stableford, Tuart Course, 5 October 2013

Tuart Course, Wembley Golf Complex, 5 October 2013.

(also known as "the day of the unbeaten track")

Stableford

Prize sponsor: Paul G. And if you did not know it was Paul G, you could have figured it out by looking at the brand of the prizes.

Finally we are back to our usual stableford play.
Raining still a little bit, but just very lightly and only for few minutes. I did spot some of us that kept the umbrella open in bright sunshine. One of these was Shelley :) (I have photos and witnesses!)

Why "the day of the unbeaten track"? If you don't know the answer, then you must have been in group 1 or 2. I was in group 3 and my first stoke of the day was a memorable slice, one that ended in a place that I never visited before. Actually I have been there before, just did not realize where I was when I found the ball: by the green of the 18th hole. I had never figured out before that hole 1 and 18 of the Tuart were running beside each other. Once satisfied with the learning of this new piece of geography, I had to work out what to do: I was in open territory, but surrounded by very tall trees. Playing the ball in the attempt of re-joining my group was very hard, would have meant going through thick bush, high chance of not making it. I then considered playing the fairway #18 backwards, but then getting back on the green of #1 would have still been very hard. Plus I would have definitely pissed off the rightful players of the #18. Ok, it's stableford, in the worst case you only lose 2 points. So I went for a hard shot, but at least it would have put me back in track on that hole: a 4 hybrid over the trees, hoping to land on the fairway #1. I had a very good impact, the ball went slightly more right than I planned, as the trees were even taller there, but the ball also flew higher than expected, so apparently I managed to clear the trees. But where did the ball actually land? I followed exactly the line of flight, every step getting more and more worried, through thick and dark bush. Walks like these bring back to your mind your worst and most hidden worries. after 80 meters of bush tracking I have not spotted the ball yet, I feel lost. I am out of the bush now, by the fairway. I take a look back at the trees: no sign of my ball. I then look around me: here is the ball, just on the semi-rough, actually not a bad spot at all to land on your second shot, 30 meters away from the pin! I mean, the right pin, the one of hole #1!
W h a t   a   s i g h   o f   r e l i e f .
Most incredibly I managed to recover from that awful drive and close the hole with a par.
That was certainly a route that I had never walked before, very scary, but fortunately it all ended up very well, I'll never forget that second shot.

Ok ok, not everything went to perfection in the rest of the day: on the par 5 #13 I had another awful drive, ... but this time I lost the ball. A ball that was perfect to me. A ball that gave me plenty of satisfaction in the last 6 months. We had so much fun together. It's a Bridgestone e7. Should you ever find, please give it back to me, I'll pay a reward. Her name is "Bridgie".

Scores!

Stableford, 5 October 2013.

Disqualifications:

The greenkeeper: the balls on the flag pin, those that are supposed to indicate whether the pin is at the front or at the back of the green, were all at the wrong height!

Lollies of the day go to:

According to my records, this should be Phil, with 23 points. It is not such a bad score though

Then:

Paul C 23
Gary 24
Kerry 25
Glen 27
Earle 27
Brett 28
Ian 30
Vickie 30
Peter 30
Mal 31
Richard 33, birdie on #10
David 33, birdie on #9
Colin 34, birdie on #13
Gim 35
Ross 35
Shelley 36
Paul G 36, birdie on #12

3^rd place on count back: 

Don 36

2nd place on count back:

Lorenzo 36

and the winner is:
Greg 39, birdie on #7

Well done Greg!!!

Novelties:

NTP #2: Don
NTP#9: David
NTP #15: Lorenzo
NTP in 2 #17: Lorenzo

But more importantly:
KERRY CASHED IN THE JACKPOT!

AOB:

Birthdays time: Earle on Friday, Bernie on Saturday!

And finally, our weekly photo gallery.

That tiny mushroom-like shape is actually Shelley with her umbrella open, despite the sun was shining by then...

Heaven's in the back seat of my Cadillac...

Unbeaten track...

...can you spot the millepede?

I really love this view

IT'S JACKPOT TIME!!!

Paul awards Greg, today's winner, with half a tonne of heavy duty machinery

 

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