Saturday, May 27, 2017

Club Championship, Round 3


It's days like this we know why we live in Perth. Not many places in the world you need sunscreen when you play golf in the middle of winter.


The boy's club


Good to see Malcolm, and wish him Happy Birthday. (He got the celebratory gif last week, he doesn't get it twice.)


Fifty again. And again. And again. Oh well. 





Ron is finally presented with the Perry Lakes Cup, after it's had a decent polishing. Congratulations, Ron, and many thanks for your kind sponsorship of today's game.


At last. 
Stylish. Must be dressed by Kerry. 


Seems the Longest Drive marker got mislaid when we all retired to the clubhouse this afternoon. When finally rescued, it was revealed that Brett had won (although we note his playing partner had added the rather unfair comment that he had tee'd off from the ladies' tee. )


They say choose your wine to go with your outfit.
Anyone else need their balls cleaned?



A note from our treasurer - $1 in the golden hole pot, 20c in the eagle's nest pot. Shouldn't really be that hard. If you don't want to participate, don't tick the relevant column when you check in. (But NO payout for you if you win.)




Either my calculator's broken or it doesn't add up.






Rob and Richard act out a  scene from a famous movie. (Don't get it? Scroll to the end/)


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So, for those closely fought over novelties:


HOLE
NOVELTY
CONTENDERS
WINNER


1
Longest Putt

Paul


9
NTP
Phil, Brett
Ron


11
Longest Drive

Brett


13
NTP in 3




12
Golden Hole

Stan















Looks like Steph set us too tough a task on the thirteenth. 


Some of us are just taking too long over the setup. 


And here's a story we can all sympathise with:

It was a sunny Sunday morning, and Murray was beginning his preshot routine, visualizing his upcoming shot, when a voice came over the clubhouse loudspeaker. "Would the gentleman on the ladies' tee please back up to the men's tee."
Murray remained in his routine, seemingly unfazed by the interruption.
A little louder: "Would the man on the women's tee kindly back up to the men's tee!"
Murray raised up out of his stance, lowered his driver, and shouted, "Would the announcer in the clubhouse kindly shut up and let me play my second shot?"
Steph was awarded the " never gave up " award by her partners.
Dressed by we know who.

Shelley has some men's shirts available, and will be ordering some long sleeve shirts, but they will have to be in white. This will enable us to adopt "Hooray for the red, white and blue" as the club song. 


Hooray for us too. Or is that "two"?


Enough of this nonsense. Here's what we all want to see:

PLAYER
SCORE
BIRDIES


Kerry
83
16


Vickie
82



Peter
82



Rob
81



Earle
79



Richard Y
78



Stephanie
77
16


Derek
76
17


Gary
75
9


Ron
75
6,9


Brenda
73
9


Lynne
73



Glen
72



Thomas
72



Greg
72



Stan
71



Shelley
71
16


Phil McKeague
70
6, 12, 16


Brett
70
6, 12


Frances
69



Congratulations to Frances


who apparently has no intention of dressing like this for next week. Unfortunately.


We note that Brett contributed a total of $5.80 for his excessive swearing fine. Must have been a real shocker. 


Next week - the WA Week Cup, followed by a sausage sizzle, weather permitting. 


Don't be ridiculous. You can see my legs the day I win the Club Championship


Starring Rob and Richard





























Saturday, May 20, 2017

Match Play, Round 1

Whoa, birthdays for Malcolm and Greg. Happy Birthday guys!





God, please make them all play nicely.



Match play, which shouldn't really be a different game, but somehow it is. 

Bernie tries to negotiate a gimme off the first tee



But a lot of fun was had, at least by most. 


Stan makes sure of a couple of birdies




Remember, if you're going to be away for the quarter finals, etc, remember to tell Glen so he doesn't draw you. 
Yeah, practice makes perfect, sure...
Gonna have to be good to beat me today





Competitive? Us?




There was some discussion as to whether we're allowed to clean the ball if we pick it up to take advantage of a preferred lie on the fairway.

I'll psych him out with my super smile


That's the first and last stroke I'm giving her today


Still no ruling on this, but the president will consider the issue in time for next week's game. Becomes of some significance on wet days like today. 


And that's before they even stepped on the first tee


A reminder - when playing match play, you MUST play in order of distance from the pin until you get on to the green. Once on the green, furthest plays first, then furtherest's partner - these two playing the hole out with furthest away playing first each time. Then the other pair play out similarly. 



When nature calls

Who got birdies today?



GOLFER
HOLE



Shelley
2nd



Brett
9th



Frances
10th



Paul
15th



Glen
17th







The novelties seemed a bit more challenging that usual today. No-one picked up the NTP on the 12th, so we manage to save the club a ball. 


NOVELTY
HOLE
CONTENDERS
WINNERS


NTP
2nd

Lynne


NTP in 2
8th

Brett


LD
11th
Kerry
Lynne


NTP in 2
12th






And the Golden Hole jackpots again.



Keep a close eye on your partner's ball and he'll do the same for yours too



So, how did we all go?


Greg
5 & 3
Brett


Kerry
4 & 3
Bernie


Peter
4 & 2
Jan


Gary
3 & 2
Vickie


Frances
3 & 1
Paul


Shelley
2 & 1
Phil


Lynne
2 up
Earle


Thomas
1 up
Brenda


Glen
1 up
Stan


Stephanie
AS
Derek


Ross
Forfeit
Rob








Not going home empty-handed


Next week, Club Championship Round 3 on the Tuart.