Summer Cup, Round 2

We're all contenders at this stage

The Boys In White

Woah - the Scarffmaster doesn't show, so we're all in with a chance to pick up the Summer Cup. Just needs a steady round, and anything's possible. 

Just taking it a hole at a time

Well, so we thought, until Gary managed a double windy on the first hole, to put him firmly out of contention. (It was a waist-high swipe on the side of the bunker with both feet in the sand, to be fair. ) But apparently a first, so congratulations.

I feel a birdie coming on

Bandit Alert

Derek managed to play half a dozen strokes with the wrong ball before realising. (It was also a Titleist 4, found in the expected area in the bush, but had a strange dot pattern which hadn't been apparent until I picked it up on the green to mark it). 

Water brings out the best and the worst in me

Frances managed a brilliant birdie on the fifth, before scoring a quintuple bogey on the sixth, and putting two tee shots into the water on the ninth. 

And I'm sure we all had similar stories. But well done those who managed to keep a cool head and avoid those round-destroying meltdowns. 


WARNING: Men Only Section

Sorry girls, there was a picture of Hugh Jackman with his top off, but it was slightly out of focus

Scorecards have been the source of some consternation in the past. Here's an interesting observation:

Gary asks: A player signed and attested to her scorecard of 87, when she actually shot 86. Is this cause for disqualification? On the second day of the tournament, the committee running the tournament, corrected the error giving her an 86. Is this legal or should she have been disqualified?



Tiger responds: Gary,

Thanks for the question. This is one that many people have difficulty understanding.

Rule 6-6b (The Player, Scoring in Stroke Play, Signing and Returning Card) states, "After completion of the round, the competitor should check his score for each hole and settle any doubtful points with the Committee. He shall ensure that the marker has signed the card, countersign the card himself and return it to the Committee as soon as possible."

Rule 33-5 (The Committee, Score Card) states, "In stroke play, the Committee is responsible for the addition of scores ..."

Keeping these in mind, let's look at your question. In your question, especially based on the Committee's actions, we must assume that the 18 individual hole scores totaled to 86 and not 87. Thus, the Committee is absolutely correct in its action and the player is not penalized since the totaling of the card is the Committee's responsibility. In fact, the player does not have to record any total on the card as long as she has a score for each hole.

Interesting, huh?

So, how did we go with those novelties?

	NOVELTY	HOLE	CONTENDER	WINNER
	LD	4	Lynne	Thomas
	NTP	9		Lynne
	GOLDEN HOLE
	NTP	15		Charmaine
	NTP in 3	18		Jan (Birdie)

Some frantic totalling of scores and countbacks in the back room today, but here's how the results were declared:

	PLAYER	SCORE	BIRDIES
	Keith	84
	Frances	82	5
	Rob	81
	Bernie	78	12
	Lynne	78	9
	Kerry	77	8
	Roland	76
	Thomas	76
	Derek	75
	Richard Y	75
	Greg	74
	Gary	74
	Charmaine	73	15
	Dave	73
	Jan	72	6,14,18
	John	71
	Stephanie	71
	Ross	71
	Richard O	71

Congratulations to Richard on a great round, and thanks to Lynne for her sponsorship. 

So, adding up the scores for the two weeks gives us this:

	PLAYER	SCORE
	Jan	142
	Ross	142
	John	145
	Richard O	146
	Derek	150
	Richard Y	151
	Bernie	152
	Greg	152
	Gary	158
	Kerry	158
	Lynne	158
	Frances	159
	Rob	160

And in spite of a ten on her card (on the ninth, of all places), Jan still manages to carry off the coveted Summer Cup - well done, Jan. 

Richard's shirt misses the green

Just like I did

And for those of you working on predicting next weeks numbers out of the raffle wheel and working out who to borrow a golf ball from, here's a run down on what was widely acclaimed as "Worst Raffle Ever". 

Richard "The Roller" Yeo

	NUMBER	WINNER
	1	Shelley $10
	28
	61
	52
	43
	11	Richard “The Roller”
	68
	46
	21	Richard O
	63	Charmaine
	2	Rob

I see we've got the old bag back again this week

(Apparently Gary was referring to the blue bag the novelties are kept in - he should have made that clear)

So, that's it for another great week at SOS. Currently forecasting a warm one for next week, which is Ambrose Pairs on the Old Course, Stan is sponsoring.