Match Play

Qualifying Round 1

26 May 2018

Quote of the day:

My favourite shots are the practice swing and the conceded putt. The rest can never be mastered.
Lord Robertson

Forecast:  Friday gale winds and rain continuing onto Saturday 1pm

 

20 golfers turned up on Saturday morning expecting water logged greens and the possibility of an abandoned game. 

However, greens were dry enough to putt and, other than an early start because of some "no shows", it was golf as usual!!!

 
Caption Competition Result

Fran advised that the entries were all good, with the winning entry  from:

Brett Fordham

Dave:  So mate on the last hole that would be a slut, tree to fairway, bunker to bunker, bush to bush and a Garcia for a score of 17?
Ian:  Yep.

Fran awarding Brett the caption prize - Not too sure if it is a ball marker or a hug!

Pic for next weeks’s caption competition below

All entries to Fran Longhurst for judging by midnight next Friday.

Add caption

 

Results
 

Glen Pope d Frances Longhurst 7/5

 

Glen was at his stylish best!!!



Sniffing a victory in the air ....

 

 

Max Patriaca d Jack Tylich 4/3

 

Nothing like a pie to console oneself after a loss!

Brett Fordham d Lynne Malone 4/3

You can only laugh!!!  Brett plays to a gross 79 and I had to give him a shot!!!

X!#x*!  I would have been gross 77 & $50 richer if I hadn't missed those gross eagles by an inch!!!

John Messenger d Greg Bennett 4/2

I nearly had to play to par to beat Greg!!  I hope he nominates me for the best winner comp!!

Seasoned trooper that he is, Greg knows that he can still get into the finals with 4 points from the next 2 rounds!

Kerry Gardner d Bernie Caffrey 4/2

Guilty smile after eating the SOS lollies (half a chocolate bar) to make up for her loss to Kerry.

Jan Rowling d Gary Burgess 3/2


Vickie Scarff d Earle Scarff 2/1

No amount of consoling Earle will persuade him to nominate Vickie for the best winner comp! 

Stephanie Jeffares d Peter Baird 2/1

Stop!!!! I did not talk every time Peter was about to have a shot!!!

It hasn't worked - I thought a drink or too would help me get over the loss!!

Paul Gardner d Ian Holmes 1/0

And, this is how I crunched Ian! [Blogster comment:  Obviously no nomination for best winner here]



Ian, ever the gentleman, just smiles away.

Richard Yeo d Gim Ong 1/0

Signing "I'm a winner" (I think!)

And the lollies (or ½ of the lollies) to:



It is nice to win something, even if it is half eaten!!

The Novelty Chronicles

Golden Hole – 16^th hole:  Jackpots to next game on the Old Course & will be approx. $150

NTP in 2 – 2^th hole: Vickie and then Max

NTP  –  6^th hole: Lynne and then John

NTP in 2  – 13^th hole: Vickie and then Peter

A ball goes a little way in making up for the loss!

I’m in the money – jubilant raffle winner Jack!

This covers my fines!

Best winner competition

Entries to Vickie Scarff or Stephanie Jeffares (with Steffie to Judge)

 

One entry has been received already!  Did your winner conduct themselves in a gratious and sporting manner so that it was a pleasure to play notwithstanding the loss!!  If so, please nominate that winner with a short description to back your nomination.  A ball for the best entry.

FIXTURE FOR NEXT WEEK:  Club Championship 3 – Sponsor:  Ron Conway

A reminder to all:

 

You need to play 11 games in the winter season, including at least 5 championship days.

The Club Champion (open) is calculated on the 5 best gross scores, the Club Handicap Champion is calculated on the 5 best net scores, the A Grade Champion is calculated on the 5 best gross scores for handicap range 17-24, the B Grade Champion is calculated as the 5 best gross scores for handicap range 25-up (Note the handicap ranges for A Grade and B Grade may be varied slightly before the 6^th Club Championship game by the Captain to ensure that the groups are reasonably balanced) and the Lady Club Champion is calculated on the 5 best gross scores..