WINTER CUP, ROUND 1

Winter Cup, Round 1. A testing stroke competition, but the weather was much kinder than last week. 

Good to see the stress of moving house isn't getting to the Scarffs.

We put away all that wet weather gear, left the umbrella in the car, and in a few cases, managed to play pretty terribly. 

But that's golf. If it was an easy game, there'd be no point in playing. 

We know just how he feels

Now here are a couple of pix from the archives. Remember this bloke?

And this glorious day, back in 2015?

Gary's starting to collect names for the country cup on September 30th, to get a rough idea of numbers. 

An app we could all use from time to time

Nearer the time, you'll be selecting your lunch. To start you thinking, the menu is published below. 



Bet you're feeling hungry now? 

Here are a couple of suggestions for the new SOS uniform starting in 2019. 





Not really. It's just eye candy. But then again..?

The Golden Hole failed to go off today, much to John's disappointment. He'd been visualising the perfect shot all week, only to fluff it fifty metres off the tee. 


Never mind - there'll be another opportunity in a fortnight's time, with the jackpot now well over $200. 

It's glamour, glamour, glamour all the way at SOS

Apparently there have been complaints that there haven't been enough pictures of grumpy old men in the blog. 

Easily fixed. 

So, the novelties:

	NOVELTY	HOLE	CONTENDERS	WINNER
	NTP	2	Lynne	Stephanie
	NTP in 2	6	Ross, Peter	Jan
	NTP in 3	10		Brett
	LD	15	Rob, Thomas, Shelley	Paul

A reminder for next time we're playing par (and I'll remind you then, too) - if you want your score on the hole to qualify for the eclectic, make sure you enter the number of strokes, not just +, - or 0. It's unreasonable to ask Lynne and Vickie to recalculate your score by going back to your handicap for every hole. 

There are a whole host of new rules coming in on Jan 1, most of which are eminently sensible. A couple that are worth bearing in mind - a dropped ball is now to be dropped from knee height, not shoulder height, and there will be no penalty for a double hit. 

Max showing the style that the rest of us aspire to

By the way, next time you're in Drummonds, why not pick up a pack of these?

Camo balls - Never been seen before - and never will again. 

So - the all important first round scores:

	PLAYER	SCORE	BIRDIES
	Ross	89
	Jack	87
	Derek	85
	Peter	84
	Stan	83
	Bernie	83
	Thomas	82
	Earle	81
	Dave	81
	Frances	79
	Stephanie	78
	Glen	78	16
	Gary	78
	Shelley	78
	Gim	77
	Jan	77
	Richard Y	76
	Rob	76	13
	Greg	76
	Vickie	75
	Max	75
	Ian	73
	John	73
	Brett	71	10
	Lynne	70
	Paul	67

A cracker of a round there from Paul, who actually managed to par the second nine.

Thanks for your sponsorship, Malcolm

And we now have a result from the third quarter final of the Match Play - Paul prevailed against Peter. 

Next week, the second round of the Winter Cup, and (probably) a sausage sizzle after the game - weather permitting. 

See you all then.