SOS Golf Stableford - Tuart Course 22 February 2020

A substantial early morning rain storm passed over the Perth foothills heading to the south east, leaving a mere spattering of rain over Wembley golf course as the SOS contingent geared up for the start.

And a most welcome back to Colin Kerr after a 13 month absence and also to Ian Holmes who has recently completed an epic Australia wide trip!

Golfing conditions were excellent with little wind, dry conditions and considerable cloud cover.

Admiring the rain splatters on the tiles.
This is about as wet as it got!

Fortified by a week of online self-help golf browsing, most headed off to the driving range for a last bit of fine tuning.

Oh! To have such flexibility!

Then again, a fine set of abs can also help !

As usual, members managed to produce a wide array of scores with over half the field involved in count-backs. Scores of 28, 29 and 32 were produced by 10 players!

A quiet beer as we wait for another group to clear 'our' table.

However, Tony Gooch carried away the 1st prize with a score of 41 points - four points clear of the field. For the statistically minded, last week Tony only managed 2nd place with an identical score !

Consistency wins the day !

Here are the results showing that it is always useful to include a birdie :

	PLAYER	SCORE	BIRDIES
	Tony Gooch	41	10th
	Gary Burgess	37	3rd
	Paul Gardner	36
	Gim Ong	33
	Robert Gray	32
	Glen Pope	32  c/b	10th
	Stephanie Jeffares	32  c/b
	Kerry Gardner	32  c/b
	Keith Barrow	30
	Greg Dunkeld	29
	Richard Yeo	29  c/b
	Don Beesley	28	15th
	Carol Barrow	28  c/b	3rd
	Greg Bennett	28  c/b
	Shelley Yeo	28  c/b
	Colin Kerr	27	3rd
	Brett Fordham	24
	Peter Baird	24  c/b
	Ian Holmes	22

The 17th hole birdie from last week is up for grabs as Stephanie has disclaimed it was hers!

And . . . on with the results

Gary was 2nd with 37 points . .  and in the background is Carol looking most satisfied
having taken out the Golden Hole and the pot of $134

Paul scored a 36 for 3rd place.

Novelties

And the Novelties go to :

	NOVELTY	HOLE	CONTENDERS	WINNER
	Longest drive	4	Kerry, Paul	Brett
	NTP in 2	13	Peter, Gary	Stephanie
	NTP	18	Gary	Don
	One more	?	No one - marker not placed !

Raffle

Gim cranked the raffle barrel and miraculously managed to win 1st prize

as Ian looks on with disbelief!

Golden Hole

Finally the Tuart jackpot went off when Carol managed to sent a winner down the 3rd fairway and onto the green for a reward of $134. Nice work Carol!

Treasurer releases the SOS 2019 Financial Statements and budget for 2020

No doubt members who opened their emails on Saturday night were delighted to see the club's 2019 financials, which are to be considered at the upcoming AGM, and studied them late into the night (or not?).

One reason for the late posting of this blog is that the blog meister got tied up considering ways to fix the continuing deficit which the Treasurer focuses on in her report.  My attention was particularly drawn to the historic record of Ash Tray collections which have ebbed and flowed in what seems to be a most haphazard fashion from year to year. Does it reflect the Australian economy, the well being of the club members or, indeed, the average handicap score of members. Better golf means less fine producing strokes, does it not?

Is this why 2019 recorded the lowest takings in total, and by individual member, in half a decade?

Here are the basic numbers over recent years:

Not quite sure what to make of these numbers but, it is obvious that if members were to get rid of their 5c and 10c pieces at the supermarket checkouts and concentrate on financial self-flagellation when donating to the Ash Tray, it might just save the SOS Golf Group's fortunes!

  

Until next week . . . . . 💫  💤

SOS GOLF GROUP - 15 February 2020

SOS Golf 15 February  -  Old Course Stableford

Dawn at the course !

The day dawned with an early sea mist and almost total cloud cover throughout the day, both exceptional meteorological phenomenon compared with the incessant blistering heat SOS members have had to endure over the last many months. There was even the very occasional sprinkle of rain, almost enough to open up the umbrellas!

At 7 am starting to clear !

It was business at usual for the booking officer as members milled around his table deciding whether or not to gamble $1.20 for the Eagles Nest and Jackpot prizes, the latter now $109 and growing!

Most chose to take the gamble !

Five groups comprising 17 members tee'd off on the Old Course commencing at 8.50 am, a full 20 minutes earlier than the scheduled 9.10 am start - another exceptional occurrence.

Despite the cooler conditions the humidity, at in excess of 80%, took its toll on the less fit!

While the men sweated, the women just glowed !!

Only 3 birdies were recorded for the round and Barry Treak did not need one to score a very agreeable 42 stableford points to carry off 1st prize. Not satisfied by picking up a $45 voucher, Barry also took out the Raffle's top draw for another $10!

Barry - modest in victory !

And the results were:

	PLAYER	SCORE	BIRDIES
	Barry Treak	42
	Tony Gooch	41	2nd
	Max Patriarca	36
	Shelley Yeo	36
	Bernie Caffrey	35
	Brett Fordham	34
	Don Beesley	34
	Greg Bennett	34
	Gary Burgess	33
	Glen Pope	32	15th
	Robert Grey	32
	Kerrey Gardiner	31
	Peter Baird	30
	Paul Gardiner	29
	Richard Yeo	28
	Stephanie Jeffares	26
	Ross Campbell	20	17th

Tony won the 2nd prize, one point back on 41, for a handy $15 voucher.

With Max cleaning up 3rd spot for $5 on 36 points, on a count back from Shelley.

Jackpot Report

For another week, every attempt at the Jackpot hole fell short, long, left, right or anywhere apart from close proximity to the hole - resulting in the Old Course 'pot' increasing to $109.  The Tuart course 'pot' is currently $116.

Novelty Holes

Which brings us to the novelty holes where Tony featured heavily; perhaps due in part to his position in the first group, but only cleaned up on hole 2. Nice play also from Glen, Max and Paul!

	NOVELTY	HOLE	CONTENDERS	WINNER
	NTP	2		Tony
	NTP in 2	6	Tony	Glen
	NTP in 2	13	Tony	Max
	Longest drive	15	Tony	Paul

And . .  my apologies for not getting this blog out earlier, due largely to issues relating to accessing my Google 'gmail' account, which I seem to only use for gaining access to the SOS blog site! Now, all sorted, so expect a more punctual report next week!