Matchplay 3rd Qualifying Round

The forecast was ominous  . . . .  80% chance of 15 mm of rain followed by thunderstorms!  The showers were some way away at first as the ladies gathered with a magnificent rainbow seemingly emitting from Bernie's right ear!

Nature at its finest !

But the rain shortly set in as the SOS groups lined up for the start of the 3rd round of the Match Play competition.

Current and former Presidents line
up for a rainbow photo !

Yes !  It was raining at the start of play !

And so it was as the stalwart SOS Group shuffled up to Tuart's 1st Tee in an assortment of wet weather gear and hoisted umbrellas as light rain fell from the heavens!

Frances and Dave cover up as they are just
 about to Tee Off on the 1st hole.

Mercifully, there was virtually no wind to blow the rain at awkward angles which allowed the several odd showers to do little damage to the golfers concentration or comfort.  For the most part there were extensive breaks of fine weather and even the sun shone occasionally enabling the waterproofs to dry off in between showers!

Post Game

For the first time in many months we were able to hold the post match celebrations at the Wembley facilities. Well, almost!  In fact we were denied our normal tables inside the facilities which had been commandeered by others and, instead assembled in the undercover outside tables which served well enough.  Enough that is, until after the Post Game formalities had been completed and the Committee Meeting commenced when the overhead roofing proved to be less than watertight as large globules of water struck the Committee's agenda lists causing some Committee members to seek more salubrious seating.

Post game analysis from
 Brett, Greg, Alana, Paul and Tony

The SOS budget got a hammering as free wedges were ordered for the slightly sodden members.

Tony and Derek hoe into the wedges

The Results

Looks like the low handicappers had a better result than in Round 2! 

	Shelley Yeo	def.	Earle Scarff	8 & 6
	Paul Gardner	def.	Tony Gooch	7 & 6
	Kerry Gardner	def.	Greg Bennett	5 & 3
	Gary Burgess	def.	David Williamson	4 & 3
	Glen Pope	def.	Ian Holmes	4 up
	Brett Fordham	def.	Tony James	3 & 2
	Stephanie Jeffares	def.	Barry Treak	3 & 2
	Peter Baird	def.	Frances Longhurst	3 & 2
	Bernie Caffrey	def.	Derek Longhurst	2 up

And congratulations to Shelley who was the only player to score three successful rounds to-date!

Paul Gardner can also be commended by firing a 74 'off the stick' in the process of defeating Tony Gooch  💪  ✌ .

The Match Play competition will wrap up with the Quarter Final on 1st August, the Semi Final on 15 August and the Final on 12th September.

And the Novelties

	NOVELTY	HOLE	CONTENDERS	WINNER
	NTP	12	Paul	Don
	LD	17	Frances	Bernie
	NTP	6	-	Glen
	NTP in 3	8	Tony	Gary - in the hole

Raffle

And again !!!!!!!

For the 2nd week in a row Vickie and Earle
 clean up the Raffle's 1st prize !

Golden Hole

They prize pool grows larger by the week as no-one, yet again, comes within the length of the flag stick !

Things are much easier after using the Warm Up Stik.
Ask Peter !

Birdies

Congratulations to Paul Gardner for scoring 3 birdies.

BIRDIES
	Paul Gardner	10th  17th  18th
	Stephanie Jeffares	18th
	Glen Pope	6th
	Gary Burgess	8th

Birthdays

Congratulations to Club Captain Gary who celebrated his birthday last Sunday!

Fines

Greg was given the honor of collecting the fines after almost missing out on the quarter finals which, had it occurred, would have probably been the first time in more than a decade !

Greg was given the honor of  reading out the fines list
for just scraping in to the Match Play quarter finals !

Booking Fees

The Pro Shop has decided that future payments for the $5 electronic score card will be paid in one amount by the Booking Officer, Glen, at the time he makes payment to the Pro Shop for course fees, and now cards, on Thursday morning.
SOS players will therefor have to pay $47 to Glen by Wednesday to secure a round for the following Saturday.  Electronic score cards can then be picked up by players in the normal fashion, but without the need to make payment on the day!

And if you get really bored consider building your very own golf simulator. This is not too difficult if you wish to improve your game while in the luxury of your own lounge room or garage! Check out the link to make a start to your golfing renaissance:

golfersauthority.com/how-to-build-a-golf-simulator-on-a-budget/

Look after your balls.
They do not like to getting lost !

Next Week

The Old Course hosts the 4th Round of the Club Championship.

There are another 4 rounds of the club championship to go; all to be played on the Old Course.  Clear your calendars for 4 July, 8 August, 5 September and 24 October.

A new club head cover may improve your game !

Club Championship Round 3

A bit of a shock for those not wearing thermal underclothes as the early sunrise struggled to make much of a difference to the frigid conditions experienced at the start.

Still, the frost had thawed by the time the first group tee'd off at 8.35am, a full 5 minutes earlier than the official 8.40am start.  So early in fact that a public foursome protested as they muscled in creating a gap between SOS's 1st and 2nd groups!  Which brings me to the observation that the Aztecs had a very wide range of Gods, including Itztlacoliuhqui , the God of Frost !!

Just as well he was not offended by the Captain's early call !

Fortunately, there were no reports of hypothermia or frostbite however, only a very few hardy souls stripped down to their shirts by the 18th hole!

Fran, Dave, Vickie and Richard all
 suitably rugged up at the start !

Paul (watching out for the Kookaburra), Vickie, Phil and Ian
nearly under starters orders !

A quick mental exercise before teeing off on Tuart's challenging 1st hole. So easy to find your ball among the trees on either the left or right of the fairway !

Always align club shaft with feet and where you wish to hit the ball !
Failure to do so can lead to inconsistent play !

Richard Osborne was unable to experience 'the long walk with a putter' after chipping in on the 9th hole from around 40 metres !  Then again, a long walk with no need even use a putter must be sweeter still  ✌  💪  !!

Slow Play, or not ?

At some stage toward the end of the first 9, after it became apparent to the first SOS group that the group behind them were not in SOS attire, they allowed the foursome, which muscled in at the start, to 'play ahead'.  This led to a confused exchange of words between Earle , who had just putted out on the 9th green and those in the 2nd SOS group, who were sunning themselves on the 8th tee !  Earle remonstrated with the hapless 2nd group citing slow play, despite the fact the 2nd group was well in front of the 3rd SOS group and remained so for the whole round !! You be the judge.

Post Game Results

It was a long wait for some at Perry Lakes while the tail end groups made their way to the post match meeting.  Steph spend some of the time getting into the swing of things in the recently re-opened playground.

While others recounted the highlights or horrors of their round.  

After a quick introduction from President Brett it was in to the competition results. 

But not before welcoming back visitors Alana Birch and Phil Wear for another round! Regrettably, their individual scores, which no doubt were PB's, were not recorded by the blogger 💤

President Brett Fordham (aka 4D) regaling members
 with matters Presidential !

Birthdays

There were no birthdays during the last week however, a big one on the 21st which will be covered next week !

The Results

Congratulations go to Tony Gooch for a very sound round of net 70 making him the winner of the 3rd round for the Club Championship.  Tony was very closely followed by Greg Dunkeld with 71 and Shelley Yeo 3rd on 72; on a count back against Gary Burgess!

		Net score	Birdies
	Tony Gooch	70
	Greg Dunkeld	71
	Shelley Yeo	72	8th
	Gary Burgess	72
	Paul Gardner	74	11th
	Don Beasley	76
	Peter Baird	77
	Glen pope	77	4th
	David Williamson	79
	Frances Longhurst	79	6th & 7th
	Derek Longhurst	80	6th
	Stephanie Jeffares	80
	Brett Fordham	81
	Greg Bennett	82
	Ian holmes	83
	Gim Ong	83
	Richard Osborne	84
	Vickie Scarff	84
	Kerry Gardner	89
	Earle Scarff	93

Tony claims his gift voucher for 1st place. 

Shelly claims 3rd place with a round of net 72

Birdies

There were a total of 6 birdies with Francis scoring twice on consecutive holes !

Paul receives special mention for scoring a birdie on the 'index 1' 11th hole, thereby earning two balls! Nice work Paul 👍

Captain Gary reading out the names of those fortunate enough
 to have scored a Birdie or, in one case, two birdies !!

	NOVELTY	HOLE	CONTENDERS	WINNER
	NTP in 3	4		Glen (birdie)
	NTP in 2	6	Earle	Derek and Fran (both in the hole)
	LD	11	Derek, Kerry, Fran, Phil	Glen
	NTP	12		Paul

 What are the odds of the Longhurst's both scoring a birdie on the 6th.

The Fines

Earle Scarff took the honors reading out the fines sheet as members struggled to recall how many balls they lost or rolled into the water . . . among many other misdeeds !  Earle also took the opportunity to fine all members of the second group for slow play !

The Raffle

Excitement was at fever pitch as Stephanie rolled the balls to see who walks away with the $10 first prize  👀 😖

Steph reads out the raffle numbers

Vickie wins 1st prize in the Raffle

Next Week

The Tuart Course hosts the 3rd Round of the Match Play Competition.

💫   💨