SOS Golf: 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	8^th
Gary Burgess	72
Paul Gardner	74	11^th
Don Beasley	76
Peter Baird	77
Glen pope	77	4^th
David Williamson	79
Frances Longhurst	79	6^th & 7^th
Derek Longhurst	80	6^th
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 !