Club Championship Round 3

It was after 9.30 am before the first group managed to launch its balls off the 1st tee of the Tuart Course to contest the 3rd round of the Club Championship competition.

A total of 24 players set off with guest, Mark Wilson, included in the first group.  The temperature was chilly, with most wearing at least 3 layers of top clothing throughout the entire round! At times the sun came out from behind the clouds and, with little to no wind, it made for very pleasant golfing weather!

Carol, Glenn, Vickie & Frances rugged up!

Gerry, Shelley & Earle smiling at the start!

Keith, guest Mark Wilson & Carol at the start

The Game

There were some truly remarkable results from the days' competition! Multiple Golden Hole contenders and spectacular shots coming off the clubs of some not accustomed to low handicaps!

Then, of course, there were those that had to contend with a fair bag of hooks, slices and similar misdirected shots.  Putting as well tested the limits of sanity from time to time! 

As experienced last week on the Old Course, the blue and red tee markers were often on top of each other to allow tee surfaces to recover from the recent heavy rains.

Frances tees off behind the blue markers
on hole 5 while Ian looks on!

President's Address

President Brett Fordham starts the post match proceedings
with advice the clubs' finances were in good shape!

Also, Brett confirmed the position of Social Organiser had recently been changed with Tony James stepping down, due to increased work commitments, and the position being taken by Carol Barrow. Carol already has a few ideas including holding an 'International Day'. Stay tuned!  

Brett also advised the Treasurers recent monthly report showed the SOS Golf Group's actual cash funds at mid year were higher than had been budgeted! The Committee had identified some areas of expenditure that could be increased where essentially all members would benefit. Additional 'Sausage Sizzles', higher cash prizes and additional raffle prizes will be provided.  

Birthdays

Brett noted that long time member and recent Club Captain, Gary Burgess, will be celebrating his birthday on Monday 21st June. Happy Birthday Gary !

The Results

Winners are grinners!!
Shelly, Stephanie and Barry take the podium and receive
gift cards from Club Captain, Gerry Tessier.

Shelley takes 1st prize with an impressive 68 net points, including two birdies, two strokes ahead of both Stephanie and Barry.

	Player	Daily H/C	Score	Birdies/Eagles
1	Shelley Yeo	14	68	7, 10
2	Stephanie Jeffares	14	70
3	Barry Treak	20	70
4	Brett Fordham	8	71	10
5	Gerry Tessier	17	72
6	Keith Barrow	9	73	15
7	Colin Kerr	14	73	7
8	Lynne Malone	14	74
9	Tony Gooch	6	74	15
10	Tony James	19	75
11	Carol Barrow	30	76
12	Frances Longhurst	19	76
13	Ian Holmes	16	76
14	Derek Longhurst	20	77
15	Lynley Hunter	12	78
16	Maureen Sundari	10	78
17	Glenn Kelly	12	78	2
18	Gary Burgess	8	78
19	Peter Baird	18	81
20	Greg Bennett	21	82
21	Gim Ong	21	82
22	Earle Scarff	15	83
23	Vickie Scarff	29	86

Vickie receives the bag of lollies for taking last place on the list!

Golden Hole

The Tuart Golden Hole jackpot went off in great style!! The jackpot hole has most often been placed on the par 3, 3rd hole however, today was moved to the 18th hole where it was attacked by many a good shot!

Firstly, Maureen in the first group landed her shot well within the length of the flag stick! However, this was bettered by Stephanie in the 5th group. Vickie then stepped up as the last player in group 5 and bettered them both and took away a prize pool of $107.

Vickie claims the Golden Hole . . . . and bag of lollies!

Eagles & Birdies

Congratulations to the 6 players who scored birdies; particularly to Glen who pick up 2 golf balls for scoring on the index 1, hole 2.

Eagles & Birdies
Player	Hole	Placing
Shelley Yeo	7, 10	1st
Brett Fordham	10	4th
Keith Barrow	15	6th
Colin Kerr	7	7th
Tony Gooch	15	9th
Glenn Kelly	2	17th

Novelties

Some nice golf work by the winners of the novelty holes. Guest Mark Wilson featured prominently, which included a spectacular tee shot on hole 13 to win the longest drive!

Novelties
	Hole	Contenders	Winner
NTP in 3	2	Gary, Tony G, Colin	Glenn Kelly
NTP	3	-	Mark Wilson
NTP in 2	12	Mark Wilson,	Keith Barrow
LD	13	-	Mark Wilson

Ash Tray Fund

Earle stepped in for Vickie to read out the list of fines, assisted by Shelley Yeo and Keith Barrow who acted as collectors.  Coins flew thick and fast as players atoned for their errors, misdeeds and profanities!

Earle reads the fines list assisted by Shelley & Keith.

Raffle

Master raffle wheel spinner, Tony James, draws
the numbers from the barrel.

And the winner is . . . . Frances who collects a $10 note and a $100,000 Cash Volcano scratchie!

Next Week

On 26 June the 3rd round of the Match Play competition will be held on the Tuart Course.

The starting time is currently set at 9.48 am which should allow plenty of time for a sleep-in, or practice round, depending on your priorities!

The blind draw results are as follows:

 

Match Play Pairings - Round 3
	Player A		Player B
1	Barry Treak		Greg Bennett
2	Peter Baird		Carol Barrow
3	Gary Burgess		Glen pope
4	Glenn Kelly		Mark Hill
5	Tony Gooch		Shelley Yeo
6	Gerry Tessier		Frances Longhurst
7	Earle Scarff		Birgit Reinartz
8	Keith Barrow		Brett Fordham
9	Colin Kerr		Stephanie Jeffares
10	Derek Longhurst		Maureen Sundari

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