A beautiful summers day greeted a small field of sixteen players contesting the first round of the Summer Cup, one of 5 two week events held during the season that qualifies the winners to play for the Masters trophy.
Past winners in Saturdays round included 5 time winner Colin Kerr, 2 time winners Glen Pope and Paul Gardner and one time winners Shelly Yeo and Keith Barrow.
Roland well kitted out for the round
Former champion Garry
Two likely contenders
Photo bomber Keith with Earle doing his cricket
umpire impersonation.
Two time champ Glen Pope
One time champ Shelly limbering up
under the watchful eye of Paul
Gerry back from surgery early and against
doctors orders (who obviously is not a
golfer)
Paul doing what he does best
After a couple of inglorious tee shot from the first group, following far too much chatter on the tee the completion was underway, and what a round it proved to be. The dark horse and snappily dressed Roland got off to a steady start in contrast to Gerry, showing a little rust following two rounds of surgery who got off to a horrific start with a triple bogey 7 on the first. The normally Miss Consistency Andrea faulted badly in the outward 9 with, for her tragic 46 stokes. Long absent Gardy made his return to competitive and got off to a flyer with a par on the first spoilt bay a snowman on fifth but showed what he is made of by immediately birdying the next hole going out with a 43 - what could have been if it weren't for the fifth. Shelly recently returned from a luxury golfing experience in that lovely little island off our southeast coast was as consistent as ever. These 5 player would be the ones to fight it out for first round glory. So, to the scores
THE RESULTS
THE WINNERS
In first place with a sensational 82 off the stick for a net 65 and clear winner was Roland.
In second place with a fighting comeback and great exhibition of driving off the tee was Gerry
In third place on a countback was Andrea helped by a brilliant homeward nine of just 38 strokes.
THE LOLLIES
What a leveler golf is!!! After a victory the week previous in the dreaded Par format Earle was brought down to Earth with a thud and took home the lollies. He didn't seem to phased however and took it on the chin.
BIRDIES
Andrea on the 18th and also pocketing the $53 on offer for Golden Hole 2
Gardy with birdies on the 6th and 12th holes
Coops on the 6th
Popey on the 7th
THE NOVELTIES
Golden Hole No1 Hole # 3 - Club
Men's Long Drive Hole # 7 - Earle, followed by Keith, Followed by Paul B, followed by Popey, followed by Gardy and won by Gary
Longest putt (has to be the first putt - see rules following) on Hole # 10 - Shelly followed b Andrea
Nearest the hole in 3 on Hole # 11 - Keith followed by
AndreaLadies long drive Hole # 13 - Shelly
Golden Hole No2 Hole # 18 - Andrea
THE ANNUAL PAR 3 COMP AT CLAREMONT
My thanks to Derek for not only organizing the competition but also providing a run down of the evenings action.
Meanwhile, Wednesday evening saw the Annual SOS Par 3 competition at
Lake Claremont. The weather was delightful, and Dave Millar commented that the
last time he had played the course was as a 12-year old. He tells us scores were
entered in Roman numerals back then.
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| Ready for the off! |
This lovely course is a little more difficult than it looks,
and there was strong competition, with both the handicap winner and the lollies going to
countback. Many players found themselves playing off single figure handicaps
for the first time (it is a par 27 course!)
With only two birdies, Andrea on the 4th and
Coops on the 5th, and Gardy not hitting a single green, even the
short 80m holes had their share of disasters.
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| Boris considers Earle's tee shot from the third, as he prepares to tee off on the fourth! |
Next year, to spare any further
embarrassment, we’ll institute a 7-stroke maximum for any one hole - an
oversight which we should have anticipated, and would have been appreciated by at least one golfer.
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| The winning putt |
Afterwards, we congregated on the veranda of the T-Box cafe
and enjoyed drinks and dinner as the sun went down. There were nearest-the-pins
on every hole, and Shelley distributed balls to the winners. Then Andrea gave
the results:
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Gross
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Net
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Popey
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33
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29
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Gardy
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35
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30
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Andrea
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31
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26
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Frances
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43
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34
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Earle
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36
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28
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Faye
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37
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27
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Dave M
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32
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25
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Barry
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36
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25
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Coops
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40
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34
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Peter
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43
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32
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Gim
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39
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29
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Shelley
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33
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27
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| A great result, and off the same tees as the guys! |
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| Our handicap champion takes it all in his stride |
NEXT SATURDAY - ROUND 2 OF THE SUMMER CUP
Next Saturday's round 2 of the cup will be played om The Old course with the first group teeing off at 7.56.
Roland a clear leader after the round one with a 5 stoke advantage says he won't be playing because he has a meeting, but no one believes that.
Next Saturday also happens to be Valentines Day so what better way to spend it than on the golf course.
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