SOS Golf

Saturday, July 25, 2026

MATCH PLAY QUARTER FINALS & STABLEFORD

A strong field of 20 players arrived on course ahead of their tee times to contest the main event the day the Match Play Quarter Final and for the others a Stableford competition. They were greeted by a beautiful winters day that only the greatest place on the planet con produce. Clear skies, a coolish temperature, and a gentle chilly breeze with morning dew on greens was the state of play for the first 3 holes. As the sun shone through and the greens dried and you couldn't ask for better gold conditions.

Dave W was sporting his usual attire of shorts but made some concession for the chilly start with a beany

The Match Play Quarter Final Pairings

(L-R Garry & Earle, Shelly & Peter, Gardy & Colin, Tom & Keith)

Gardy & Colin adopting a combative pose prior to their match

The Cartmen, Karl & Dave M

Pre match huddle

SPOTS OF BOVVER

Surprisingly, given the modest scores returned, there weren't too any spots of bovver, although it's possible some players didn't want to admit to them. Peter owned up to a tricky ball position on the 7th that fortunately for him was in a garden bed so he could take a free drop.

There was one exceptional spot of bovver, and a first for the SOS Group, and that was Tom and his missing golf clubs. Earlier in the week he had attended a golf clinic at Melville Glades GC, it wasn't until he turned up for Saturday's round and looked in his car to find no golf clubs. A moment of panic set in as he thought they had been stolen and in the circumstance had to hire a set for the days play. As the round progressed he realised that he had probably left them at Melville Glades and made a call to check, and to his relief they were there which meant that he had to leave soon after the presentations to collect them.

Coops featured in the next spot of bovver when he did his best to annihilate all competitors!
He hit Keiths cart, causing him to run for my life, then missing his cart partner Gerry by 30cm ... Gerry knew nothing of it ... didn't even hear the whoosh as it flew past ... he then almost caught Keith for the second time an Tom advised to stay well behind. This is what happens when a a bacon and egg addict doesn't get his usual early morning fix!!

THE RESULTS

"THE MAIN EVENT - MATCH PLAY"

Gary v Earle - Garry 5/4

Colin v Gardy - Colin 1 up

Keith v Tom - Keith 4/3 (Tom somewhat disadvantaged by not being able to play with his usual clubs)

Peter v Shelly - Shelly 2 up

THE WINNERS (IN CLOUR)

"SEMI FINALS - 8 AUGUST ON THE OLD

Gary v Colin

Shelly v Keith

On Auction Nigh money raised from auctioning players provided a prize pool of $1,500 and once match play has been completed will divided as follows - $900 to the winner, $375 to second place and $225 to third place.

'THE SUPPORT ACT - STABLEFORD COMP"

THE WINNERS

THE LOLLIES

A very happy Dave W took out the lollies much to the relief of Faye

THE NOVELTIES

Goochy presented Karl (acting vice captain) with a lovely bouquet of flowers cleverly disguised as the novelties and the results were.

Golden Hole #3 - Goochy

NTP in One #6 - Garry followed by Maureen

Men's LD # 15 - Gary followed by Goochy

Ladies LD - Shelly

Silver Hole #18 - Gary

Longest Putt # 18 - Coops

BIRDIES

Just one player recorded birdies and that was Paul B on the 5th & 18th

THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE

The lucky first number out was Shelly followed by

Gerry, Peter, Andrea and Maureen.

It was a sad day for Earle though with his last hope of taking something home being the Wheel of Fortune. Sadly he left with nothin.

PENALTIES

Since I last played SOS some months ago our new vice captain, Gardy, has come up with some very unique penalties, some of which had to be censored apparently, however they added a new level of enthusiasm to encourage members to part with a few dollars for their indiscretions.

UPCOMING EVENTS

"THE COUNTRY CUP"

Next week Gardy will announce the course for the County Cup to be held on 27 September.

" THE GALA DINNER AND PRESENTATIONS NIGHT"

We are very grateful again to Glen & Lynsey's generosity in making Lot Six Zero available for our premier event of the year on 28 November. Further details to follow closer to the date.

'NEXT SATURDAY"

Next Saturday it's the Club Championships Round 5 with a tee off at 9.24 on The Old.

Finally I'll leave with with these.

Firstly some of you may have seen Barnaby Joyce's interview on the 7.30 Report with Sarah Ferguson that left Barnaby a little flustered when Sarah repeatably asked him if he supported his leader, Paul Hanson's view on migration. The worse off in the end was Barnaby's faithful dog that came in for a tongue lashing.

Now that the World Cup soccer is over for some it begs the question

Saturday, July 18, 2026

Winter Cup Round 2 @ Tuart

plus

= ??? 🤔🤔🤔

21 players registered for round two of our Winter Cup. This included 19 regulars, Kerry joining us for a social game, and Holly, Andrea's friend, who will hopefully join us as a member soon.

Some of us wondered why so few people registered for a competition that usually attracts a big crowd. Was it the weather?

If so, those missed out on a beautiful day! There were only a few drops of rain—not enough to justify opening an umbrella or putting on a rain jacket.

BEFORE THE GAME

Some are waiting impatiently for the first tee-off

Dave noting down where to pick up the novelty markers

Gerry & Dave M.

We welcome back Faye after
a couple of months of absence.

DURING THE GAME

Rolie in trouble?

Who's hiding there?

It's Dave W.

2 gentlemen are looking for Kerry's ball.
Taylormade 1...we found 2 of those

some ladies , Andrea?

Bad lie, but she's smiling, she got it out.
Surprise!

Sometimes you prefer the ball to be
IN the bunker than THERE

AFTER THE GAME

Those are some impressive stats:

Fastest round of 18 holes: 27:09 minutes ... not sure if it was Stroke or Stableford...

The average Perthian says it's "freezing at plus 10 degrees Celsius..

Imagine the coldest course: Uumannaq (Greenland) at minus 45.56 degrees Celsius 🥶🥶
They call it "World Ice Golf Championship"

Hole # 19 in South Africa,

other than the name suggests, no beer or wine is being served, but it's the highest (400 m) and longest (361 m) par 3 in the world, only accessible by helicopter.

Highest score on a single hole (PGA Tour): 19 (!) ... I feel better now 😉😉😉

OK, now let's have a look at OUR stats from yesterday:

NOVELTIES:

Golden and Silver hole (3&18) are still unclaimed

NP hole # 6: Rolie, beaten by Keith

Ladies longest drive # 15: Andrea, beaten by Lynne

Men longest drive hole # 15 Peter, Boris, Gerry, beaten by Gary

Longest put hole #18: Keith, beaten by Coops

Not many BIRDIES were recorded: 😮😮😮

Gary at the 7th

Lynley at the 15th

Lynley secured first place with a fantastic score of 69, followed by Lynne and Keith.

RESULTS OF THE DAY

Attentive blog readers and participants in yesterday's after-game presentations will have noticed that my score overview differs from the one in the MiScore App.

Gary Burgess notified Captain Rolie later in the afternoon that his correct score was 75, rather than 73.

Thanks Gary for letting us know. 👍

So, how are the combined scores of rounds 1 and 2?

Did Tom, last week's winner, have another great score?

Or do we have someone else climbing up the ladder to grab the trophy?

Here are the "top dogs"

And the winner of the 2026 Winter Cup is...

Lynley, finishing with an impressive score of 146!"

Tom follows closely as the runner-up with a score of 147.

Followed by Lynne with a score of 148.

Well done, Lynley!

Unfortunately, we don't have any photos because the winner couldn't make it (it seems there was a footy game underway), and the trophy wasn't there either.

Intensive blogging research revealed that Colin was last year's winner.

Over to Rolie!

BUT, we do have a photo of Dave and the lollies:

If you come last, you at least get the lollies;
come second last, there’s no sweet comfort at all

Tom is practicing the "Wheel of fortune",
while Andrea supports the fine collection.

Birthdays?

Yes, next week it'll be Derek, James and Hilly.

Have a great day and hope to see yous soon.

Last photo of the day:

The usual suspects, plus Dave W, who claims
he only stayed to hand over a SOS esky to Boris 😏

Last info of the day:

Next week, we are looking forward to playing the quarter finals. At least eight of us!

The rest of the bunch is hopefully coming to play Stableford.

The weather forecast is not great, but we all know the Perth weather....there's always enough wind to blow the clouds away.

Sunday, July 12, 2026

Winter Cup Round 1 and Auction Night

A great day for golfing! A bit on the cool side, but rain and wind were absent, leaving regular cloud cover!

The 1st of 2 rounds of the Winter Cup attracted 19 players including guest Simon Barrow. The 2nd, and deciding round, will be played next week on the Tuart Course.

Kerry, Gerry & Roland rugged up!

Tom, Karl, Keith & Simon Barrow & Dave M

Gardy in a spot of bovver!

And again!!

Retirement affords you plenty of time to indulge in on-line purchases!

Earle encountered several native bushes and a tree limb while negotiating his way down the right side of the 11th fairway!

Peter's worm-burning drive off the 4th tee hit the left side
white marker and deflected to the middle of the tee!
Steph points to Peter's yellow ball.

Kerry's drive equals Roland's !

Roland claims a birdie on the 11th

Winter Cup - Round 1 results

The result of the 1st round of the Winter Cup saw 11 players within 5 shots of Tom Munson and Gary Burgess! Tom, Gary & Peter took out the gift card prizes.

Next week's final should be very competative.

Birdies

Gary on the 9th

Roland on the 11th

Gardy on the 11th

Novelties

An possibly incomplete list of winners include:

Men's longest drive - Gerry, Boris, Gardy, Keith, won by Gary !

NP in 4 hole 11 - Rolie, won by Gardy

Ladies longest drive - Lynley

It appears one of the novelty markers was left on the course and attempts are being made to retrieve it!

Gold & Silver Holes - no-one eligible to claim either, although Simon Barrow apparently made the distance but, being a non-member, was unable to claim the prize!

Next Week

The 2nd and final round of the Winter Cup will be played on the Tuart Course commencing at 10.12 am.

Gala Auction Night at Lot Six Zero

A large number of past and current members, their partners and friends turned up at Lot Six Zero, Innaloo, to enjoy a night of food, fun and serious bidding for the matchplay finalists!

Many thanks to Linsey and Glen Pope for providing the venue and to the entertainment committee comprising Frances, Birgit and Carol, who put in a lot of effort to make the night such a success!

A special thanks to Brett Fordham for taking on the role of auctioneer. His astute pauses in the bidding process enabled bids to escalate to dizzying heights before the gavel came down. A total of $1,490 was raised for the matchplay finalists and an additional $1,070 from the donated goods! The Truffle Hill donations were especially sought after!

The quarter finals of the matchplay competition will be played on 25 July. The semi finals on 8 August, and the finals on 22 August. Good luck to all players and sucessful bidders!

Roland and Earle are early arrivals

Some of the auction donations from Truffle Hill

Gary dressed for the occasion!

Tables of attendees:

Gerry explains the auction rules

Raffle Draws

The raffle prizes comprised a wide range of donated goods including some seriously aged bottles of scotch whisky, gin, champaigne, wine, Sutton tool items and bric-a-brak!

Several token holders had an amazing run of luck, picking up multiple items, to the detriment of others!!

The consortium of Moon and Gardy claimed mutiple prizes, so much so they ended up handing back the last half dozen or so, so they could be won by others!!

The following is not an exhaustive list of raffle winners;