Summer Cup

Yes, it's that time of the year again. 





The two-week stroke competition, the Summer Cup. 

And how did we feel about having to finish the hole?




A couple of nines, the odd eleven. It's a tough game, stroke. 




No birthdays this week, although Brenda is apparently threatening. 

And quote of the day (at least, the clean quote of the day) has to go to Earle, who, on teeing off on the sixteenth, curses, strikes the ground with his club, and says "I'm disappointed with that", as his partners watch his ball sail effortlessly towards the hole, stopping just short enough from the flag for him to pick up $160 on the golden hole.




And shame on all those (most of us, in fact), who cheered when he mentioned that Earle and Vickie would be away for two weeks on holiday. 

Might give the rest of us a chance to win a ball or two. 

Here's a note about declaring your ball unplayable. If you choose to invoke this rule, you will receive a penalty stroke, but then you have the following options:

1. You can play a ball from the spot your original ball was last played - this is referred to as ‘stroke and distance.’
2. You can drop a ball within two club lengths of where the ball lies, no closer to the hole. If the ball is in a bunker, it must remain in the bunker.
3. You can draw a line between the flag and your ball, and drop a new ball as far back as you would like along an extension of that line away from the hole. Once again, if the ball is in the bunker, it must remain in the bunker.

The final example may seem a bit odd, but it illustrates the point well. Your ball is on the green, three feet above the hole. It would be an easy putt except for the treacherous downhill lie. You line up to putt, but hit the ball way too hard, and sadly watch it roll all the way off the green - the ball finally comes to a stop in the bunker at the front of the green.


In a smart move, you declare your ball unplayable, take the one stroke penalty, and bring the ball back to within three feet to putt - this time with more experience. 

Normally of course, you can’t remove a ball from a bunker if it’s declared unplayable, but this is invoking rule A, not B or C. In that particular case, it's OK. 

You'll have received nomination forms for committee members. Ask yourself - am I the sort of person who leaves it to others to do all the heavy lifting? Or is it about time I put my hand up?  

The three 'R's

The AGM will most likely take place on the 24th March, with the opening day the following Saturday. 

Sorry to miss Peter and Paul today. Apparently both suffering from strain of an unspecified body part. (No, I don't know. Really. )

So - the novelties:

	NOVELTY	HOLE	CONTENDERS	WINNER
	NTP	2	Earle	Vickie
	NTP	6		Lynne
	LD	10	Lynne	Ian
	NTP in 2	13	Shelley, Earle	John
	Golden Hole	16		Earle

This weeks sponsor was Steph, which is why Bernie handed over the prize. 

Congratulations Earle, although it's getting a bit of habit, isn't it?

	PLAYER	SCORE	BIRDIES
	Malcolm	87
	Gary	83
	Vickie	82
	Shelley	81
	Keith	81	14
	Rob	79
	Max	79
	Greg	78
	Brenda	78
	Frances	77	7
	Dave	76
	Richard Y	76
	Ian	76
	Jack	75
	Richard O	75
	Derek	75
	Bernie	74
	John	74
	Don	72
	Ross	71
	Lynne	71
	Kerry	71	17
	Jan	70
	Earle	65	8,16

A reminder from Gary - apparently a local rule exists that says you can't clean your ball through the green when you pick it up to take advantage of a preferred lie. Apparently this is in contradiction to the rules of the R & A. 



A big fine to Kerry, who managed to take her buggy out of the back of the car, then get back in and reverse over it. Never an easy thing to do. 

Careful, now. 

And Frances' group, who searched all over for her ball on the 7th after it sailed over the top from 80m, only for Malcolm to find it in the hole as he putted out. 




A big shout out to Lynne, for the best raffle ever. There wasn't a number called hadn't been sold. 




And as some of you have been counting the numbers to see which are most likely to turn up next, here's a new feature. The winning lotto numbers:

	NUMBER DRAWN	WINNER
	12	Gary
	47	Dave
	43	Vickie
	61	Frances
	11	Jan
	49	Keith

Next week, we're back for Round 2 of the Summer Cup. Earle has suggested that he's on holiday at Smith's Beach, but we won't be too surprised if we find him back on the tee, his tyres hot after burning up the Forrest Highway early on Saturday morning.