Stableford

Hoping to get Rita to caddy for us too.

The Stableford system of scoring was invented in 1931 by Dr. Frank Stableford of the Wallasey & Royal Liverpool Golf Clubs and the first competition under Stableford Rules was played on 16 May 1932 at Wallasey.

There. I didn't know that. 

John gets an early birdie

But the principal merit of the game is that it saves you prolonging the agony. Crap hole? Pick the ball up and start again on the next tee. 



Yes, that's why I like it too. 

A moment of tranquillity

Big news - next week is Irish Day or something, so Bernie's sponsoring, and there'll be a prize for the best cart or costume. 

A good patriotic look for the club

If you feel you left a few shots out there on the course today, this should cheer you up a bit:

At this stage, I still had absolutely no idea
that my first drive was going into the trees. 

You'll be disappointed to learn that the Golden Hole went off this week. 

	Novelty	Hole	Contenders	Winner
	NTP in 3	2	Shelley	Paul
	NTP in 2	5		Shelley
	NTP	9	Shelley	Rob
	LD	16	Greg, Rob, Vickie, Ian	Brett
	Golden Hole			Earle

At least, you'll be disappointed if you're not Earle. who's now a cool $129 richer. 

Golden Hole? That'll be no problem.

And a shout out to Ian's guest, Greg, who scored a handy 106 off the stick. 

	PLAYER	SCORE	BIRDIES
	Jan	23
	Kerry	23
	Frances	24
	Tom	24	15
	Stan	27	15
	Vickie	27
	Greg	28
	Eric	28
	Earle	30
	Shelley	30	5,9
	Richard Y	30
	Colin	30	12
	John	30	14
	Peter	31
	Rob	31
	Derek	31	16
	Bernie	34
	Brett	36	16 (Eagle)
	Brenda	37
	Ian	39
	Paul	41	10

And that was an impressive round from Paul. Especially with two wipes!



And I suppose you thought we'd end up this week with a golf story that's clean:

A man retires after 35 years at the same job and decides to take his first retirement vacation in Hawaii with his wife. He is really looking forward to two weeks of sightseeing and golf.

The day they arrive, he signs up for pro golf lessons at the beautiful Pebble Beach Country Club. After a night out with his wife, they wake refreshed and go out to the links. The man and his wife and the golf pro begin the course and they do rather well. 

After the sixth hole, they catch up to the party ahead of them and need to wait for them to finish the seventh before they can play it.

A tall man with a beard tees off and hits his ball right into the water. His companions all hit their tee shots into the fairway. The retired man watches as the bearded man actually walks on to the water to find his ball. He can’t believe his eyes.

To the golf pro, he blurts out, “Who does he think he is, Jesus Christ?”

The pro answers, “He is Jesus Christ. 

He thinks he’s Tiger Woods.”

And on that note, we'll call it a day for this week.