Club Championship, Round 4

It's Bastille Day.

Bastille Day is the common name given in English-speaking countries to the national day of France, which is celebrated on the 14th of July each year. In French, it is formally called la Fête nationale The National Celebration and commonly and legally le 14 Juillet (the 14th of July).^[3]

Whoever said "Practice makes perfect" hasn't watched my game

The French National Day is the anniversary of Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789,^[1][2] a turning point of the French Revolution,^[4] as well as the Fête de la Fédération which celebrated the unity of the French people on 14 July 1790. Celebrations are held throughout France.

And presumably the Franch will also be celebrating the winning of the World Cup on Sunday, so it may well be renamed Hangover Weekend by Monday morning.

Another day the weather couldn't make up its mind

A new feature on the blog this week - it's called "Whose balls are these?"  Take a close look at the puzzle picture below and see if you can work out the owner.

Not this picture, I know whose balls these are. Further down.

Well, that was a wet one, that was. Clearly the record for how many times the wet weather gear went on and came off again had to have been broken today.

Woe betide anyone who'd left the waterproofs at home, having believed the Met Office forecast that the rain would hold off until later in the afternoon.

If you do need to invest, here's a website dedicated to wet weather gear for golfers during the British summertime.

https://www.t3.com/features/best-golfing-waterproofs-for-golf



Yes, count yourself lucky - here we only get six days a year like this.

Well there goes my chance of longest drive. 

Here's a historical marker, indicating a remarkable and very rare event:

And just in case you needed to be reminded of those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer again, here's Nat King Cole at his very best:

So, fourth round of the Club Championship, so some of us now needing only one more game to qualify. Remember, best five out of the seven rounds count, but you do need to play at least five games to qualify. If you want to know who's the golfer to beat, go back through the old blogs and see who's looking dangerous.

Gim's finger after an attack by a rogue bee

Sorry..

Now, "Whose Balls Are These?"

I'll give you a clue. Don't be fooled by the colour.

Now you know why they call me "The Stag"

The novelties were less novel this week than last, but Stephanie managed to win the Golden Hole, in spite of there not being a huge amount at stake. 

	HOLE	NOVELTY	CONTENDERS	WINNER
	9	NTP	Frances	Richard
	3	NTP in 2	Shelley, Earle, Peter	John
	15	NTP		Shelley
	17	LD		Brett
	12	Golden Hole		Stephanie

We gather she staggered home with the princely sum of $21.50 (no, I don't know how the fifty cents came about either).

The Lucky Winner

	PLAYER	SCORE	BIRDIES
	Frances	86
	Greg	84
	Thomas	81
	Dave	80
	Stephanie	80
	Lynne	79
	Earle	78
	Vickie	78
	Gim	76
	Jack	76
	Derek	76
	Gary	75
	Ian	75
	Shelley	73	7, 15
	Peter	73
	Glen	73
	John	72
	Paul	71	13
	Colin	71	6, 18
	Brett	70	13, 16, 17
	Max	69	11
	Richard	69

And the fourth round saw some stellar performances, none more so than Richard Yeo, who managed to pip Max on countback. Gim's generous sponsorship saw Richard walking home with a very nice cardboard box.

I've always wanted one of these

Which on further examination, proved to be not just a cardboard box


The French-themed wine and cheese thingy takes place tonight at Kerry and Paul's place.



Weather permitting, there will be much celebration and dancing like this:




Then again, there may not. So, whose balls were they?  

Mine, all mine!

That's quite enough of this nonsense.

Next week, Match Play quarter finals on the Tuart, and 4 BBB for those who are no longer in the Match Play mix. Following that, first round of the Winter Cup on July 28th.