Stroke on the Tuart

We should have seen it coming - the weather bureau certainly did:

Damp, damp, damp.

Doesn't seem that long ago we were struggling with 42 degrees.

Ready for whatever the weather has in store for us

Get used to it - this is winter golf.

The Man in Black

And we enjoyed the first chips of the season.

There, you're hungry again, aren't you. 

Something of an inverted bell curve for the scores

 - total absence of any middling results, you either coped with the conditions or you didn't.

And we gather the ashes were drawn, so this stays right where it was.

Here are the all-important results:

	PLAYER	SCORE	BIRDIES
	Peter	94
	Jeanie	85
	Vickie	84
	Kerry	83
	Greg	81
	Max	78	8
	Stephanie	77
	Gary	76	14
	Richard Y	73
	Derek	73
	Richard O	73
	Brett	72	4, 8
	Jan	72
	John	72
	Rob	71
	Glen	70
	Ian	70
	Dave	70
	Shelley	70
	Frances	68	12
	Gim	68	3
	Paul	68	8, 15
	Earle	66

Some very good scores, but only one winner:

A great round, Earle - congratulations.

Plenty of competition for one of the novelties:

	NOVELTY	HOLE	CONTENDERS	WINNER
	NTP in 2	6	Kerry, Richard O, Gim, Rob	Glen
	LD	9	Max	Paul
	NTP in 3	14		Gary
	NTP	18		Kerry
	Golden Hole	3		Max

And the caption competition went to countback, with Max taking out the prize for this gem:

Those darn crows got to my sandwich again. Hey Derek will u go buy me another and while you're at it get me a coffee and a muffin too.

But equally commendable efforts from Greg:

.Look at this. I turn my back for a second and some bugger takes bites out of my sandwich

And Brett:

“If this is my bite ..... I need new dentures"

Well done, everyone who competed.

Bit of a story here - after Vickie went looking for Gary, the guy in the pro-shop told Gary his wife was looking for him.

We gather at this stage they're not even engaged. 

The pie of perfection

While herding water birds on the eighth, Ian very kindly informed us of the reason why ducks stand on one leg - picture and explanation later in the blog.



The first group managed to stand in the middle of a nest of aggresive ants without realising it while searching for a ball, and spent the rest of the round picking them off legs and other private places.

Aaaargh!

By the way, here's a preview of Kerry's nightmare tonight:

Maybe stay up all night, Kerry.

Next week, to celebrate St Patrick's Day it's Irish Stableford on the Old Course. That's usually played like this:

IRISH TEAM STABLEFORD  

Playing as a team of four, all players play out each hole as they would in an individual stableford.

On the first six holes, only the best stableford score of the four players is recorded.

On the next five holes (holes 7‑11 inclusive) only the best two stableford scores are recorded.

On the next four holes (holes 12‑15 inclusive), only the best three stableford scores are recorded.

On the last three holes (holes 16‑18 inclusive) all four scores are recorded.

(Our captain may have a slightly different format, but you get the idea)

The card is marked by any of the four players and countersigned by another member of the team.

And of course, there'll be a (very small) prize for the player who makes the best attempt at looking ridiculously Irish.

If we were really mean, we'd offer this picture for the caption competition. But we're not, are we?

Oh yes, we are! Captions please by Friday. 

Now, about why the duck stands on one leg. Apparently it's quite simple.

If he lifted the other one, he'd fall over. See you next week.