SOS Club Championship - Round 5

SOS Club Championship - Round 5

A chill breeze greeted players at the 'tee off' on what was otherwise a glorious winter's day with blue skies and the odd white cloud.

Only 16 players today, all ready to nail a low scoring round to add to their Championship points.  What could go wrong?

There are two rounds remaining, 24 August and 21 September, before the SOS Club Champion is named!

Is it possible that Max has been taking lessons during the school holidays?

The cool weather fashion stakes?

Don's tee shot at the 6th hole was superb, landing just 20cm short of the pin. However, defying gravity, the ball lipped the cup leaving Don to record a par! How many of us have endured these mind bending moments, leaving us amazed and bewildered at nature's forces?

The computerised scoring machine experienced a few gremlins as it randomly rejected a number of cards. However, a Competition Report was finally produced for players who eagerly awaited news of their placings.

Magnificent efforts from Max and Stephanie

	PLAYER	SCORE	BIRDIES
	Max	70
	Stephanie	71
	Keith	74
	Glen	74
	Jeanie	76
	Richard	77
	Shelley	77	8th
	Gim	78
	Peter	78
	Rob	78
	Don	78
	David	81
	Gary	81
	John	91
	Greg	DQ	15th

NB  The Bloggist was informed that Greg's DQ arose from losing two balls, one as the tee shot and the second a provisional; then failing to take a third shot in accordance with the rules. 


Max receiving his winners voucher from Vice-Captain John Messenger.

The novelties had no contenders today . . . . only winners!  Shelley's second shot on hole 8 may have been the 'shot of the day' as it landed a club length from the hole, allowing her to finish it off with a birdie!!

	NOVELTY	HOLE	CONTENDERS	WINNER
	Longest drive	2		Max
	NTP in 2	8		Shelley
	NTP	12		Gary
	NTP	18		Max

Malcolm set some sort of Raffle record by taking both the 1st and 2nd prizes with his two numbers!

NEXT WEEK :     MATCH-PLAY QUARTER FINALS

There are 8 contenders left in the match-play competition. Pairings for next week are:

	Dave	vs	Glen
	Rob	vs	Paul
	Earle	vs	Greg
	John	vs	Gary

The rest of us will be playing 4BBB

Golf Trivia

Fore!: 200 years ago, golf balls were quite pricey, so an assistant called a "forecaddie" was used to work in front of a golfer and retrieve errant shots. Eventually the word's etymology diverged - the assistant simply became a caddie and the warning call became "fore!"