OPENING DAY - CLOSING DAY

Nobody told me there'd be days like these - strange days indeed!

John Lennon had it right back in 1984 - if you haven't listened to it for a while, here's the video:



 We were looking forward to welcoming the new committee for Opening Day, and instead, they've made it closing day.

Those were the days

Speaking of which, how many of us remember the delightful Mary Hopkin:





That's it for golf for quite a few weeks.

But there are precedents. Those of us who lived through the amazing winter of 1962 in the UK will remember how the football season closed down for months.

To enable the football pools to continue (basically, the way in which most of the UK bet on the results of matches each week), a pools panel was formulated to determine what the results of games would have been, had they actually been played.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/dec/08/the-knowledge-pools-panel-creation

I see no reason why we can't do this at SOS. To kick it off, here are the results of today's novelties.

	NOVELTY	HOLE	CONTENDER	WINNER
	NTP	6	Earle, Jack	Bernie
	NTP in 2	9	Paul	Ian
	LD	14	Shelley, Peter	Glen
	NTP	18	Stephanie, Frances	Dave
	GOLDEN HOLE	3		Brett*

*Someone has since pointed out that Brett didn't play today, so the Golden Hole jackpots to next week.



 Now we have a bit of spare time on our hands, let's reinstate the caption competition. Here's one from the past:

Let's have your answers by next Saturday to derekcva@gmail.com, or reply to your notification of the blog. Shelley permitting, there's a golf ball in it (although what you'll find to do with a golf ball is anyone's guess.)

How about "Gone With The Wind"?

And in the final results, I'm sure Steph just beat Tony on countback, both with 39 points. That one in the water on the eighteenth cost Tony the game, otherwise he had her beaten.

Peter Baird was a close third, after that I suggest we all give ourselves a tidy 36 points and conclude that we played to handicap, with a nice birdie somewhere around the middle of the course.

For those of you who've got a bit of space in the backyard, here's a thought:




At the moment, it's anyone's guess when we'll be able to get back to playing. Just make sure the moths don't get at those new shirts, and maybe use it as an opportunity to clean those clubs nicely and give them a light coat of WD40 so they don't get rusty before you put them away in the shed.

Do stay safe, we'll look forward to reassembling with a nice big field....sometime.



And in the meantime, get a tissue ready and watch this, courtesy of Keith: