A hot and windy day with little cloud about to protect players from the Perth summer sun! In fact, the wind was so strong throughout the game players were unable to unfurl their sun umbrellas for fear of watching their equipment sail off into the bush.
But a near record number of 21 members and guests took to the fairways of the Tuart Course to contest the New Year's Cup. Other members were on holidays while Frances was still in quarantine after a trip East to see family.
A special welcome to Zac and Carl Naake , as guests of the President, whose handicaps of 3 and zero respectively added a touch of professionalism to the field.
Dave, Vickie, Ian, Gary & Carol ready to compete.
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| Birgit, Steph and Carol |
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| Derek, Peter, Earle & Greg all wearing the club colours! |
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| Gerry, Barry & Tony ready to tee off |
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| Maureen, Glen & Tony making a fashion statement? |
Teeing off for the first stroke for the new year proved a challenge for some as the ball got caught by the stiff easterly!
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| The power of the wind carried many a ball off course throughout the game! |
The Results
The winner of the New Years Cup for 2021 is Ian Holmes who scored a net 70 strokes to win by one stroke from Dave Williamson with Gerry Tessier another stroke behind.
It was a close battle with 12 players within 7 strokes of the winner!
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| Ian Holmes receives the New Years Cup and a $40 Gift Card from Club Captain Gary Burgess |
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| Dave - 2nd place |
With Gerry taking 3rd place and a spot on the winners podium!
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| Gerry - 3rd place |
The Ash Tray Collection
Carol's stoic 85 points earned her a bag of lollies and the privilege of calling out the fines! Carol's efforts were commendable as members coughed up a hefty $22.60 to atone for their bunker antics, windies and a wide range of errant play!
Peter was believed to have donated a small gold coin for taking 8 strokes to escape from the middle bunker on the 7th hole. The ball landed close to the face and successive strokes had it continually rolling back into his footprints. Others might have putted out of the bunker backwards in order to take a chance of lobbing the ball onto the green!
Birdies, Eagles & the Golden Hole
Congratulations to the 8 players who nailed a total of 9 birdies today. A commendable effort, although none were on the lowest 4 indexed holes 2, 11, 12 & 14!
The Golden Hole - the 3rd Tuart hole - survived for another day and the pot currently stands at $21.
No Eagles were reported!
Novelties
Some better than average shot making gets you into the winners circle!
The players list shows that both Keith and Steph were in the first group which may account for their position as 'contenders' in all categories 🎶
Maureen on the other hand was in group 5 and clearly left her mark!
The Raffle
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| Stephanie tunes up the raffle barrel, while Birgit, Gerry and Greg look on! |
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| Maureen wins the raffle 1st prize of $10 |
Birthdays
Although the members register discloses the President's birthday as being on 1 January, this is apparently incorrect!
The register has been updated and now shows there are no members birthdays during the last week or so!
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| Guests Carl & Zac, - also Glenn K, Brett & Tony |
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| Carol, Tony, Glen, Gerry, Maureen & Barry |
Next Week
A game of Stableford on the Tuart Course is scheduled for 9 January 2021.
The Novotel Vines Social Golf Club Classic - Sunday, 17 January 2021
The annual Vines WA Social Golf Club Classic is being held on Sunday 17th January 2021 on the Lakes Course. If anyone wishes to participate in a group of SOS members please contact the Club Captain or President. A link to the Vines flyer has been included in the email containing the link to this blog.
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