SOS Golf: June 2021

Monday, June 28, 2021

Match Play Round 3

Twenty paired SOS members and one guest, Mark Wilson, lined up at the Tuart Course for the 3rd round of the annual match play competition.

It was a relatively late start at 9.40 am, particularly as the winter solstice occurred last week! Blue skies, a light wind and a very cold start to the day had everyone rugged up on the first tee!

Maureen and Keith dressed for the chilling conditions!

Gary, Derek & Shelley also taking no chances!

Peter, Barry & Mark H all looking confident !

Keith & Frances protected by quilted anoraks!

On the course

There were no reports of out of control wireless buggies diving into distant water hazards, snake bite or injured wildlife! Perhaps match play competition brings out the 'killer instinct' in SOS members and the level of concentration is much greater than for any other form of competition? Match play turns every hole into a competition in itself !

The blogger managed to capture the moment Brett took his 2nd stroke on the par 4, 9th hole. The hole is designated as 310 metres long and includes a significant uphill section for the first 150 metres or so. Nevertheless, Brett's tee shot had a serious turn of speed as it flew off the tee and disappeared in the direction of the green. It stopped some 3 metres short of the green! While we were all very impressed it took Brett an additional 3 shots to hole the ball for a par!!

Brett takes his 2nd stroke on the par 4, 9th hole
as Keith & Carol look on!

President's Message

The SOS Golf Group President, Brett Fordham, welcomed members and guest to the post match meeting.

Brett noted that Dave Williamson will be celebrating his birthday next Friday, 2 July, and that Don Beasley's birthday is next Wednesday, 30 June. Congratulations and best wishes for many more were extended to Don and Dave!

Brett Fordham addresses members and guest, Mark Wilson

Earle was sporting a sign on his cap which said 'Fisherman" ?

The Results

There were 9 winners and 1 draw in the match play competitions on Saturday, 26 June.

The following table indicates the 'grinners':

	Winner	Birdies	Result	Non-winner	Birdies
1	Earle Scarff	18	4 - 2	Birgit Reinartz	-
2	Frances Longhurst	-	1 up	Gerry Tessier	-
3	Maureen Sundari	-	2 - 1	Derek Longhurst	15
4	Tony Gooch	9, 15	2 up	Shelley Yeo	-
5	Mark Hill	4	3 - 2	Glenn Kelly	-
6	Brett Fordham	7, 16	2 - 1	Keith Barrow	-
7	Peter Baird	-	1 up	Carol Barrow	-
8	Greg Bennett	-	4 - 3	Barry Treak	-
9	Stephanie Jeffares	-	5 - 4	Colin Kerr	-
10	Glen Pope	-	Draw	Gary Burgess	-
11	Mark Wilson - guest	16, 18	95 gross

Match Play Finalists

The 8 match play finalists after the initial three qualifying rounds, and those that did not make the cut, are listed below:

Match Play Finals Draw

The match play quarter finals is scheduled for Saturday 31 July 2021.

Eagles & Birdies

Derek scored a birdie on hole 15, the par 5, and still did not manage to beat Maureen! At least he picked up $5 for the honor as his handicap is 20+!

Congratulations to the others for displaying superior feats of golfing!

Eagles & Birdies
Player	Hole	Placing
Earle	18	Won
Tony Gooch	9, 15	Won
Mark Hill	4	Won
Brett Fordham	7, 16	Won
Derek	11	Lost
Mark Wilson	16, 18	n/a

Golden Hole

No winner this week. A small pot at present as it was won last round on the Tuart!

Novelties

Strong competition for the 'Longest Drive' with Stephanie taking the honors!

Novelties
	Hole	Contenders	Winner
NTP in 3	1	Gerry, Maureen, Mark	Keith
LD	8	Mark W, Frances, Maureen, Shelley, Glen, Mark H	Stephanie
NTP	12	Earle, Derek, Gooch, Steph	Glen Pope
NTP	18	Earle, Greg	Gary

Raffle

Carol rotated the barrel and drew the numbered balls!

First place went to Gerry who picked up a $10 note and a high value scratchie. Good luck Gerry!

Ash Tray Collection

Brett kindly offered to call the fines list and there seemed there were many members only too keen to dob in their fellow players! All for a good cause, so keep giving!

Brett calls the fines while Barry and Shelly collected the cash

Next Week

On Saturday 2 July 2021 the 5th round of the club championship will be played on the Old Course.

Please do not forget to remit $48 (course fees increased by $1 from 1 July) to Glen before 5pm on Wednesday if you wish to play.

SOS's Social Organiser, Carol Barrow, has organised a Sausage Sizzle at Perry Lakes, so players should go directly to the BBQ area after they have completed their round and had their scores processed at the Pro Shop.

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Saturday, June 19, 2021

Club Championship Round 3

It was after 9.30 am before the first group managed to launch its balls off the 1st tee of the Tuart Course to contest the 3rd round of the Club Championship competition.

A total of 24 players set off with guest, Mark Wilson, included in the first group. The temperature was chilly, with most wearing at least 3 layers of top clothing throughout the entire round! At times the sun came out from behind the clouds and, with little to no wind, it made for very pleasant golfing weather!

Carol, Glenn, Vickie & Frances rugged up!

Gerry, Shelley & Earle smiling at the start!

Keith, guest Mark Wilson & Carol at the start

The Game

There were some truly remarkable results from the days' competition! Multiple Golden Hole contenders and spectacular shots coming off the clubs of some not accustomed to low handicaps!

Then, of course, there were those that had to contend with a fair bag of hooks, slices and similar misdirected shots. Putting as well tested the limits of sanity from time to time!

As experienced last week on the Old Course, the blue and red tee markers were often on top of each other to allow tee surfaces to recover from the recent heavy rains.

Frances tees off behind the blue markers
on hole 5 while Ian looks on!

President's Address

President Brett Fordham starts the post match proceedings
with advice the clubs' finances were in good shape!

Also, Brett confirmed the position of Social Organiser had recently been changed with Tony James stepping down, due to increased work commitments, and the position being taken by Carol Barrow. Carol already has a few ideas including holding an 'International Day'. Stay tuned!

Brett also advised the Treasurers recent monthly report showed the SOS Golf Group's actual cash funds at mid year were higher than had been budgeted! The Committee had identified some areas of expenditure that could be increased where essentially all members would benefit. Additional 'Sausage Sizzles', higher cash prizes and additional raffle prizes will be provided.

Birthdays

Brett noted that long time member and recent Club Captain, Gary Burgess, will be celebrating his birthday on Monday 21st June. Happy Birthday Gary !

The Results

Winners are grinners!!
Shelly, Stephanie and Barry take the podium and receive
gift cards from Club Captain, Gerry Tessier.

Shelley takes 1st prize with an impressive 68 net points, including two birdies, two strokes ahead of both Stephanie and Barry.

	Player	Daily H/C	Score	Birdies/Eagles
1	Shelley Yeo	14	68	7, 10
2	Stephanie Jeffares	14	70
3	Barry Treak	20	70
4	Brett Fordham	8	71	10
5	Gerry Tessier	17	72
6	Keith Barrow	9	73	15
7	Colin Kerr	14	73	7
8	Lynne Malone	14	74
9	Tony Gooch	6	74	15
10	Tony James	19	75
11	Carol Barrow	30	76
12	Frances Longhurst	19	76
13	Ian Holmes	16	76
14	Derek Longhurst	20	77
15	Lynley Hunter	12	78
16	Maureen Sundari	10	78
17	Glenn Kelly	12	78	2
18	Gary Burgess	8	78
19	Peter Baird	18	81
20	Greg Bennett	21	82
21	Gim Ong	21	82
22	Earle Scarff	15	83
23	Vickie Scarff	29	86

Vickie receives the bag of lollies for taking last place on the list!

Golden Hole

The Tuart Golden Hole jackpot went off in great style!! The jackpot hole has most often been placed on the par 3, 3rd hole however, today was moved to the 18th hole where it was attacked by many a good shot!

Firstly, Maureen in the first group landed her shot well within the length of the flag stick! However, this was bettered by Stephanie in the 5th group. Vickie then stepped up as the last player in group 5 and bettered them both and took away a prize pool of $107.

Vickie claims the Golden Hole . . . . and bag of lollies!

Eagles & Birdies

Congratulations to the 6 players who scored birdies; particularly to Glen who pick up 2 golf balls for scoring on the index 1, hole 2.

Eagles & Birdies
Player	Hole	Placing
Shelley Yeo	7, 10	1^st
Brett Fordham	10	4^th
Keith Barrow	15	6^th
Colin Kerr	7	7^th
Tony Gooch	15	9^th
Glenn Kelly	2	17^th

Novelties

Some nice golf work by the winners of the novelty holes. Guest Mark Wilson featured prominently, which included a spectacular tee shot on hole 13 to win the longest drive!

Novelties
	Hole	Contenders	Winner
NTP in 3	2	Gary, Tony G, Colin	Glenn Kelly
NTP	3	-	Mark Wilson
NTP in 2	12	Mark Wilson,	Keith Barrow
LD	13	-	Mark Wilson

Ash Tray Fund

Earle stepped in for Vickie to read out the list of fines, assisted by Shelley Yeo and Keith Barrow who acted as collectors. Coins flew thick and fast as players atoned for their errors, misdeeds and profanities!

Earle reads the fines list assisted by Shelley & Keith.

Raffle

Master raffle wheel spinner, Tony James, draws
the numbers from the barrel.

And the winner is . . . . Frances who collects a $10 note and a $100,000 Cash Volcano scratchie!

Next Week

On 26 June the 3rd round of the Match Play competition will be held on the Tuart Course.

The starting time is currently set at 9.48 am which should allow plenty of time for a sleep-in, or practice round, depending on your priorities!

The blind draw results are as follows:

Match Play Pairings - Round 3
	Player A	Player B
1	Barry Treak	Greg Bennett
2	Peter Baird	Carol Barrow
3	Gary Burgess	Glen pope
4	Glenn Kelly	Mark Hill
5	Tony Gooch	Shelley Yeo
6	Gerry Tessier	Frances Longhurst
7	Earle Scarff	Birgit Reinartz
8	Keith Barrow	Brett Fordham
9	Colin Kerr	Stephanie Jeffares
10	Derek Longhurst	Maureen Sundari

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