Par Comp on Tuart

Winter must be approaching as the start time was advanced by 30 minutes to 7.45am. However, the temperature was similar to last week, low 30's and the wind a bit windier!

Twenty two SOS members turned up for the par competition on the Tuart Course which, fortunately, had not yet been cored, so there were no impediments to low scores, at least on the putting side of the game.

Photos from 26 February game

A number of excellent photos sent to the blogger last weekend did not make it into the blog as they were held up in the iinet email system for several days. To ensure contributors are not discouraged from sending in photos in the future, they are now published below:

 

Boris cherry picking.
 The cherry (ball) is in there somewhere!

Keith calls for his tree wood!

Gerry tampering with the wild life on the 9th green!

Mark enjoying the rough!

April demonstrates shortened putter grip to
 clear her ball from the (very) rough!

Barry, Gerry & Jenny share a drink after the meeting!

Carol & April unwind after the game!

Enough reminiscing!

The Start

Richard, Mark, Greg & Derek
 all in club colours (at least on the top half!)

A colourful line-up!
Glen, Carol, Steph, Keith & Gim

Stephanie & Gim strike a pose!!?!

President Brett Fordham leading from the front
 on acceptable course attire!

With a new pair of golf shoes, to boot!!

The Fairways

 . . . . and the rough!

Derek remonstrating with his ball!

Not a parrot in sight!
Derek watches Gim putt out on the 9th.

Oooopps! Gim misses putt and Derek loses interest!

Stephanie became fatigued, so hitched a ride on Richard & Greg's cart! 

Greg gives up his seat to Stephanie!!
Greg wins the 'Most Chivalrous Act of the Day" award.

President's Address

President, Brett Fordham, welcomed all to the post match meeting. It was noted several players had opted to avoid the meeting due to the heightened risk of Covid transmission in the confined space!

Brett announced that, for the 5th week in a row there were no members birthdays to celebrate - but a few come up later in March.

Members were reminded the SOS 2022 annual general meeting will take place on 19 March and that information regarding the meeting was sent to all members by the Communications Officer on 4 March.

 

Competition Results

Club Captain, Gerry Tessier announced that Frances Longhurst had won the competition with a net score of 70.

Second and third places both scored 71 with Glen Pope beating Mark Wilson on a countback!

A total of 5 birdies were recorded, while Greg took up the honor of coming last and was awarded the traditional bag of lollies and given the list of fines to read out!  

	Player	Handicap	Score	Birdies
1	Frances Longhurst	18	70
2	Glen Pope	6	71	12
3	Mark Wilson	12	71
4	Lynne Malone	14	73
5	Birgit Reinartz	34	74
6	Mark Smith	33	74
7	Derek Longhurst	20	75
8	Lynley Hunter	11	76
9	Shelley Yeo	11	76
10	Brett Fordham	10	76	4
11	Gerry Tessier	17	78
12	Richard Osborne	17	78
13	Gary Burgess	6	79	7
14	Tony Gooch	6	79	7
15	Peter Baird	18	80	6
16	Keith Barrow	10	80
17	Mark Hill	10	81
18	Gim Ong	22	82
19	Carol Barrow	29	82
20	Stephanie Jeffares	15	83
21	Barry Treak	20	83
22	Greg Bennett	19	87

Frances 1st (left early), Glen 2nd, Mark 3rd, Richard (most improved handicap
 for February) & Gerry - Club Captain (holding gift card won by Frances).

Greg wins the bag of lollies
and Gim got first pick of the contents!

Golden Hole

The Golden Hole this week was on the 3rd hole, whereas last week it was in the 18th.

No winner today, so the jackpot rolls over. As it is, the pot was emptied last week by Puggsy 'Centrefold' Kelly, so the rollover amount is in the order of $20.

Eagles & Birdies

No eagles! But congratulations to those that claimed a birdie!

Eagles & Birdies
	Hole	Placing
Glen Pope	12	2nd
Brett Fordham	4	10th
Gary Burgess	7	13th
Tony Gooch	7	14th
Peter Baird	6	15th

In an act of desperation, Carol brought her own (stuffed) birdie to make sure she did not miss out!??!

Novelties

Tony Gooch announced the winners of the Novelty Awards in the absence of Vice Captain, Earle Scarff.

Novelties
	Hole	Contenders	Winner
LD (ladies)	1	-	Shelley Yeo
NTP in 3	2	Shelley Yeo, Mark Wilson	Goochy
LD	15	Gary	Mark Smith
NTP	18	-	Mark Wilson

Best Handicap Improvement

Richard Osborne is the winner for the best handicap improvement for February 2022 with a massive 9.1% change!  Congratulations Richard! 

Credit also to Mark Wilson and Shelley Yeo for placing 2nd & 3rd.

		Jan-26	Feb-26
1 st	Richard Osborne	23.1	21.0	-2.1
2 nd	Mark Wilson	17	15.9	-1.1
3 rd	Shelley Yeo	12.6	11.9	-0.7

 

The Raffle

And the winner is . . . ??  Does anyone remember who won? 

Keith & Carol managed the raffle with the assistance of a stuffed bird!

Ash Tray Collection

Greg Bennett, ably assisted by cash collectors Gerry and Boris, called out the list of fines and extracted coins from most members for all manner of foul play, miss hits, inattention and indiscreet language!

Lynne Malone noted the take might have been a lot more had Gary been able to attend the meeting!

Word has it, that Gary became embroiled in a one or more bunker catastrophes taking 4 (?) shots to get out of one. Details are scarce, so next week's blog may contain further details of Gary's bunker battles!  

The Ash Tray collection in progress!

Next Week

The 2nd and final round of the Summer Cup will be played on the Old Course.  The greens will be cored adding that extra bit of unpredictability that makes golf so much fun!

The Summer Cup is a stroke play competition with the winner scoring the lowest net strokes over the 2 rounds. 

SOS Breakfast Club

SOS Breakfast Club's first event is scheduled for Sunday, March 27 at 9.00am to Glen's Lot Six Zero restaurant at Subiaco. Please confirm to Birgit before March 24.

Captain's Corner

Golfers world wide are being encouraged to avoid slow play wherever possible!

Please consider introducing the following ideas into your game! 

READY GOLF  from GOLF R & A 

When “ready golf” is encouraged, players have to act sensibly to ensure that playing out of turn does not endanger other players.

“Ready golf” should not be confused with being ready to play, which is covered in the Player Behavior section of The R&A Pace of Play Manual.

The term “ready golf” has been adopted by many as a catch-all phrase for a number of actions that separately and collectively can improve the pace of play. There is no official definition of the term, but examples of “ready golf” in action are:

·         Hitting a shot when safe to do so if a player farther away faces a challenging shot and is taking time to assess their options

·         Shorter hitters playing first from the tee or fairway if longer hitters have to wait

·         Hitting a tee shot if the person with the honour is delayed in being ready to play

·         Hitting a shot before helping someone to look for a lost ball

·         Putting out even if it means standing close to someone else’s line

·         Hitting a shot if a person who has just played from a green-side bunker is still farthest from the hole but is delayed due to raking the bunker

·         When a player’s ball has gone over the back of a green, any player closer to the hole but chipping from the front of the green should play while the other player has to walk to their ball and assess their shot

·         Marking scores upon immediate arrival at the next tee, except that the first player to tee off marks their card immediately after teeing off

·         We can add, going to the next tee after you finish your putting and if there is a possibility prepare for your drive -but waiting at least of another member from your group joined to check your ball direction. 

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