Sunday, November 13, 2022

President's Trophy

It was an early start to competition on the Tuart Course for the President's Trophy! The 1st group took off at 7.15am with lots of white clouds, blue skies and a biting wind!

Pretty much perfect golfing weather but for some it was a hard slog to play anywhere near their handicap!

Group 2 on the 1st tee
Birgit, Brett and Mark Smith

Q: How many people does it take to fix France's golf buggy?
A: Apparently it needed six! Paul Boquest out of frame and Earle is on phone to Bunnings emergency help line! 



Gerry & Barry basking in the early morning sunlight!

Stephanie & Frances rugged up and happy!

Nuria & Andrea are in Group 5 with Frances.

Gim, Dave and Ian.
One will win the lollies!

SOS Members making headlines


The Goldfields Ladies Open Golf Tournament (G.I.R.L.S.) was held over November 11, 12 & 13 November with the last two days featuring a 36 hole competition.

Congratulations to Lynley Hunter who was Gross Runner Up, proudly supported by Shelley Yeo and Lynne Malone.

Well done ladies!! 

Lynley was awarded Gross Runner Up.


World Amateur Golf Rankings

Meanwhile, SOS Member, Gary Burgess, has achieved 37th position in the World Ranking for Golfers with Disability!!

Fantastic effort Gary!!


Fairways and Greens

There were numerous reports of members hitting their ball into unlikely places and we have photo and video evidence of two such incidents!  Many thanks to Birgit for producing the following pictures and video!

Firstly, Mark Hill managed to hit his ball from the 10th tee onto the 11th tee!! That is a big hit from which, we assume, he managed to chip onto the 10th green! 


Secondly, on hole 11, Fordy (aka 4D) drove his ball right into a bush, about a metre above the ground! The video shows him trying to whack it out, but it ended a windy and the ball fell into the rough beneath the bush.

The photo collage, shows the original position of the ball in the middle of the bush, the 2 photos shows Brett hitting the ball after the windy shot.

Most fortunately, Birgit managed to capture the action on video for us all
 to enjoy Brett's discomfort in hitting a windy!



Birgit’s golf caddy also broke down yesterday morning (while Gerry tried to repair it), she had to jog up to the proshop and rent a moto caddy, a remote controlled one. Yeah!!! Rumours are that Gerry has to buy one as a Christmas prezzie for Birgit…And Birgit might have played bad because she was too busy with the remote control. 


The following joke courtesy of Derek:


What’s a rider?

“Four old men went into the pro shop after playing 18 holes of golf.

The pro asked, “Did you guys have a good game today?”

The first old guy said, “Yes, I had three riders today.”

The second old guy said, “I had the most riders ever. I had five.”

The third old guy said, “I had seven riders, the same as last time.”

The last old man said, “I beat my old record. I had 12 riders today.”

After they went into the locker room, another golfer who had heard the old guys talking about their game went to the pro

and said, “I’ve been playing golf for a long time and thought I knew all the terminology of the game, but what’s a rider?”

The pro said, “A rider is when you hit the ball far enough to actually get in the golf cart and ride to it.”


President's Address

Brett advised there were no member's birthdays this week, although we can still celebrate again Birgit's on the 11th November!

Also, in view of the Annual Dinner being held next Saturday, 19 November, the formal post match meeting will not be held. 

Competition Results



Members waiting patiently to hear the results from SOS Captain Gerry Tessier!


Congratulations to Gary Burgess who claimed the Presidents Trophy with a 1 point margin to Frances Longhurst and Keith Barrow in 3rd spot another point behind! A very close finish!

And Garry put the 'icing on the cake' by also scoring an Eagle on the 10th hole by pitching his 2nd shot from 100 metres straight into the hole!!


 

 

Player

Handicap

Score

Birdies

1

Gary Burgess

6

38

Eagle 10, 4, 15

2

Frances Longhurst

20

37

 

3

Keith Barrow

10

36

14, 15

4

Colin Kerr

15

36

18

5

Paul Cooper

12

35

3

6

Andrea Williams

19

35

 

7

Barry Treak

19

35

 

8

Earle Scarff

16

34

 

9

Don Beasley

14

34

10

10

Ian Holmes

17

32

 

11

Tony Gooch

7

31

3, 9, 16

12

Stephanie Jeffares

14

30

 

13

Mark Hill

9

30

6

14

Paul Boquest

7

30

 

15

Mark Smith

21

30

 

16

Brett Fordham

8

28

 

17

Gerry Tessier

17

28

 

18

Glen Pope

8

27

 

19

Gim Ong

22

27

 

20

Peter Baird

20

25

 

21

Greg Bennett

19

25

 

22

Nuria Smith

39

24

 

23

Birgit Reinartz

32

23

 

24

David Williamson

24

18

 






THE PODIUM
Gary Burgess with the Presidents Trophy, with Francis Longhurst 2nd & Keith Barrow 3rd


And the lowest scorer and winner of the bag of lollies was . . . 

Not The Podium - Several members thought they deserved it, but Dave won! 
 

 Eagles & Birdies

At last! The long Eagles drought has been convincingly broken by Gary Burgess who pitched in from 100 metres on the par 4, 10th hole! Gary received a $25 cash reward for achieving the rare incident!

An excellent haul of 12 birdies from 8 members!

Eagles & Birdies

 

Hole

Placing

Gary Burgess

10

1st

Gary Burgess

4, 15

1st

Frances Longhurst

6

2nd

Keith Barrow

14, 15

3rd

Colin Kerr

18

4th

Paul Cooper

3

5th

Don Beasley

10

9th

Tony Gooch

3, 9, 16

11th

Mark Hill

6

13th


Golden Hole

Mark Hill took out the #2 Golden Hole located on hole 12 and won the pot of $96.

Golden Hole #1 on hole 3 was not claimed this week and the pot stands at $150.



Mark's reward!


Novelties

Congratulations to all the Novelty winners for doing it better than the rest!

Novelties

 

Hole

Contenders

Winner

NTP in 3

8

Goochy

Mark H

NTP in 2

12

-

Keith

LD - Mens

15

-

Goochy

LD - Ladies

16

Birgit, Andrea

Frances

NTP

18

Mark H, Gim, Frances

Colin

Tony Gooch reads out the Novelty contenders and winners.


The Ash Tray Collection

Dave did an excellent job in reading out the Digger fines, specific to the month of November each year, and the coins flowed into the collection boxes. Fines collected during the month of November are used to make a donation to the Kings Park Honor Avenue organisation.



Raffle

Here is a nice picture of Birgit handing out the raffle prizes! The blogger cannot remember who actually won 1st prize as he was too busy trying to locate the gift cards in the Treasurers cash box!



Next Week

The Tuart course is again the venue, but no trophies will be awarded!

Next week competition is regular Stableford.  The Ambrose 4‘s competition, originally scheduled, will be postponed to Nov 26.

There will be no prize announcement, and raffle after next week's game to give time to people for preparation and the organisation of the 50th Anniversary Gala Dinner !

Captains Corner

Follow the link below to see the new rules to be introduced by the R&A and USPGA in 2023





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