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The New Years Cup.
Or should that be New Year’s Cup? It’s debateable.
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It was, nonetheless, a beautiful day for golf.
Surprisingly warm early on, but fortunately didn’t get much warmer. The hottest part of the day was 10:30am, only a couple of degrees warmer than it had been at 7:00am, then the sea breeze came in and brought it back down to a very pleasant temperature. That’s the vagaries of this time of year, when the highest temp can be surprisingly early in the day.
But enough of meteorology.
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The first game of the year - a one week stroke competition on the Tuart. We saw a few Christmas presents making their debut on the course, and Earle’s new putter getting its second outing.
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| Frances attempts to wrest the magic putter from Earle |
No reports of brand new balls being lost off the first tee, although a couple of players did play yellow ones - no doubt to give themselves a choice of which ball to use for their second shot?
The guys were well back on the first, a couple of us struggling to even reach the white tees with what were rather lacklustre drives.
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| Don is awarded the trophy for his ace |
Still a lot of loose dead leaves on the fairways, brought down by the heat, making it often quite hard to spot the balls when looking towards the sun.
And the frustration of the card reader being unavailable at the end meant that all those scores had to be manually entered into the computer, which can be a little tedious.
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Birthdays were announced for Mark Smith and Gordon this week. Neither were present, but appreciated nonetheless.
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Wayne Bradford has been accepted as a member. Do introduce yourself to him if you haven’t already done so.
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| Wayne joins the group |
There are just a couple of membership vacancies now. Priority will be given in the first instance to anyone recommended by a current member, so if you know someone who you think would be a good addition to the club, do bring them along as a guest. In this way, they can see if it’s the sort of club they would enjoy.
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The annual membership is only $165. This compares very favourably with, for instance, a club like Stirling, where the membership is $240, and this doesn’t include the annual dinner, unlike SOS.
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| Ready for a great game |
We heard that Brett is still likely to be away from golf for a further nine months, and is currently awaiting surgery for that dodgy shoulder. We wish him, and the other members who are dealing with health challenges at the moment, all the best. Our thoughts are with you.
A paucity of birdies - Gardy on the 6th, and Andrea on the 15th. That’s it.
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Today, the golden hole remained unclaimed.
The ladies longest drive on the 2nd had Carol on the card, before she was beaten by Frances.
Nearest in two on the 7th had Earle and Kerry down before Karl got closer still.
Nearest in three on the 11th, always a tricky one, had Mark Wilson and Gerry before Boris crept inside.
And the ultimate, the NTP on the 18th, had Earle but Carol got within a couple of feet of the hole, and commented that for her, it was indeed a “dream come true”!
The marker for the men’s longest drive remained in the bag.
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The most competitive part of the contest was undoubtedly for the lollies, with Andrea commenting “Thank God for Wayne”. At the other end of the board, we congratulated Gerry on what is, surprisingly, his first ever trophy for SOS!
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| Congratulations |
All the tickets were sold for the raffle, which meant a very spirited end to the day.
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| Mark prepares to show us his three coaster trick |
Next week, probably two ball better ball on the Tuart course. A partnered competition where you record your own personal Stableford score, but also record the better score of the two partners. Thus, if you get two points on the hole and your partner gets three, you record three points for the team. If you both get a two, then the team score is two.
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| Carol, Andrea and Kerry all make the bunker on the 9th. |
The Par 3 competition will take part on Wednesday January 29th at Lake Claremont from 5:30pm. The green fee will be $10, which has been subsidised by SOS, followed by dinner on the verandah at the Tee Box cafe. Take time to have a look at the menu here.
https://www.lakeclaremontgolf.com/la-cafe
Pay your $10 to the SOS Bookings Account, the same one you use each week to play for your game, and let Derek know that you’ll be coming.
There’ll be trophies, prizes, and nearest the pin on every hole. Always a lovely way to finish the day.
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