CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP, ROUND 5
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The Golfing Gods owed us one, and today they delivered.
An absolutely beautiful day, with clear blue skies and barely a breath of wind.
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A prelude to Spring, which doesn’t officially start until Monday, and since Autumn doesn’t officially begin until September 21st in Europe, that means it will be Spring in the southern hemisphere while it’s still summer in the northern.
(Yes, that’s another useless piece of knowledge with which to bore your friends.)
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Stroke play on the Old Course - and it’s that time of year when the grass off the fairways is getting longer, making it that much harder to find the stray balls.
Straight drives down the middle are definitely the preferred option for now.
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The novelties were hotly contested as always:
Glen took out the Golden Hole on the 2nd
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| No need to measure that one out |
The Ladies’ Longest Drive on the 4th went to Maureen
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She also put down a contender for nearest in two on the 9th, but Paul B kept it in the family when he went closer.
Nearest in two on the 14th went to Keith
The other Golden Hole on the 16th went unclaimed, while the Men’s Longest Drive on the 18th saw Dave put his name on the marker, but Earle went past.
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Very true!
Birthdays will be celebrated this week - Paul Gardner has apparently already started his celebrations in Bali, while Andrea’s Michael is also looking forward to his day on the 5th.
And Gerry turns 65 this week.
We share this thought with him,
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And as a special treat just for him:
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So, of this week, Gerry has printed a new business card:
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Birdies seemed few and far between, unless I missed a few:
Popey on the 2nd and 6th, and Lynne on the 16th. Those par 3’s always popular for the birds.
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Today’s scores saw more of a battle to the bottom for some players.
Congratulations to Greg, Keith and Kerry, and comiserations to Gim, who just missed out on a podium finish.
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A day for the diary, the Annual Dinner will be on November 29th , with Glen and Lindsay very kindly providing the venue at Lot Six Zero.
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| Rake brake! |
And now, there are changes afoot with Golf Australia.
Over the coming months Golf Australia
is undertaking a major digital transformation that includes a move away from
the current Golf link platform to Golf Australia Connect.
From 2nd October, the new
Golf Australia Official app will be available to download and all golfers will
be allocated a Golf ID which will remain with the golfer for life, regardless
of changing to another home club.
We’re in touch with Golf Australia, and your committee is
progressively handling the transition on your behalf and will keep you informed
as to what you need to do, if anything. There will be a period where
competitions will not be handicapped while the cut over to the new platform is in
progress - we’ll freeze handicaps for that period.
Undoubtedly there will be hiccups along the way. We’ll do our best to muddle
through in our inimitable SOS way.
Below is some background information
about why Golf Australia is changing the handicapping platform to Golf Connect,
although there are those who believe the motivation may ultimately be less about
benefits for golfers and more about extracting additional money from clubs. We will see.
Next week, it’s an 8am start for Club Championship Round 6, (yes, 8am) and remember for the Championship prizes you must have played at least 11 rounds in the Winter Season, and 5 rounds of the Championship games. The following week, we’ll be playing Round 7 and the first round of the Spring Cup on the Tuart simultaneously, to catch up with the weeks that were lost for poor weather.
And now, a thought to leave you with:
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