Memorial and Master Cups, Old Course, 16 November 2013

Old Course, Wembley Golf Complex, 16 November 2013.

"Two cups are better than one"

Memorial and Master Cup

Prize sponsor: Earle (correct?)

Not one but two trophies today out for grabs: the Memorial Cup and Masters Cup.
What a hot day was today, by the end of hole 4 I had gone through my drinks reserve, I guess this is an appetizer for Summer that is just around the corner.
Slow game as well...it wasn't me though!...I was in the last group. Which actually had a bit of a downside: the group of 3 behind us was obviously having great time drinking beer, every time we met at the tee of a hole, they were laughing and joking...LOUDLY...grrrrrrrrr!!!!!

Anyway, it was a spectacular day score-wise

Guess who is this lad

 
Scores.

Memorial Cup
Stroke play

Disqualifications:

None

Lollies of the day go to:

Peter 86!!! again swinging wildly between exceptional performances and lollies

Then:

Phil  85

Don 85

Mal 82

Ross 80

Kerry 80

Paul C 79

Rich 78

Paul G 78

Greg 78

Glen 76

Lynne 76

Brett 75

Dave 75

Shelley 75

Vickie 73

Gary 72

Earle 71

3^rd place: 

Ian 70

2nd place:

Lorenzo 67

and the winner is - by far:
Ivar, with a spectacular 64

Super, Ivar!!!

Masters Cup

The winner of the Masters Cup 2013 is...
Lorenzo! with the above net score 67 (80 gross)
Thank you thank you thank you :)
Finally I get to put something back on the fireplace shelf, it's been looking lonely and miserable lately!

Novelties:

TBA. This is due to an untimely call of nature while the novelties were announced. If you remember the names, won't you please drop me an e-mail? Thanks

AOB:

Annual dinner tonight! look forward to cold beers, arancini, a good stake and cheesecake. And of course good time with the SOS friends.



Photo Gallery

Ivar collects his well deserved Memorial Trophy

Sweet... Masters Trophy

Finally, here is my Spring Cup!

President Cup, Tuart Course, 9 November 2013

Tuart Course, Wembley Golf Complex, 9 November 2013.

"When everything happens all at once"

President Cup

Prize sponsor: Phil

President Cup today.
Originally planned to be a "Strings" game, then given the amount and the type of questions that were raised during the week, it was decided to revert to a "simple" Stableford. I hope this is no reflection of our extremely high IQ.


The last 2 games were a little too normal, nothing unusual, but this week it's definitely another story. Why? Well, in just 1 game we had Lynne scoring another Hole in One (#9), Glen defeating the Jackpot hole -again- (#12) and a gross score of 75. Ok, it's a par 71, but 75 is still a damn good score, isn't it?
 

 



I also heard that in this week someone had a considerable win on a bet on the Melbourne Cup.  



So, what an eventful week it's been!


Last but not least, Steffy joined us back again, after quite a number of weeks away. Although probably we won't find this on the papers :)



Scores.

President Cup
Stableford

Brendan put in his first card, with a gross score of 106.

Disqualifications:

None - all good

Lollies of the day go to:

Derek! with 25, probably still recovering from an all-day-party after winning last week

 
Then:

Don 25

Gim 27

Kerry 27

Ross 27

Earle 29 birdie on #5

Ian 29

Lorenzo 30 birdies on #7 and #17

Phil 30

Shelley 30

Brett 31

Rich 32

Tony 32

Vickie 32

Colin 33

Gary 35 birdie #1

Frances 35

Stephanie 35

Ivar 35 birdie #14

Judith 35

Paul C 36 birdie #13

Greg 37

Mal 38

Lynne 38 HOLE IN ONE #9

3^rd place on count back: 

Paul G 38 birdie on #17

2nd place:

Glen 40 birdies on # 5 and #12

and the winner is:
Peter with a big 42

Well done Peter!!!

Novelties:

NTP in 2 #3: Earle
NTP #9: probably Lynne? with a magnificent Hole in One

NTP in 4 #13:  Paul C (birdie)

Longest Drive #17: Paul G

AOB:

Annual dinner next Saturday, we're looking for more mystery presents

As you might have noticed, I have made no mention of the complaint on slow play... but the matter was certainly discussed (or heard, rather)

Next week:

Memorial Cup - Stroke on the Old


Photos of the week

Our Hole in One specialist, second time this year

The Three Tenors

Divorced Pairs, Old Course, 2 November 2013

Old Course, Wembley Golf Complex, 2 November 2013.

Divorced Pairs

Prize sponsor: Kerry

Another Saturday with good weather, although a bit windy. Keeping the ball flight low would make a big difference in some holes. I've never played Divorced Pairs before, interesting format, sometimes it looks a little bit like a lottery, but good fun anyway.
Dave was playing for 2 teams! Double chances of winning, but also double chances of making your partner grumpy!

No eagles, no hole-on-1's, Gary wins again,  just another ordinary day of golf.

Sorry for the spoiler.






 
Scores:

Divorced Pairs

Disqualifications:

None, however Rod did not turn up!

Lollies of the day go to:

Greg and Phil with a remarkable 36!

 
Then:

Earle and Ross 40

Kerry and Mal 42

Glen and Don 51

Shelley and Dave 51

Frances and Rich 51

Lorenzo and Dave 60

Paul and Gim 61

3^rd place: 

Derek and Brett 63

2nd place:

Vickie and Lynne 64

and the winners are:
Gary and Peter 77

Top job!!!

Novelties:

NTP #2: Gary
NTP in 2 #6: Paul

Longest Drive hcp 21+: Lynne
Longest Drive hcp 20-: Gary

Next week:

President's choice: "Strings". I'm not even attempting to explain how it works. Just bring your guitar, violin or cello.

Check out this clip, kindly proposed by Mal:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fbTGhDDL2g&feature=youtube_gdata_player



And here is our weekly photo gallery

Look carefully, I'm just holding a potato wedge, alright???

A bandit caught in a rare moment of guilt

The Captain himself, admittedly divorced early in the game

Dave, visibly satisfied of today's threesome

Today's cheerful receivers of the lollies! Great spirit, guys!

Kerry celebrates the winning newlyweds

SOS Cup Round 2, Old Course, 26 October 2013

Old Course, Wembley Golf Complex, 26 October 2013.

SOS Cup Round 2

Prize sponsor: Rich

Round 2 of the SOS Cup today.

Weather forecasts finally got it right: sunny all day long, I guess that summer is just around the corner.

With no further ado, here are the scores:


SOS Cup Round 2
Stroke play

Disqualifications:

None, we all behaved today

Lollies of the day go to:

Kerry with 86! That's one way of winning

 
Then:

Rod 83

Toni 82

Don 82

Gim 80

Peter 78

Rich 77

Dave 77

Ian 76

Lorenzo 75

Glen 75

Ross 75

Brett 74

Vickie 72

Tony 71

Frances 70

Judith 70

Greg 69

Earle 69 birdie on #1

Mal 69

Phil 67

3^rd place on count back: 

Colin 67 birdie on 10th

2nd place:

Gary 67 birdie #13

and today's winner is:
Derek with an impressive 66

Spitze, Derek!

Novelties:

NTP #2: Tony
NTP in 3 #5: Glen

NTP in 2 #10: Colin
Ladies Longest Drive #17: Judith

SOS Cup, Overall results:

3^rd place: 

Earle 143

2nd place:

Colin 141

and the winner of the SOS Cup 2013 is:
Gary 140

Congratulations for another victory, Gary!
Here is the interview to the SOS Cup Winner

AOB:

Birthdays: Frances and Glen

Next week:

Captains Choice: Divorced Pairs. What the heck is that? here's the captain himself explaining.

Captain's Choice on 2 November
Divorced Pairs is the choice and is a stableford game played in pairs.  The stableford score for the relevant hole for each person in the pair is multiplied to give the result for the hole, eg player 1 has 0 and player 2 has 3 gives a result of 0 (3x0=0); player 1 has 3 and player 2 has 4 gives a result of 12 (3x4=12).  A counselling service will be available after the game for those pairs who have irreconcilable differences or come to blows during the game!!
As each player will be keeping its stableford score, the score will be registered with Golflink after the game.

Here is our weekly photo gallery 

Derek collects his prize from the sponsor

Today's podium

The winner of the SOS Cup 2013

SOS Cup Round 1, Tuart Course, 19 October 2013

Tuart Course, Wembley Golf Complex, 19 October 2013.

(also known as "the day that eagles flew")

SOS Cup Round 1

Prize sponsor:Mal

Round 1 of the SOS Cup today.

Weather forecasts nailed it once again: non-stop rain the whole day, as opposed to "occurring showers". I'll put my hand up next time that there is a position open as director of the BoM. Not for myself, rather for my dog.

But the sun was definitely shining on some of our friends: ... Glen, how was your game today???

In case you did not get it, Dr Glen scored a spectacular EAGLE on the #12, which is also our Jackpot hole. Want to hear it straight from the horse's mouth? there you go:

Don't mean to be disrespectful, but from memory, out of the last 3 eagles, 2 were scored with a mis-hit. So here is a motivational thought for you: when you mess your shot, don't despair: you have more chances of scoring an eagle!

Superb stuff, Glen, ... no matter how you got it :)))
And thanks for the drinks!


Our captain Earle also offered 2 platters of "humble" meat pies (to make up for last week's scores business....) Thanks for that to you too.


Scores:

SOS Cup Round 1
Stroke play

Disqualifications:

THE BoM!!!!!
Miriam also had to withdraw at the 9th hole.

Lollies of the day go to:

Peter! with 85! What happened, you had some very good round lately...?

 
Then:

Derek 84

Ian 83

Frances 83

Gim 82

Ross 81

Lynne 81

Judith 80

Phil 79

Don 79

Vickie 79

Brett 78 birdie on 10th

Lorenzo 78

Mal 78

Shelley 77

Greg 75

Colin 74

Earle 74

Gary 73

3^rd place on count back: 

Rich 71 birdie on 3rd

2nd place:

Glen 71 EAGLE ON 12TH!!!

but despite the eagle, the winner is:
Dave with a massive 66

Well done Dave!!!

Novelties:

NTP #3: Rich (Birdie)
NTP #9: Vickie

NTP in 3 #14: Gary
Longest Drive #17: Lorenzo

AOB:

Justice was done, Judith has been awarded as winner of last week comp.

Next week:

SOS Cup Round 2, on Old course.

Here is our weekly photo gallery

Glen in the middle of a mystical vision

Judith collecting the prize for last week's victory (sponsored by Earle though)

Mal awards Dave, winner of today's comp

Cheers for Glen!