SOS Golf

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Match Play Round 2

And here we go into the Match Play 2nd Round, with everything to play for, and Gary overseeing the proceedings as 'referee' thereby adding another string to his bow hehehe,,,

Skills were honed through the week, psychology of the opposition studied, and sledges once again put into action.

The sheer action and excitement of the competition brought the people out in hoards, and we had the biggest field of players in a long while (31 in fact!),,,,, unfortunately so did other societies as we waited,,,, waited,,,, waited,,,, and waited to tee off.

At least that meant we had plenty of time to get inside our opponents heads, or in fact with the case of myself and Gordon, drink to each others good luck!

Team meetings were had, discussions about the Country Cup were mentioned and general randomness was spoken.
We even had our own resident Michael Fish* in Peter Baird,,,,

*an infamous English Weatherman notorious for saying there wasn't going to be a storm prior to the worst ever storm hitting the UK in 1987 and causing millions of pounds of damages!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqs1YXfdtGE

Who assured us all that even the skys above looked as grey as Greyer McGrey From Greyland,,, it wasn't going to rain until we had all finished....

If only he, like Michael Fish, was correct!
Mr Baird you are indeed sacked as The Trustworthy Weatherman

The Scores on the Doors

Bruce beat Dave Mandy 2up

Charmaine beat Malcolm 3&2

Stephanie beat Earle 1up

Vickie and Ian Draw

Lynne beat Graeme 2&1

Derek beat Richard 7&6

Dave Williamson beat Nola 2up

Bernie beat Fran 4&3

Shelley beat Roland 5&4

Glenn beat Kerry 2&1

Brett beat Rob Gray 2up

Phil McKeague beat Peter 7&5

Colin beat Gary 5&3

Paul beat Gordon 2&1

Greg beat Steve 2up

Lane's 3rd card was a very creditable 81,,,, well done mate, and welcome to the SOS, your new handicap will be presented next time you play
Plenty of trophies coming your way!!!!!

Novelties
NTP no.2 Paul --- waaaaaahhhhhaaaaaayyyyy
NTP no.6 Earle
NTP no.13 Rob Gray
NTP no.16 Lynne

Golden Hole
Lynne --- waaaahhhhhaaaaayyyyyyy $232 richer
nice work maaaaate

Random Pics

Ahhh the Long & the Short of the game

And a big welcome back to Bruce & Mardi

Contemplation time

Ze Eyes,,,,, its all about Ze Eyes,,,

Worst Raffle in the World Ever
Unfortunately it went off without a hitch so there's no video this week!
Let's try and do much worserer next time

Next Week
3rd round of the MatchPlay

Monday, June 15, 2015

MatchPlay round 1

Welcome to the much awaited First Round of the MatchPlay for 2015, and didn't the golfing gods bring the weather for the day,,, that was until the end of the day but more about that later.

And it all began with El Capitano reading the riot act, and trying to explain the rules of MatchPlay.

And Kerry putting the training drills into action her second lesson with Patches,,, plus I believe there will be some extra-curricular golf with Peter on a Tuesday arvo,,,eh? eh? anything i need to know about here??????

Is that a cheeky grin I see on your face Peter???

For some of us we tried to get in early with a few sledges, but as I found out there is no point when you are playing Lynne who very replied to ALL my texts (there were a few) throughout the week with her usual succinct aplomb!

In other words Lynne gave back more than she received even stating that her Penants Game the day before was an annihilation 6&5 to Lynne.
Oh, it didn't bode well for the standard mix of lack of sleep and hangover for Mr G (well there was some cricket to be watched on the TV),,,,

To make matters worse, I was even heckled & sledged by Lynne's fella, Bob, on Saturday night!
Is there no escape from the ignominy of defeat!!!!!

It wasn't just me who suffered from the backlash of the MatchPlay, but i believe there were a couple of other little 'disagreements',,,
such as Gary & Colin

and Phil McKeague refusing to play with Herman ze German*

*(that's a blatant fabrication and a serious abuse of dramatic license as Phil was 'called up' to play in an earlier group!)

And the general throttling of the winner between Graeme & Gordon,,,

There must be a BIG WELCOME BACK to the shy and retiring Charmaine & Roland, but it was noted how quiet they were!

The Scores on the Doors
Vickie defeated Greg 2up

Steve defeated Ian 1up

Steph defeated Francis 3 & 1

Dave W defeated Peter 1up

Glen defeated Gary 5 & 4

Colin defeated Kerry 7 & 6

Derek defeated Rob 1up

Brett defeated Richard Y 3 & 1

Lynne defeated Paul 1up

Graeme defeated Gordon 3 & 1

Phil defeated Nola 5 & 4

Roland defeated Charmaine 1up

Novelties
NTP 2 Dave W
NTP 6 Phil McKeague
NTP 13 Fran
NTP 15 Gary

The management sorting out the cards,,,,,

At the end of the game we all settled down for a cheeky brew, and the marvellous Toastie Platter,,,,,,

but for some it all got a little bit chilly, so let's hope for next week The Management manage to buy in a few of these lovely things to keep us warm whilst we imbibe.
Plus of course a hip flask with some winter warmers!
You know what i mean Gordon,,,,,

Video of the Week
there's no match for Vickie last week but this comes fairly close,,,,

Random Pics
At least the sun shone to start of with,,,

Mrs P

Mr P

I'm cold says Steph

Gordon looking menacing, getting ready for next weeks' round

Eye's down for the Second Worst Raffle in the World Ever

And just look at the sign over Brett's shoulder,,,, doesn't he look firm!
Yes i did do that on purpose,,,,,,Heheheehhee

Golden Hole
Once again it didn't go off, so the total is up to a very acceptable $203 on the old course,,, Woo Hoo,,,,!

Next week
Round 2 of the MatchPlay, so let the sledging begin again!!!!!

Monday, June 8, 2015

WA Week Comp

Very kindly sponsored by Ron Conway.

The forecast said showers and yes there were a couple of light ones but thankfully it all came good for the Sausage Sizzle down at Perry Lakes!

There was much banter before the round about how good we were all going to play, and a few 'cheeky bets' were placed and sledges started,,,,

Meeting of the Brains Trust

Just wait til next week

even Kerry was talking her game up- and that's after her first game with the Pro Patches.

I must admit that it was the best I've seen Kerry hit a ball for a while so bring it on babes!!!!!

For some reason, and it wasn't planned but there were a few members who chose that red or pink was the colour for the day,,,,

Discussing tactics

The new Pro after one lesson with Patches

And now onto the bit that matters!!!!

Novelties
NTP 3rd Steve
NTP 9th Jason
NTP3 14th Lane
LD 17th Gary

The Scores
And the winner is,,,,,,,,,,,,

Winners are grinners

Well done Graeme, told ya 38 would be enough!

Graeme	Powell	38
Dave	Williamson	37
Steve	Desantis	36
Derek	Longhurst	34
Phil	McKeague	34
Gordon	Nielsen	34
Greg	Bennett	34
Ron	Conway	34
Bernie	Caffrey	33
Gim	Ong	33
Paul	Gardner	32
Lynne	Malone	32
Gary	Burgess	32
Peter	Baird	31
Glen	Pope	31
Rob	Gray	31
Kerry	Gardner	30
Travis	Barnes	28
Earle	Scarff	27
Phil	McLeod	27
Ian	Holmes	27
Richard	Yeo	26
Frances	Longhurst	25
Nola	Desantis	23

Commiserations Nola,,,, but i have to said the Fines were read out with some serious aplomb!

And for the 2 guys working their way back to gaining an SOS handicap

Jason 101
Lane 85

Nice work guys,,,,,

Quote of the week
You'll be pleased to hear that this week we have joint winners with the following:-

(1)
Let me paint the scene,,,,,
As I played the tee shot from the 15th hole, Earle was going towards the 14th green to pick up something he had dropped, I 'skinnied' the ball, holding the pose beautifully with it just making the front edge of the green, assuming I had got away with it making out it was a great shot,,,, as we walked off the tee Earle sauntered past me and declared:

"What a great Sister-in Law!"

"What?" i replied

"It's up there, but it shouldn't have been!"

heheheheheheh PRICELESS

(2)
After leaving several putts short Fran said something that sounded a bit sarcastic under her breath,,,, the rest of the four-ball (Earle, Kerry, myself) all mentioned the usual vulgarities such as 'you dropped your pink handbag again', 'where's you lipstick?' etc etc but she came out with the absolute classic that will forever stick in my memory :-

Well that was a real pussy putt wasn't it!

That was the last thing i expected Fran to say.
Brilliant!

Random Pics

BushBasher Bernie

Dereks comedy routine

Rose between the thorns

Mmmm food

Cheesy

Is it just me or does Lane resemble Graeme McDowell?

Thanks again to Brett for providing the booze and new esky, pretty well catered methinks, and for all those that who gave the ultimate sacrifice and brought along a salad.

Plus where would we be without the chef!
Thanks coach, it's appreciated,,,,

AHH SWEET

And of course there was the Birfday Pair, enjoying a beautiful bit of cake.

The Raffle
Well words cannot describe the raffle, or at least do it justice,,, rather you just had to be there,,,,

Consequently I personally reckon that after that display Vickie should be the new Speaker of the House for the raffle!!!
It was brilliant!

Next Week
The real fun begins with the first round of the MatchPlay
We're going to have some fun Lynne,,, good luck