Irish Stableford

Irish Stableford? We're still having trouble with the ordinary sort.

Phew - that was complicated, but I think we'd got the hang of it by the eighteenth.

Warm, but not unpleasantly so, and a real spread of individual scores, plus of course the St Patrick's Day sausage sizzle, which the kookaburras had been holding out for .

Not much that a good snag doesn't make better

Remember, next week is the AGM - the cafe is reserved and there will be platters of food. At the moment there are no motions for consideration, so we're anticipating a quick meeting and then into the grub.

Off to Dublin in the green, tra la la.

Today's results - welcome back to Brett, who scored a very creditable 88 off the stick, well done sir.

Bernie decided as she was sufficiently Irish already she didn't need to dress up

And the novelties:

NTP	3rd	DJ
NTP	6th	Kerry
NTP	9th	Phil
LD	10th	Kerry

Bugger the golf, at least I get the most Irish prize

Today's individual scores:

Gim	22
Frances	23
Greg	25
Bernie	26
Glen	27
Vickie	28
Richard	29
DJ	29
Ross	29
Judith	30
Don	30
Allan	30
Stephanie	30
David W	31
Lynne	31
Colin	32
Derek	32
Toni	33
Kerry	35
Phil	36
Lorenzo	37
Peter	38
Paul	39
Ian	42

Some days, those putts just drop in the hole

and the team scores:

The Shamrocks	97
Four-leaved Clovers	103
The Avengers	103
The Internationals	106
Dynamic Leprechauns	110
Team Seven	114

And the most imaginative team name award goes to...

Par Bisque

Old Course, at Wembley Golf Complex, 9 March 2013.

One of toughest golf day ever, ... not for the golf itself, but for the maths and logic tests that the rules of the Par Bisque were posing, ... some of us did not pass the test :)

Delighted to have our guests today:

Brett: 95 gross, birdie on 8th

Steph: 88 gross

Glenda: 112 gross

Without further ado, here come the scores

Par Bisque, Old Course
Leaderboard, final score:

Peter: -4
Ross: -3
Oliver: -2
Glen: -2
Ian: -1
Gim: +1
Greg: +1
Tony: +2
Earle: +3
Vickie: +4
Allan: +5
Lynne: +5, with birdie on the 17th

3rd place: Kerry +6

After count-back from the 10th hole:
2nd place: Lorenzo +7, with birdie on the 9th

And the winner is:
1st place: Richard +7

Well done Richard

Novelties:

NTP #2: Earle

NTP in 3 #5: Gim

NTP in 2 #6: Richard

Longest Drive #11: Brett

Next week: Irish Stableford, in honour of St Patrick's day (March 17th)

Vice-Captain's Choice

Vice-Captain's Choice - and what did he choose? Stableford, on the Tuart.

They say practice makes perfect.

And did he do well? Hmm - that depends if you think avoiding the lollies on a double countback counts as success. Some of us clearly do.

Longest Drive, here we come.

But a very pleasant day of golf, with the weather on our side for once, avoiding the 35 degrees of yesterday, and something equally unpleasant tomorrow.

A bad day at golf is still better than a good day at work.

A special welcome to Glenda and Stepan, who joined us today as guests, both having very respectable rounds.

We didn't realise guests have to pay double fines

Today's novelties:

Ist hole, longest successful putt: Glen
9th, NTP  Judith
10th, Mens Longest Drive:  Don
11th, Ladies Longest Drive: Glenda

There's no rule says you can't play in Man Utd colours

And the scores:

Greg
Earle
Derek       24
Judith
Stepan
Gim           27
Frances    28
Vickie       29
Tony         30
Glen          31
Allan
Ian
Kerry       32
Richard  
Glenda    33
Lorenzo
Peter       35
Ross
Don
Toni        36

Today's winner - David with 37 pts. Congratulations.

Ambrose Pairs

Finally - a cooler day for golf, not that it helped the scores at all. Some very scratchy scores, but good to see a reasonably full field out there.

The AGM will be held on March 23rd, after the game. If you have any areas that you'd like to see addressed, please get back to Kerry by March 11th, so she can get the agenda papers prepared.

The Club welcomed Gary's fiancee Lin - they'll be married on Wednesday 20th March, 12.30 at the Perth Registry Office. They'd love to see any club members there who can share the occassion with them.

Kerry mentioned Derek's gross birdie on the par 5 last week, as a 20+ handicap that delivers him a modest Eagle's Nest payout.

 At this point, anything still seemed possible. It was later that despair set in. 

Today's novelties:

NTP on the 2nd, Steph
NTP on the 6th, David J
Mens LD on the 11th, Ian
Ladies LD on the 11th, Debbie

And the Ambrose Pairs

Lynne
David W         73.75

Vickie
David J           73.25

Judith
Derek              73

Kerry
Lorenzo           72.25

Stephanie
Peter                 72

Richard
Kevin               71.75

Debbie
Oliver              71.25

Earle
Toni                 71.25

Don
Ross                71.25

Ian
Greg               70.75

Gary
Malcolm        69.75

There's a grin that you only get with winners!

 And today's winners.....

Bernie
 Eric               69.25

Summer Cup, Round 2

And the sausage sizzle - is there no end to the excitement!!

Second round on the Tuart, and some good scores at the sharp end of the contest.

Many thanks to M Malone Real Estate for sponsoring today's prize.

NTP on the 3rd, Glen
NTP in 2 on the 5th, Gary
NTP on the 9th, Glen
NTP in 2 on 16th, Earle

And today's results:

Greg 85
Lynne 83
Kerry 87
Bernie, Judith 80
Don, Shelley, Richard 79
Vickie, Ivar 78

Peter77
Derek, Ian 73
Earle, Toni 72
Dave W, Glen 71
Allen, Colin 70
Malcolm 69
David J 66
Gary 65

And the aggregate results for the Summer Cup:

Malcolm 146
Gary 145
Glen 140

Congratulations, Glen

Summer Cup 2013 - Round 1, Old Course

It's time for the

Summer Cup 2013

at Wembley Golf Complex.
Round 1 kindly sponsored by: Stephanie Jeffares.

Welcome to our two guest players: Nicola and Phill.
Strong wind on Saturday morning was certainly a challenge to our usually impressive scores.

Here is the Leaderboard for Round 1:


Summer Cup 2013 - Stroke Play, Round 1, Old Course
Leaderboard:

Glen 69 with birdies on holes #6, 9, 17 (someone speculated: "yeah, all the easy-birdie holes...")
Rich 71
Kerry 75
Kevin 77
Greg 77
Malcolm 77
Shelley 78
Lynne 78
Tony 79
Don 79
Gary 80
Lorenzo 80 (featuring a remarkable 4-in-a-bunker at the #14, apparently never raked since WWII)
Paul 81
Stephanie 81
Allan 82
Ross 82
Debbie 82
Oliver 85
Colin 86
Peter 86

Novelties:
NTP #2: Gary
NTP #6: ... no entry - let's keep quiet about this one
Longest Drive #10: Tony
NTP in 2 #15: Tony



Stephanie awards the temporary leader, Glen:

Greg also receives an impressive trophy, from our Captain Kerry, earned in a previous competition:

Great effort also from Malcolm: it took him some 30+ numbers in order to draw the winners of the raffle.

Watch this space, stay tuned for more updates after Round 2 next week, on the Tuart Course.