Spring Cup Round 2, 14 September 2013

I repeat: the Spring Cup has been won by Kerry, don’t you get it?

It was a gorgeous sunny day, not a cloud in the sky, temperature just perfect for a fine day of golf…

Or was it not?

Old Course, Wembley Golf Complex, 14 September 2013.

Spring Cup Round 2

Prize sponsor: ? who was the sponsor today?

What can be said about today? It will go down as the wettest golfing day ever, at least for me and my underwear. Another personal poor performance, made worse by ferocious rain and gusty wind. Having lost any hope of a decent score, the only way to not get mad was to lough about it, and so it was. Highlights of the day, in chronological order:

1.       Finding our balls in the ponds in the middle of the fairway

2.       Glen DQ’d for finishing hole 16 with the wrong ball...my ball!!!

3.       Paul G shivering on hole #17 while Glen was having a ball in his perfectly water-proof suit

4.       Paul G being run over by his own trolley, while chipping on green #18

Scores.

Spring Cup - Round 2

Stroke play

Disqualifications:

Glen, for having finished a hole with the wrong ball, on #16. It has been agreed that next time with Glen I will play pink balls

Lollies of the day go to:

Rod, with a record breaking 92 net! J

Then:

Lorenzo 84

Greg 84

Kerry 84

Lynne 84

Ross 82

Gim 81

Mal 81

Paul G 79

David 77

3^rd place: 

Peter 76

2nd place:

Gary 76

and the winner is:
Ian 74

Well done, Ian!!!

So, the aggregate scores for the Spring Cup are:

3^rd place: 

Paul G 152

2nd place:

Gary 149

and … guess what… the winner is:
Kerry 148

WHOO –HOOO Kerry!!!

Now, the problem is that we don’t have the Spring Cup with us today, … so the photo of Kerry yelling with the cup in her hands will be taken next week.

AOB:

Country Cup: money will be collected this Saturday: $45 w/o cart, $60 with cart.

Here is our weekly photo gallery. 

Yes, it was that wet

Ian, living his dream of winning

Kerry, collecting the prize for the Spring Cup

Spring Cup Round 1, 7 September 2013

The Spring Cup has been won by Kerry, get on with it





ok, ok, for those reeeeeally keen to read the weekly bulletin, please go ahead. At least it's Kerry and not Glen or Gary, for a change.


Tuart Course, Wembley Golf Complex, 7 September 2013.
Spring Cup (because it's spring now)
Prize sponsor: Paul Cooper


Nice weather today, just perfect for a refreshing day in the fairways of Wembley. My game started pretty well, with 2 pars in the first 2 holes. But at the number 5 there were already signs that something was not going right. At first, a few of us queuing at the starter had the privilege to see Ian training for the olympic 100m, hurrying back to the starter to play a new ball. Soon after our sandwich super-hero, the guy whizzing with the electric cart in opposite direction of play, with a fine selection of your least favorite snacks, took a harsh bump and got the money box smashing on the ground, scattering coins all over the starter. Although I had my offer to help turned down, I still managed to find a 10c coin afterwards. And that's where my luck ended.
At hole #7 scored had a triple bogey; at #11 horror strikes: don't know quite what happened, but I mis-hit my driver and had my ball resting unplayable. Even worse, on #13 scored a record-breaking 10, losing a ball and visiting all hidden corners of the hole. (Later in the day I learnt that someone else actually scored 11 on that same hole in the same day...)
To cut a long story short, what seemed to be a very promising day turned in fact into a nightmare. 
So the lesson learnt today is: no matter how well you play on a particular day, at any time be afraid, very afraid. But at the same time: relax.

Enough about me. Scores.



Spring Cup - Round 1 
Stroke play

Disqualifications:
Colin. But also someone else I guess, there is quite a few names in the start spreadsheet missing in today's score???

Lollies of the day go to:
Tony, with a staggering 90 nett! You clearly must have been training for this, what a great job! :)))


Then:
Bernie, fearing the worst but getting away with a second-last spot: 87 (and 11 strokes on #13 :))) )
Phil 85
Kevin 83
Gim 83
Lynne 82
Paul C 81 birdie on #6
Don 80
Rich 79
Ian 79 birdie on #3 
Mr 4-Iron Ross 78
Shelley 78 with not 1 but 2 birdies: #9 and #14
Lorenzo 77
Peter 77
Glen 77
Stephanie, despite her good looking trousers 77
Greg 77 birdie on #17
Earle 75

3rd place: 
Gary 73

2nd place:
Paul G 73 (after count-back, however it works)

and the winner is:
Kerry with an incredible, almost unfair 64

Super, Kerry!!!
But now what's the point of playing round 2??????


Novelties:
NTP #3: Ian
NTP in 2 #8: Paul G
NTP 15: Earle
Longest Drive #17: Tony



AOB:
- Shelley's Birthday!
- The Country Cup is coming soon... $45 w/o cart, $65 with cart. Includes Cheese Burgers and dirty jokes from the bar-man, so that Gary can have a rest.


Here is our weekly photo gallery. 

The Sandwich Super Car

Ducks & Family trying hard to find a safe place

It's either a strip-tease or the footy

 

Stephanie's latest secret weapon

Comment wanted

You sexy thing

Gee, that was gross!

Patriotic cap

C U Te

Whoever wants to know how I injured my ring finger, you're welcome to ask privately

Kerry, winning and taking no prisoners

 

Saturday Gospel on: Bunker rules!

Obviously drinking too much!

Match Play Final + Ambrose Pairs, 31 August 2013

Old Course, Wembley Golf Complex, 31 August 2013.
Ambrose Pairs..but more importantly: Match Play final 
Prize sponsor: Frances Longhurst




Yes, you got it right, a very eventful Saturday this week, finally we got to crown the winner of the Match Play tournament, between to Gary and Shelley.
At the same time we had the Ambrose pairs competition.

You might have noticed that the greens have been cored this week. Question: in such greens, does a 2-putts qualify for a bunker-to-bunker?
The wind also was a challenge today: not only it was strong, it was very variable in direction.
At least the weather held up and we managed to keep our clothes dry throughout the whole game.

Scores.
Match Play - Grand Final
We are delighted to announce the winner of the Match Play tournament:

Gary beats Shelley: 6 and 4

Congratulations Gary! and also to Shelley, who already won the Match Play at Cottesloe, winning twice would have been too much!



Ambrose Pairs
Disqualifications:
The green keeper. No more to say!

Lollies of the day go to:
Rich and Kevan, with an impressive 75.75. But hey, who likes putting in bunkers?


Then:
Miriam & Glen 71.5
Paul C & Lorenzo 71.5
Don & Frances 71.0
Earle & Judith 69.5
Kerry & Ian 68.75
Mal & Greg 67.75
Paul G & Bernie 67.5
Ross & Phil 67.25

3rd place: 
Tony & James 66.75

2nd place:
Colin & Peter 66.25

and the winners are:
Brett & Lynne, trashing the rest of us with an outstanding 62.25

Well done!!!


Novelties:
NTP #2: Shelley
NTP #6: Bernie
Longest Drive #10: Phil


Last but not least:
1. we need the last responses for the Country Cup on 29 September
2. Paul G's birthday this Tuesday! 




Here is our weekly photo gallery. 

"Green"

Do I look 43???

Gary and Shelley collecting their respective Match Play trophies

Brett and Lynne, winners of today's Ambrose Pairs