Par Plus

Par Plus. Complex scoring regime, here. But I think we had it nailed by the eighteenth. 

That's plus, and double plus

And a nice big field, for what was a very pleasant day's golf. 

I'll be keeping a close eye on things.

All ready, and everything still to play for. 



At this stage, the excitement was positively palpable. 

Being nice today. Match play opponents next week. 

It was all we could do to just hold it together on the tee

I don't know what she's laughing about, I haven't even tee'd off yet

Until the disappointment of a lost ball from the first shot of the day. 

Oh well, only another seventeen holes to play.

Columbus went around the world in 1492. That isn't a lot of strokes when you consider the course.






A bit of a digression, but a few people (well, Stan actually) have been complaining they haven't seen any butterfly pictures yet. So just for him, here's Parnassius apollo from Bulgaria:



Country cup will be on Sunday October 1st at Araluen. $65 for the golf and a cart, $10 for the buffet lunch. Gary will be asking for numbers next week. Novelties, prizes, trophies, all the usual fun stuff. 

Dave's anticipating a busy December..

I've been working on my performance..

He'll be alright on the night...

So, how did we all go? The novelties....

	Hole	Novelty	Contenders	Winner
	3	NTP		Earle
	6	Longest Drive	Ron, Shelley, Brett	Phil
	13	NTP in 4	Jan	Ciaran
	15	NTP	David	Ciaran
	12	Golden Hole		Jackpots

After a particularly bad round of golf, Robert decided not to go to the nineteenth hole [the clubhouse bar] and started to go straight home.

As he was walking to the golf car park to get his Range Rover, a policeman stopped him and asked', Did you tee off on the seventeenth hole about twenty minutes ago?'

'Yes', Robert answered

'Did you happen to slice your ball so that it went over the trees and out of bounds and completely off the golf course?'

'Yes, I did. How did you know?' Robert questioned.

'Well', said the policeman gravely', Your golf ball flew out onto the main road and crashed through the windscreen of a BMW. The car driver lost control and crashed into six other cars and a fire engine.  The fire engine was unable to reach the fire in time and the building burned down.  Now, what do you intend to do about it?'

Robert thought it over very carefully and responded', I think I'll close my stance a little bit, tighten my grip and lower my right thumb.'

I'll always remember the day I broke ninety. I had a few beers in the clubhouse and was so excited I forgot to play the back nine 

Happy birthday to Graeme - clearly the celebrations had started a bit too early...

	Graeme	-9
	Gary	-8
	Thomas	-7
	Peter	-6
	Frances	-6
	Malcolm	-6
	Ron	-5
	Paul	-5
	Vickie	-5
	Charmaine	-5
	Lynne	-5
	Kerry	-4
	Greg	-4
	Roland	-4
	Shelley	-4
	Glen	-3
	Earle	-3
	Brett	-3
	Ciaran	-2
	David	-2
	Gordon	-1
	Jan	-1
	Derek	+2
	Stephanie	+2
	Phil	+3

I came home from the golf course today.
The wife had left a note on the fridge:

"IT'S NOT WORKING, I can't take it anymore!
Gone to stay with my Mother."

I opened the fridge, the light came on and the beer was cold.

What the hell is she talking about?

Congratulations to Phil, another very solid round

If you've having trouble getting your handicap down, there's a new book out, called, quite simply: How to Play Better Golf

 Contents:

Chapter 1 - How to Properly Line Up Your Fourth Putt

Chapter 2 - How to Hit a Maxfli from the Rough When You Just Hit a Titleist from the Tee

Chapter 3 - How to Avoid the Water When You Lie 8 in a Bunker (also see Chapter 9)

Chapter 4 - How to Get More Distance off the Shank

Chapter 5 - When to Give the Ranger the Finger

Chapter 6 - Using Your Shadow on the Greens to Maximize Earnings

Chapter 7 - When to Implement Handicap Management

Chapter 8 - Proper Excuses for Drinking Beer Before 9:00 a.m

Chapter 9 - How to Find That Ball That Everyone Else Saw Go in the Water

Chapter 10 - How to Relax When You Are Hitting Three off the Tee

Chapter 11 - When to Suggest Major Swing Corrections to Your Opponent

Chapter 12 - When to Re-grip Your Ball Retriever

And don't forget:

 Bit hard on the mother-in-law, but that's golf. See you next week. 

Winter Cup, Round 2

Not many of us on the course today. What happened? Had some of you read the weather forecast? That's really not on, you know. Golf is a game played in all weathers, sun, rain or snow. 


And yes, it did rain. Frequently. Even Gary's strategy of wearing his wet weather gear on the first tee failed to prevent most of us getting at least a little damp. 



But, there was the winter cup to play for. And what a cup it is too - many thanks to Charmaine for staying up all night to give it a polish. 



Thomas organised a Christmas in July revisited after the game, with ham and bread to warm us all up in the bar. 



And for those of you who didn't see Steph's flamenco dancing, here's a taste of what you missed.

	Novelty	Hole	Contenders	Winner
	NTP	3		Thomas
	NTP	15	Glen	Thomas
	NTP	14	Glen	Jan
	LD	6		Glen
	Golden Hole	Jackpots

So, with no birthdays to celebrate, we got straight down to the results this week. 

		Golfer	Score	Birdies
		Jan	86
		Peter	84
		Gary	84
		Lynne	83
		Shelley	81
		Richard Y	81
		Thomas	80	15
		Derek	80
		Brenda	78
		Stephanie	78	5
		Frances	77
		Greg	76
		Earle	76
		Glen	74
		Stan	72	18, Eagle 6
		Roger  B	70

A big congratulations to Roger, who for some strange reason was called James all afternoon by Stephanie.



And thanks to Frances for her generous sponsorship this week. 

But it was all about the aggregate score, and here are the podium finishers:

Greg
Richard   156 for both

Brenda    154

Stan        145 - winner by a country mile!

 And the raffle..?