SOS Golf

Saturday, November 18, 2017

Stableford

Thanks to Vickie from the Blogmeister for standing in last week - a very entertaining outcome.

In case you were wondering (which you probably weren't), I was away on a very important butterflying expedition to the South coast, where we discovered Trapezites atkinsi, which is one of Australia's rarest butterflies.

Unfortunately it's small, brown, and rather dull.

This one's a bit more interesting. Fiery Jewel from Stirling Range

But this week, back to normality. And following in the tradition of comments that merit a mention, Vickie turns up trumps with "Gucci? He's French isn't he?"

Just for the record:

Guccio Gucci was born in 1881, in Florence, Italy. In 1921, Gucci opened his first shop in Florence, specializing in leather goods, and quickly built a reputation for quality, hiring skilled craftsmen to work in his shop.

Now here's a thought. Suppose there was a rule that said it is the responsibility of every golfer to ensure that his or her playing partners have an enjoyable round?

Wouldn't that improve the game!

Dinner next week at 6:30 for 7:00. Pearl River, City Beach. Don't know where it is? Stick it in Google Maps or Apple Maps. They both know the location.

(There's another one at Guangzhou in China. Don't get the wrong one.)

There have been a few complaints that there doesn't seem to be much of a theme to the blogs, so this week, we're going with PWP:

That's People With Pies.

And if there was a caption competition today, we'd be asking just what is Brenda indicating the length of here. In the circumstances, and in the interests of decency, we'll wait and tell you at the end of the blog.

A warm welcome to John Messenger who has apparently avoided being blackballed by the committee and has gained membership of SOS. 38 points today, John, an excellent effort. Also joining this illustrious group is Greg Dunkfield. Looking forward to seeing both of you in the trophies soon.

Someone told me I was getting the names all wrong today. I'm just not sure who it was.

Congrats to Ross on his birthday. Already got the Mustang. What about a caravan to tow behind it?

Earle is sponsoring a Charity Day at Mandurah Country Club this Thursday. Always a great day out, and there may still be spots available. Talk to or email Earle if you're interesting in coming along, where you'll find lots of familiar faces.

Tine for a group selfie.

Gary is possibly going into hospital on Thursday, if the surgeon reckons he's up to it. We'll be thinking of you Gary, all the very best.

Steff's new sponsor. (No, I don't get it either..)

So - the novelties first.

NOVELTIES
	Novelty	Hole	Contenders	Winner
	NTP	2	Shelley	Brett
	LD	17	Vickie, Shelley	Graeme
	NTP in 3	4	Gary	Roland
	NTP in 2	9	Ian	Graeme
	GOLDEN HOLE		No-one

And then today's competition. High scores all round, even the low scores were high, if you get what I mean.

STABLEFORD
	Player	Score	Birdies
	Charmaine	29
	Greg	30
	Derek	31
	Stephanie	32
	Brett	32	11
	Ross	32
	Vickie	33	16
	Glen	34
	Brenda	34
	Frances	35
	Richard O	35
	Ian	35
	Gary	36	9
	Jan	37
	Roland	37
	Earle	38
	Shelley	39
	Peter	40
	Graeme	41	9
	Eric	41
	Thomas	44

Many thanks to Don for his sponsorship this week, and a great round by Thomas.

And in second place:

Field Marshal Ober Leutnant Erich von Hendy

It must be the moustache. I refer you all to:

https://www.thetrendspotter.net/epic-moustache-styles-and-how-to-get-the-look/

And a late entry to the PWP lists:

Here's a thought for the day:

A priest, a doctor, and an engineer were waiting one morning for a particularly slow group of golfers.

The engineer fumed, “What’s with those guys? We must have been waiting for fifteen minutes!”

The doctor chimed in, “I don’t know, but I’ve never seen such inept golf!”

The priest said, “Here comes the green-keeper. Let’s have a word with him.”

He said, “Hello George, what’s wrong with that group ahead of us? They’re rather slow, aren’t they?”

The green-keeper replied, “Oh, yes. That’s a group of blind firemen. They lost their sight saving our clubhouse from a fire last year, so we always let them play for free anytime.”

The group fell silent for a moment.

The priest said, “That’s so sad. I think I will say a special prayer for them tonight.”

The doctor said, “Good idea. I’m going to contact my ophthalmologist colleague and see if there’s anything he can do for them.”

The engineer said, “Why can’t they play at night?”

And just what is Brenda indicating? How far she was short of collecting on the golden hole today, of course. (Well, what else could it be?)

Next week, President's Cup. Stableford. Then off to the dinner. See you all there.

Saturday, November 11, 2017

Diggers Trophy

Par

~~Tuart~~ Old Course: 11 November 2017

Lest we forget. Diggers Trophy is held as near as possible to Remembrance Day as the SOS Golf Group join in the memorial to remember the members of the armed forces who have died in the line of duty. Players are fined heavily during November with all fines being donated to a cause associated with those members of the armed forces.

Who turned 70 on the 6th Nov?

Happy Belated Birthday Wishes to Peter Baird

Dunce of the Day! Hopefully not to become a regular event! Contenders are as follows. No voting please as Vickie’s self esteem will hit rock bottom if she is chosen!

Vickie: Still in holiday mode and forgot to check the competition being played when she prepared the labels for the cards. Luckily this error was discovered before the commencement of play! Also, failed to see Peter’s birthday when checking birthdays!

Wembley: Changing the course from the Tuart to the Old and making Vickie’s labels and cards irrelevant and causing lots of angst as we tried to update players daily handicaps for the Old Course.

Its Par Bisque, isn't it?

"I told you we should have tried Par Plus!" Both players having totally lost the plot then DQ’d themselves

Don Beesley: Rumour had it that Don couldn’t understand any variation of the Par Game.

Charmaine Stanger: Handed in a card with only +, - or o. No numbers for the hole where a + or 0 was scored!

Guinness Book of Records?

Gary’s prowess at Golf despite his many operations and medical problems must surely earn him an entry in the Guinness Book of Records! See the new No 1 haircut ready for possible brain surgery in approx 2 weeks!

More top fashion at Wembley!!!

Glen’s new lairy pants. Rumour has it that Earle has bought a pair as well!

Stand-off between Glen & Earle for the lairiest and loudest!

Wembley Cart Rules

Careening about the golfclub concourse at 3mph and then scared out of my seat by the golf cart going BEEP BEEP BEEP too fast! Then much difficulty experienced by all golf cart players trying to comply with the minimum 5 metres from green and bunker when the only pathway is 2-3 metres!