Match Play - Round 2

The Old Course was the venue for the 2nd Round of the SOS Match Play competition with 22 players registering for the challenge. The earlier forecast for 2-6 mm of rain failed to reach the coastal suburbs resulting in magnificent golfing weather while the Rottnest Island Quokka population received a few showers!

With very little wind, lots of large white clouds and plenty of blue sky, there were no excuses for not playing well however, as is the nature of golf, there were plenty of good, bad and ugly shots as the groups meandered from tee to green.

Recent heavy rains over the last several weeks had caused considerable damage to the tees and the efforts of ground staff to re-seed damaged areas had resulted in many bizarre tee marker placements!

Many tees had the men's and ladies tees virtually on top of each other, while others were exceedingly far apart! On hole 4, the men's tee was in front of the ladies tee!?

Gerry making his drive on the 1st tee !
The tee was so far back very few made it to the dogs leg at the bottom of the hill!

Maureen and Gerry were the first matched pair!
 

Stephanie & Ian were one of the last matched pairs to start. 

Frances, Carol, Derek & Greg soaked up the morning sun!

Tony James & Darren Headley ready to start the round.

The Game

Newsworthy tales of brilliant shots and catastrophic meltdowns failed to surface after the game so the blog is unable to report on the cut and thrust of play. However, there were a number of very close contests and several draws. 

Tony G and Birgit still smiling after 18 holes!

Many can relate to the highs and lows of  today's game!

President Brett Fordham addresses the post game meeting.

Birthdays

The club membership list indicates no member has a birthday in the current week.

The Match Play Results

 

Club Captain Gerry Tessier reads out the scores

 Congratulations to the Winners and those that managed a draw:

	Winner	Birdies	Result	Non-winner	Birdies
1	Maureen Sundari	13	5-3	Gerry Tessier	-
2	Derek Longhurst		3-2	Tony James	-
3	Tony Gooch	4, 11	4-2	Birgit Reinartz	-
4	Barry Treak		2-1	Shelley Yeo	8
5	Mark Hill	15	Draw	Darren Headley	-
6	Greg Bennett		Draw	Earle Scarff	-
7	Stephanie Jeffares		Draw	Ian Holmes	-
8	Frances Longhurst	10	1-0	Glenn Kelly	-
9	Keith Barrow	16	No play	Glen Pope (injured)
10	Gary Burgess		6-5	Peter Baird	-
11	Brett Fordham	9	4-3	Carol Barrow	-

NB: Glen Pope was unable to play due to injury. Match to be rescheduled.

For future reference, match play pairs should follow these guidelines in respect to handicap calculations:

1.    Handicap - if possible, both players should go together to the Wembley Pro Shop registration station and punch in their Golf Australia membership number to see what their current handicap rating is.  Insert the handicap number of each player on the playing card so as to avoid any doubt. 

2    Where the pairing consists of a male and female, the index to be used will be determined by the player with the higher handicap. For example, Maureen is paired to play against Gerry. Their handicaps are 12 & 19 respectively. As Gerry receives 7 strokes from Maureen, the men's index is used.

Eagles & Birdies

No eagles this week, but congratulations go to the 7 members who scored 8 birdies today!

Eagles & Birdies
Player	Hole	Placing
Tony Gooch	4, 11	Won
Barry Treak	8	Lost
Brett Fordham	9	Won
Frances Longhurst	10	Won
Maureen Sundari	13	Won
Mark Hill	15	Draw
Keith Barrow	16	Won

Brett's tee shot on the 9th fell in the middle of the fairway and not far short of the green making a birdie a formality!

Novelties

The novelty results today are as follows:

Novelties
	Hole	Contenders	Winner
NTP	2	Maureen, Tony G	Ian Holmes
LD	3	Birgit, Frances	Stephanie
NTP in 2	13	-	Maureen - in the hole
NTP in 3	14	Maureen, Gary	4D

Ian selects a ball

Golden Hole

Yet again, no-one came within distance to win the hole 16 jackpot which now totals $320.

Do not be surprised if hole 2 is selected next time the Old Course is played!

Raffle

Fist prize was collected by Derek who wins a $10 note and a scratchie of potential high value!

Derek with his spoils !

Gary collects a ball !

An earnest post game discussion!

Ash Tray Fund

Peter Baird, having suffered a 6-5 defeat at the hands of Gary, won the honor to read out the list of fine-able acts.  Peter received no lollies for this task! A few lost balls, many trees to fairways and even a 'missed the unmissable putt' contributed to the haul.

Ian, Tony & Derek listen to the reading of the list of fines !

Next Week

You will recall that the 3rd round of the Club Championship had been scheduled for 29 May however, was cancelled due to severe weather.

Next week's game was to be the 4th round but will now be played as the 3rd round. This is a stroke event.

The 4th round will be rescheduled to 24 July replacing the 'American 4 Some' event that had been scheduled.

End

  

WA Week Cup

A bit chilly to start with, but blue skies and virtually no wind provided a tranquil setting for 23 stalwart SOS members to compete for the WA Week Cup, a stableford competition on the Old Course.

Several members were seen returning from the practice range just prior to the start of play, no doubt having concentrated on their intermediate clubs as the 16th hole Golden Hole Jackpot has accumulated to $300.

Shelley, Barry & Lynne dressed for cold weather. 

Gerry, Ian & Mark at the 1st tee

Vickie & Frances, happy in the knowledge
that it will not rain today!

The Round

Not much was reported on the round as far as bizarre events, unseemly conduct or misadventure was concerned!  However . . . . 

Gary's new mono cart only made it to the 6th hole before electrical issues caused it to stop, requiring Gary to summon a tow-cart as well as standard cart to enable him to complete the round! Apparently this is not the first time the drive mechanism has failed!  

 

Ground staff come to the rescue and remove
Gary's mono cart from the 6th tee area! 

Birthdays

Congratulations were extended to Lynne Malone who celebrates her birthday on 6 June!

Game Results

Club Captain Gerry Tessier reports on the results of the game. 

 

Only four points separated the first 5 players!

However, first prize, on a count back, went to birthday girl, Lynne Malone !!

Closely followed by Maureen Sundari and Keith Barrow.

	Player	Daily H/C	Score	Birdies/Eagles
1	Lynne Malone	17	38
2	Maureen Sundari	12	38	1, 15
3	Keith Barrow	10	36
4	Gary Burgess	10	35
5	Earle Scarff	17	35
6	Gerry Tessier	19	34
7	Barry Treak	23	34
8	Mark Hill	13	33	15
9	Tony Gooch	7	33	17
10	Shelley Yeo	16	33
11	Lynley Hunter	13	32
12	Gim Ong	23	30
13	Derek Longhurst	22	29	2
14	Ian Holmes	17	29
15	Stephanie Jeffares	16	29
16	Glenn Kelly	14	29	9
17	Colin Kerr	15	28
18	Greg Bennett	23	28
19	Tony James	21	27
20	Frances Longhurst	21	25
21	Peter Baird	20	25
22	Birgit Reinartz	38	24
23	Vickie Scarff	32	22

Lynne Malone proudly holding the WA Week Cup with 3rd placegetter,
 Keith Barrow holding his gift card prize.
 Maureen, who came 2nd, was unable to stay for the presentation.

Golden Hole

We all tried to get that ball to travel from the 16th hole tee to within some 2 metres of the pin.

And, we all failed yet again!  As the jackpot now totals $300 it represents 300 consecutive strokes (about 14 rounds of golf) that have failed to find their mark! An extraordinary outcome considering the many low handicappers in the club! 

Novelties

Congratulations to the following players who managed to get their names on the markers.

Novelties
	Hole	Contenders	Winner
NTP	2	Gary	Derek
NTP in 3	12	Gary, Colin	Keith
NTP	13	Birgit, Earle, Gary, Goochy	Maureen
LD – H/C 18+	15	Derek, Vickie	Gerry

Eagles & Birdies

No eagles, and only 6 birdies from 5 players? No doubt there were many near misses!

Eagles & Birdies
Player	Hole	Placing
Maureen Sundari	1, 15	2
Mark Hill	15	8
Tony Gooch	17	9
Derek Longhurst	2	13
Glenn Kelly	9	16

Raffle

Tony James deftly spun the barrel and called out the winning numbers!

Tony calls out the numbers . . . and the winner is ..

Vickie !

Vickie wins first prize in the raffle as well as the lollies!
How good is that?

Ash Tray Collection

It was a close race to the bottom of the list, but Vickie had a little less luck than a number of others and was winner of the packet of lollies!

Vickie calls out the fines while Birgit and Tony
assist in collecting the donations!

Next Week

The 2nd round of the match Play competition will be held next week on the Old Course.

The following pairings, subject to availability of individual players, were drawn randomly:

Match Play Pairings - Round 2
	Player A		Player B
1	Stephanie Jeffares		Ian Holmes
2	Derek Longhurst		Tony James
3	Brett Fordham		Carol Barrow
4	Darren Headley		Mark Hill
5	Earle Scarff		Greg Bennett
6	Maureen Sundari		Gerry Tessier
7	Peter Baird		Gary Burgess
8	Birgit Reinartz		Tony Gooch
9	Keith Barrow		Glen Pope
10	Frances Longhurst		Glenn Kelly
11	Shelley Yeo		Barry Treak
12	David Williamson		(Bye)