PAR ON TUART 13.01.2024

                                             Are those SOS golfers crazy? 

Yes 19 of them were yesterday, as they played the not so well liked PAR competition on the Tuart in scorching temperatures.

A small reminder: PAR is when you collect plusses, minusses and squares, the low handicappers need to score birdies for a good result, but at the end we just strive to get to hole No. 19 and enjoy a cold beer, cider or wine. Righto?

 

evening sky (photo courtesy of PG)

                                           

                                                        BEFORE THE GAME

Shelley came to say hi before heading
off to watch cricket for the next couple of days

Ah and she brought the lollies,
which Andrea & Birgit kept cool (against the sun)
and safe (against crows and hungry golfers)

                                            Most of us got comfy in an electric cart, but

those brave 4 musketeers preferred to walk.
Good on youse James, Paul, Glen & Gordon

What are the 5's? Slip, slop, slap, slide, shade ...
well done Gary

preparation starts at home,
not that that will ensure a good score, but it helps

getting creative
when there are not enough holes 
on the practice putting

Golf is easy

Boris always starts his round
cleaning his balls

Birgit photo bombing Mick & Andrea

Mark W and Andrea

and the fun begins

Peter on hole No 1

                                                        DURING THE GAME

hole 3 Gerry wacked his ball into the bush

a quick check of the surroundings

and chipped it out onto the fairway

hole 4 Mick's makes the impossible possible
by placing his ball accurately 
between 2 Xanthorrhoeas,
now considering his next move 

while the photographer on the other side
takes yet another selfie

vice captain Andrea comes to his rescue

Mick declares it unplayable
and places it in 2 club lengths
 into the playable rough

hole 14 is tricky, but the vegetation is noice

view from 16 to 15, group 3 just escaped
the watering of green 15

We made it without divorce! A day in the cart
with the captain can be challenging.

                                                            AFTER THE GAME

just some random SOS-lers

Keith finalizing his scorecard last minute

Captain Gerry reading the scores

Mick helping Vicki collecting the fines

Earle accused Vicky for his windy,
but he pays nonetheless

Carol didn't play, but is back at the
wheel of hope AKA SOS raffle

                                                               THE RESULTS

Vice-Captain Andrea won with +3 sending Gordon (+3) to the 2nd place while Barry became third with +1.

Andrea had +3 in the back 9 and Gordon +1 hence Andrea's win.

** If you're interested to see the results of each player they are downloadable from MiScore.**

winner Andrea

Boris, the collector of giftcards

Any blond moments on the course?

• James made a spectacle of himself searching his sunnies everywhere, while they were found back safely on his head
• Birgit was seen on the green holding the flag for Andrea while she forgot to have her putter ready

Ah! the Novelties

# 5    Longest Drive Women:       the only ANDREA

# 8    Longest Drive Men:            the Wanneroo gang: Gerry, Boris, but KEITH got them both

#10    NTP in 2                             Popey, beaten by COOPS

#13    Nearest the bunker              Andrea beaten by BORIS

#18    NTP                                    the only POPEY  

and the birdies:

Popey            #18

Gordon           # 7 & 15

Coopy            # 5

Paul B            #3 & 12

Keith               # 4

  

  

and the golden hole went off:

Paul B won the nice sum of $ 104, unfortunately his group forgot to snapshot this moment, hence no photo in the blog.   

                    Presidents / Captains corner

reminder ANNUAL FEES

• to be paid by Jan 14 ($150 to the SOS account, not the booking account)
• IF you have confirmed your membership by mail to Peter AND you don't pay you can contiue to play with SOS for 3 months, but you are not eligible for any prices.

reminder PAR 3 COMPETITION

• Wed, 31.01. 5pm
• Claremont GC
• confirm by mail to Derek
• pay $ 10 to SOS booking account (for the game)
• check the bar menue (see Derek's mail)
• choose your favorite, order & pay before the game
• it will be ready on your return

AUSTRALIA DAY CUP (27.01)

• as per members vote (those at the clubhouse) we sizzle a couple of sausages at Lake Perry 
• as per ususal procedure don't linger around the bar, just head off to the park after the game

FIXTURE CHANGE

• Captain's choice (20.01) is being moved to March 10 due to Gerry's OVS travel this week
• there will be an easygoing stableford comp on the 20th
• who can guess what the captain's choice will be? yup! Canadian Foursome 

REMINDER 1

• We had a couple of close hit up in the last couple of weeks, luckily no one was hurt or hit. Just a reminder especially to the long hitters to be remindful of the guys in front of you

REMINDER 2

• play READY GOLF, to AVOID SLOW PLAY

In addition to the above at Stableford & Par comps

• pick up your ball when you cannot score anymore, especially when the group behind you is waiting

  

there is no difference between men & women
when it comes to slow play,
the above is just a misogynistic example

        

                  

always the same faces when it comes to staying back
for having another beer

                      

THE END and it was still stinking hot

STABLEFORD

 

It’s the lull. That period after Christmas and the New Year when not much happens. The chaos of the holiday period has largely settled down, but the professional world still isn’t answering the phone. Those resolutions haven’t quite been abandoned yet (they soon will be), but those decorations should have been taken down and packed away by now (Epiphany, Jan 6^th, when supposedly the three wise men arrived in Bethlehem to leave their gifts for the infant Jesus. BTW, anyone know what you’re supposed to actually do with it if you find the odd bit of frankincense in the shed?)

So, yes. The lull. The perfect time to get out on the golf course and give the old ProV1 a good whack with the driver. It was an early start (really early), and Paul and Maureen hadn’t set the alarm clock, but fortunately just made their tee time.

Having a good round

Back on the Tuart, after a while. Stableford, so a nice relaxing game with friends, warm handshakes afterwards and a genuinely felt “thanks for the game” afterwards.

Should she go left, or should she go right?

A small field, which was a shame as the weather was near-perfect. The greens were slow, and we were generally over-reading the breaks. There were some unusual tee positions, changing the nature of the hole and necessitating some chin-stroking as to which was the right club in the circumstances.

That white fluffy cloud looks just like a birdie!

We were pleased to see that Brett’s calf is continuing to improve.

Carol sustained a nasty gash during the week, although she, like Frances, was involved with children and grandchildren this week.

Boris has a sore ankle. (Are we playing AFL here or what - a serious injury list!)

There were a number of birdies.

Paul Boquest managed a triple - the 11^th, the 15^th and the 18^th. Well done, sir.

Brett the 7^th - yes, he drove the green, with a beautiful fade on the end to just put the icing on the cake. He confessed that, like his father, his lifelong ambition has been to get a hole in one on a par 4. Came pretty close today.

Gary birdied the 8^th and the 12^th.

Hilly on the 4^th

And Keith on the 15^th.

(And I’m sure Mark Wilson had one in there somewhere).

The novelties

No Golden Hole today.

NTP in 2 on the 16^th, Mark Wilson

Men’s longest drive on the 2^nd, Hilly, beaten by Popey

Ladies longest drive on the 7^th, Shelley, but Andrea sailed past that one.

NTP in 3 on the 11^th, a long list of contenders, Shelley again, beaten by Hilly, then Andrea, but Paul Boquest put it in the hole!

NTP on the 18^th, we had Popey in contention, Mark Wilson ran down the hill to get close, but Paul Boquest got to within a few inches.

Pretty close

You’re never quite sure how close it is when the drive pops out of sight over that bank behind the left-hand bunker on the 18th  - some pleasant surprises.

Mark Wilson unearthed a rule this week that may surprise some.

It does not count as a stroke on your scorecard if you’re making a practice swing and accidentally hit the ball. You are subject to a one-stroke penalty, however, depending on where you are when you make the mistake (Rule 9.4). If you do this in the teeing area, there is no penalty (Rule 6.2b). And if you do it on the green, you’re also OK (Rule 13.1d). Just make sure to move the ball back to where it was.

So, somewhat surprisingly, a one-stroke penalty unless you’re in the teeing area or on the green.

If it 'accidentally' ends up in the hole do you just shrug your shoulders and make out it was intended after all?  

Dreaming of glory

 

No Goochie, no Gerry after the game, so Andrea stepped in as MC and did a cracking job, even though the venue was being shared with another (somewhat raucous) group at the time.

Maureen benefitted from a crash course in raffle management, and displayed excellent technique in maintaining three anti-clockwise turns to fully jumble the numbers, before the final clockwise turn to pick up the selected number. We have rarely seen it done better.

Now do you harbour an unexpressed desire to be a blogger? Blogging is more fun when we have a variety of bloggers, so put your own mark on it from time to time, and it's really not hard to do. Talk to Derek about becoming a guest blogger.

There were apparently no birthdays to be celebrated this week. Vickie and Michael combined to extract copious fines from all concerned. Mark Wilson headed home to join Trish in celebrating his little girl's first birthday.

And the results? A clear winner this week, no counterback required!

 

	Andrea	38
	Mark Hill	35
	Gary	35
	Brett	34
	Shelley	33
	Paul B	32
	Glen P	31
	Mark W	29
	Lynne	29
	Keith	28
	Derek	28
	Earle	27
	Peter	25
	Maureen	24
	Michael	22
	Vickie	20

Imagine Gary on the right

Congratulations, Andrea. A very tidy round.

Next week, it’s Par on the Tuart - back to a 7:24 start for a couple of weeks.