Friday Skins ?
No Let's Not
The Raindrop : Snowflake feud got a bit silly last week with each daring the other to turn up for skins on Friday. They should have checked the weather forecast first. On Thursday afternoon the forecast for Friday suggested
FRIDAY: Strong South Westerly winds gusting to 90 kmh, showers frequently heavy, and a top temperature of 9 degrees.
The sensible amongst us called it there and then. No golf for me tomorrow.
Friday turned out just as bad as the forecast suggested with hail and the odd clap of thunder adding to the meteorological nightmare. A few of us turned up for beers to discuss the golf we would have played and the skins we would have won.
FYI skins this week at Island Park at 2:45 pm as our place is full with a charity tournament.
A Day Of Carnage ??
Lots of carnage to report with whisky flowing left right and centre.
In our group poor old Alastair was seen fossicking about under some trees on hole number 1. There was lots of club swinging and not much ball movement. He did the right thing and owned up that there was a swing and a miss.
Jamie had an event on hole 18 and walked away from the bar on with a small jug of whisky and 4 glasses.
Then we had the adventures of Vaughn Keenan.
If you look closely, there's a man swinging a golf club in front of the big flax bushes - Vaughn. He did the smart thing and took a drop.
Before we leave this part of the golf course, it's worth mentioning an anecdote from the previous hole - Tipperary. The group playing behind reported that it took an age for the group in front to play the par 5. No names mentioned but that was Vaughn, John Marsh, Bruce Carvell and Rick Meder. The word on the streets was it took them all of 20 minutes to play the hole.
In the end they walked off with all of 1 POINT for the team score. They had three 8s and a 7.
In the words of Winston Churchill, "never has so little been achieved by so many taking so long."
And To The Rest Of The Fun ...
Alastair had the chance to make history by doing the Blue Jacket Threepeat but despite his best efforts he came up short. The man who took away the Blue Jacket broke a losing streak going back all the way to April 2024.
Not sure what Jamie's got his eye on !
With a miserable 28 points Eddie, Hamish, Neil and The ATM won the first six. The ATM was so disappointed at the team's performance he'd handed over his 15 bucks then had left the building expecting nothing at all.
Tony Attenborough, Geoff, Murray Cooper and Pro Shop Mike nailed the middle six with 44 points.
Finally Phil Ellis, Lloyd, Bruce Grant and Nick sneaked home with the last lot with 48 points. It should be noted that Lloyd shot 98 on Saturday and 78 on Wednesday this week - a whole 20 shots better.
It's the fourth time this year Lloyd has won the Balclutha night out. 2 birdies was enough this week.
Phil Ellis won the raffle.
On the day before Guy Fawkes night, I'm sorry to report there were no fireworks in the explosive group involving Jamie, Trumpy, Deano and Grant. They all got on fine I'm happy to report.