No News From Afar
Not much to report this week, taking it easy down in Portugal and Spain. It did get warm this week, the car had been sat in the sun and the reported air temperature was 39 degrees.
Then following on from wine sales in Budapest found this in A Coruna in Spain. See if you can find it in New World or Pak N Save .....
If anyone else is travelling and has stories to share or pictures to share send them through and I'll include in the weekly update.
Mexican Skins On A Friday
Anyway, let's start with Friday Skins, which took place on a sunny Dunedin afternoon. There were 10 punters in the mix and we split into three groups to make the most use of the $90-00 in the pool. After 9 holes which took us to near dark, we ended up in the bar with all the coins on the table. We did the normal 9 hole ball count and all skins jackpotted to the last hole.
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So the last ball for hole number 5 was drawn and it was Mahmoud who took the $90-00 with a streaky 4 for 3 points. This needed him to make a three metre putt after getting out of the left bunker.
We then adjourned for the Mexican dinner held at the club, which was a good night all-round.
Saturday Golf
The Nice New Captain's Trophy
So, to Saturday where we played for the Captain's Trophy, which is a medal round off the blue tees, and is seen as one of the important events to win in the OGC calendar. That is before the previous board decided to cancel the trophy because it had a revealing female presence, which did not sit well with some of the members. Rather sad and not appreciated by a majority of the club members.
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This was not the main story of the day, as it happens that during the course of the day, some three Wagglers had mishaps in their round. In fact, one member who started with a group on the 10th hole had 2.5 mishaps, being an almost misdemeanour on the 13th hole, a definite misdemeanour on 14th hole and another on the 1st hole. The last shot par excellence was done in front of a group of 9 hole lady members ready to tee off, including his wife, so a huge amount of embarrassment for Jamie MacKay. The other offenders for the day in alphabetical order are: Trevor Bolt and Phil Broughton.
Note from afar ..... Last week we talked about records. I think this could be a record. 2.5 misdemeanours in the same round and one of them in front of your wife.... I think we might need a commemerative trophy for this.
From my observation it seems that these indiscretions are a bit like grief; where the recovery process goes through five stages: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.
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I managed to get some photos of the three protagonists on Saturday, who were at different stages and not all willing to participate in photos at the club. You can work out what stage they are at, and if they need further care.
You can run but you can't hide Mackay ..... This is obviously Jamie's own version of Field Days - Let's see how many whiskies I can buy in one 18 round holes of golf. Shacks and Timmsy are having a field day.
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Then we have Mr Angry ...
Cool Wednesday Golf
The birthday boy was Vaughn Keenan who celebrated 63 years of age. Thank you for the whisky dram and chips Vaughn.
Onto Wednesday, where we had a brisk south-west wind blowing, which fortunately blew away the clouds from the previous day's rain.
However, the temperature was in single digits and made for difficult golf conditions with reduced ball flight. This favoured the long hitters in the group, and only three players played to or better than the Phantom's 33 points, being Hamish Caithness, Duncan Croudis and Trevor Bolt.
For the team event, President Phil Broughton started the first 6 holes at 22 points, and this was won in 29 points by team Walter, Harvie, Nikou and wouldn't you know it, The ATM. There was some confusion with this result as the two remaining hands in the air, being the ATM and Nikou, were from the same team. All sorted and $135 handed over.
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The second 6 holes saw a solid team performance with a convincing win in 44 points by Caithness, Croudis jnr, Bolty and Legs Cooper.
The third 6 holes also saw a comprehensive result with the same team scoring 48 points over the final holes, being 3 points ahead of the nearest competitor.
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When looking at the scoring sheet Hamish Caithness had the top score of 36 points, while Duncan Croudis had 2nd place with 34 points, which was a 1 under par 70. The others in the group were Bolty and Cooper who had 33 points and 32 points respectively, so no wonder they scooped the pool. According to Bolty they were only 2 points away from winning the first six as well and taking the holy grail.
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Note from afar..... A team cannot win the Holy Grail, only an individual can. Winning all 3 sets of six outright is only a small part of the Holy Grail. In addition, the winner must also win the Blue Jacket and The Swinger's Trophy. As far as I know it's never been done ....
Individual Wednesday Honours ....
The Blue Jacket was won by Hamish Caithness, second time this year, with 36 points, which was a great effort in these difficult conditions.
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The Swingers trophy was won by Duncan Croudis with 4 birdies, being closely followed by Derek Todd with 3 birdies, great effort boys. That's Duncan's third trip to Balclutha this year and he's only played 5 times .....
The raffle was won by Mahmoud Nikou with number 34. This was after Deano's number of 35 was drawn first and received some applause for his absence. ( Your words Eddie, not mine .... )
The other group of note today was the second four off the 10th tee, which included Richard Ellis, Murray Edgar, Kallum Croudis and Vaughn Keenan. This included birthday boy Keenan who threw up the balls and scored Special K as his partner, which he thought was like winning the jackpot.
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However, it was not K's day and after 9 holes the haggle was about done and by this time Vaughn had a very sore shoulder from carrying his partner. They were teeing off on the third hole, and as we all know, there is a large "Scaffold for Less" in place on the left of the tee box.
According to his teammates, the owner of the structure Vaughn Keenan played his ball between the third and fourth platforms to land down beside the left bunker. Wonder if he gets special rules if behind an Immovable Obstruction? Well it is his ......
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No change this week to the Eric Olsen Trophy .... Check out the page to see who's winning