Travelling Tales
No golfing stories this week though did hit a bucket of balls at the driving range. One of those with a Trackman device giving you instant feedback about distance, shot spread, spin and the like. Makes a world of difference. But did come across this in a car park not in Scotland....
Please feel free to confirm this thought with Duncan and Derek ....
Anyone For Coffee
We write a lot about record scores on this website, 37 points for the first set of six by example. Think this too could be a record with 12 people turning up for coffee with Sam at Rhubarb on Toosday.
Happy Birthday Brucie !!
We celebrated Bruce Grant's 72nd birthday with a dram and hearty song led by Nick Nicolson. Congratulations Bruce and good luck with the jump starter, may need to ask Rangi to buy the battery.
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Last week saw a Friday Skins afternoon with plenty of drama. There were 9 players involved and they broke into three groups of three players. Dog Handler Bolty was in the middle group and on the last hole he sunk a sizeable butt for a birdie three to give him 4 points and good prospects to win some skins and cover his cost for the day. Meanwhile Fairway Phil in the last group skunked his third shot onto the green on the subject hole and then sank a 6 foot putt for par and also 4 points with his 25 handicap.
In the clubhouse the boys were using the numbered balls to determine the skins sequence and Phil had banked 5 skins with a 4 pointer on the fifth hole.
Then anticipation mounted as the balls were drawn from the hamper and 5 skins were jackpotted to the last hole when ball number 9 was drawn. A confident Bolty had already reached across the table to drag in his money, when Phil said "hold on let's follow the process, I have a 4 for 4 which matches your 3 for 4 Mr Bolt, so the money for the last 5 holes will get shared by all. Everybody was a winner.
Onwards To Wednesday
There was a solid group of 31 players for the Wednesday field and while the temperature was in single figures, the overall conditions were calm and very playable. The scoring was spread between 39 points and 26 points, with a mid-point of around 32 points, which is close to the phantom score.
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There were a number of indiscretions on the day, including an air shot by Warren Egen, who put it down to a sore neck as a result of his forehead being jammed up against the bedhead during the night. ( WHAT ?? ) Also Alastair Adam took aim with a shot and struck David Peart in the body as he was walking some small distance down the fairway in front. Fortunately no major injury incurred.
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For those who fancy a partner in the Smeaton Cup , Alastair (H/C 20) has gone to great lengths this year to get a match. He has ditched Fairway Phil (H/C 24), as well as Rathan Subramanian (H/C 51) and is currently partnered with Bruce G (H/C 13). If you think you can upgrade Bruce then make sure to make contact with Alastair, as that may be a very dangerous combination in the coming months.
We welcomed two visitors being Rick Medder and Stu Heaton who took some time away from the casino to enjoy his golf with the Wagglers this week.
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Special K was appointed the money collector and we got started on the first 6 with $155 collected. The winners were Henderson, Caithness, Sandy Ross and Nic Nicolson in a sound 30 points. The second 6 holes was won by Neil Cameron, Attenborough, Egen and Richard Ellis with a solid score of 43 points. Both Richard and Tony featured well on the leader board. The third six holes was shared between two teams with an impressive 48 points being Newton, Edgar, Keenan and Farmer MacKay, as well as Senaka, Derek , Bruce G and Phil Ellis.
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There was some close competition for the Blue Jacket with the winner being Richard Ellis on 39 points from Cameron on 38 points and Attenborough in 37 points.
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The Swingers Trophy was won by LIV golfer Henderson with three birdies, after some confusion when Nicolson had his hand raised for the Balclutha trip, in lieu of Mike.
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The weekly raffle was won by Warren Egen after many numbers had been called out, including number 5 for David Bloor in Scotland. ( South West England for now but close enough !! )
