Let's Go To Island Park For Skins
With the Roslyn soccer boys hiring our course for the day, 5 of us headed off to the friendly Island Park for Friday skins.
Xander Schauffele didn't play with us on Friday but the big cheque of zero dollars is a familiar theme for some each Friday. Remember it's all about the putting and we all know " don't be short on a Friday". The $ were equally shared although the last hole where we all got a shot was the most lucrative :}.
On Saturday we had the St Andrews Cross which was won in a play-off by Hubby. Congratulations to Duncan who addressed the haggis in the clubhouse and in doing so created a wonderful atmosphere.
There will be one last tee - timers group a week on Monday. You will have seen the difference on the 7th and 15th tees and the 12th tee block has also had the same treatment. We'll go back to the 7th next time and get to the bits we didn't do last time. If you can get there it would be appreciated as you can see the real difference we are making.
And So To Wednesday
Ideal conditions for golf and scoring was generally higher than normal. Some made better use of the conditions than others.
Our winner for the day was Bruce Grant who had 39 points. But it was the veritable game of 2 halves. Starting on hole 10 Bruce's card shows
First 9: birdie, par, bogey, par, bogey then 4 straight pars to be out in 36
Second 9: par, bogey par, double, double double, bogey, par, bogey to be back in 45.
In the sixes it was no surprise Bruce and his team were off to the races. They took out the first 2 sets with 33 and 45 points. They being Bruce, pro shop Mike, Geoff Laney and welcome visitor Ray Grubb. But with Bruce running out of puff they couldn't complete the trifecta and Neil Cameron, Warren Egen, Tony Attenborough and Kallum did the business in the final set with 49 points.
It was good to welcome Browny back no doubt in a good mood after the Springboks 73 point demolition of Wales. It's only in 2019 that Wales played South Africa in a rugby world cup semi - final in what was a tight game. Fortunes have changed since then.
With 3 birdies and 35 stablefords, Murray Edgar won the night out in Balclutha.
No birthdays this week but there was whisky in one group. Don't have the details.
Kallum won the raffle.
And that was that.