If a picture is worth a thousand words, the image says it all. What do we have to do to stop this guy short of knee-capping him or pleading with his cricket club to take him back. Seriously though, congratulations Noodles on a excellent score of 39 points under conditions that were not perfect. The wind was biting and the overcast threatened but there was no precipitation of any consequence. The course has dried out a lot and the greens are pretty fast if not as smooth as they might be.
The new tee area on the 13th has changed the aspect of that hole and could bring the lateral water hazards into play for some people. It should suit Chris Priems with his ‘power fade’. At least he knows what causes it after being overheard to say “I cut right across that one” after a particularly fine example of the art. Despite all this and a lot of ‘bad’ luck, including threading the ball through a gap in a pine tree not much larger than the ball itself, Chris came in second with an impressive enough score of 38 points.
And, just as you can go to the fish shop and order minimum chips, today there was an order of minimum points with only three other players in the points, Andrew Blight, Gordon and Trevor. Well done fellows. As to some of the other scores, the less said the better.
On the topic of Andrew Blight, he fronted up to the 18th and nominated that he needed a birdie to have a reasonable round and promptly plonked it on the green to within 1.8m. He rattled in the birdie but the shot wasn’t enough to get his name on the comp marker. The birdie count this week was ten including two to Chris. I’m guessing that it wasn’t on one of these holes that his watch alarm went off just as he was putting causing him to miss the putt (so he says). Imagine what he would have said if it had been somebody else’s alarm. Another birdie of note was down to Craig on the 13th. His second shot ended above the road behind the green and almost out of bounds. Craig called it in the hole as soon as it left the club and it surely did. Great skills Craig.
The ball hole was knocked down to Ken Grist and Mike Mann picked up the cash for the ProPin.
Welcome back to Rod Grant, who has emerged from his winter hibernation. Although the various media are telling us spring has sprung and the footy finals have started, it wasn’t the best of days to make a comeback.
Next week will see the battle royal for the Matchplay Championship between SOS and Damo. Bill and Gordon will fight it out for the minor placings.
Also, do try to get there in plenty of time for the starter to organise the groups. I gather there was some confusion again this week.
Results for Saturday, 08 September 2012
1st S Butterfield(39) 2nd Chris Priems(38) 3rd Andrew Blight(35) 4th Gordon Hill(34) 5th Trevor Jackson(32)