Only seven players managed to make it to the manicured fairways of Ivanhoe to test their ability to keep their head down after the recent festivities. Perhaps the early overcast put a few off and at least one had grandfatherly duties to attend to. In any case the handicapper is viewing some of the results with a jaundiced eye.
Chrispy did pretty well with a mere 41 points and regarded it as a tune-up for next week where-as Craig would only reveal that his round was a ‘tuna’ – perhaps one that had been out of the fridge a little too long. Dennis was also well pleased with his round of 42 points with 25 (yes twenty-five) on the back. He was still complaining about not having a chance to win the inside comp however.
Ken was also there and is playing his cards close to his chest to try to build on his early burst out of the blocks in the Championship race. Damo lost a bet on the last as to who in the following group would pick up and pocket the ball that he left lying just down the hill from the front of the green. Ken eyed it with interest but resisted the temptation only to be detailed to pick it up by Damo. Others might have told Damo where to get off.
Mike managed to leave the shanks at home and played to his handicap and might be considering the possibility of early points in the coming weeks. Damo drove to the centre of the green on the 14th and went within a Michael-hair of sinking the putt for an eagle. It looked in for all money until it reached the hole and then deflected to rim out. Craig denies that his pin tending was at fault and at least Damo didn’t miss out on cleaning out the Eagle’s Nest. One of the little known facts about Craig concerns his skills in all things computing – it seems he has this new app for paying for things on the net called PenPal.
Another hot topic was the things that put people off their game and that could come in handy when the Matchplay rounds come up. The burning question is whether to publish or keep it for my own devious means or whether to auction the info on e-Bay. Perhaps, I’ll just let it out a bit at a time or send it to Julian to publish on Wiki-Leaks.