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Results for 22 June 2013 – Par Event

SOS equal winner
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Bill equal winner
If the cap fits….

The solstice has passed us by and this morning was the first day of the astronomical winter.  There was a nice high pressure cell overhead and the clear skies allowed the temperature to plunge – minus 2C was reported in places nearby – and the course was nicely frosted over until the sun got above the trees to thaw some of it out.

The soft greens and the accumulation of ice around spikes meant that the greens took on the appearance of the surface of the moon and as they count as spike marks, there was no option for repair – though you’d have been there all day had you tried to.  The ice is a loose impediment though and that could at least be brushed away, provided of course that you were on the putting surface.

The ball did have a tendency to pick up ice and sand and grow somewhat in diameter, track off line and pull up short much to the chagrin of some players.

Despite the icy start, play went well for some and a few fairly impressive scores were forthcoming.  In particular, Bill, who was in the front group and was responsible for a lot of the pock marks in the greens, managed to come in plus four and was quietly confident that he would be hard to beat, particularly with encouragement from David and others in the following group.  As it turned out, he was hard to beat, but he was equalled by none other than SOS who produced a mirror image round with plus one on the front and plus three on the back.  The points have leapfrogged the BEast over Damo in the Championship Table so there is plenty of excitement left the the competition yet.

Ultra reliable Oliver put in another sterling performance to maintain his front runner status with plus two.  A bit of a cluster in third spot with +1 included Damo, Harry and Zimmer.  This was followed by a group of squares such as Ben, Mehm, Chrispy and Stefan.  RodW collected himself another point on his own at -1.  Seniors points went to Bill, Oliver and Harry.

There were two closely fought Matchplay matches played today.  Stefan prevailed over Harry 1 up in a match that was never more than one hole each way and could have gone either way on a number of occasions.  David and Dick also played their second round match in a similarly close run thing with David getting up 1 up as well.  David reckons Dick was a bit stiff on the 17th when he over hit the green with his 5 iron from the tee and the ball could not be found.

Despite some hoo-haa before tee time about the money being on the 4th, it turned out that nobody got close enough to claim so the old stager Jack Potts will hold the cash till next week to see if we can do any better.  The Nearest the Pin for a ball on the 12th went to Stefan who almost broke Harry’s heart by sinking the putt for his birdie after Harry put the pressure on by putting in from off the green for the par.  Speaking of birdies, there were 16 today which isn’t too shabby a number.  Once again the Eagle was left in peace.

It seems that today was a day for hats.  First off Trevor left his at home.  Gordon wore his startled hair hat.  Ben was getting around looking like a Parisian artist/gangster.  Tony was resplendent in a jolly tartan from the Old Course at St Andrews.  And last but not least there was another hat challenge between Bill and Zimmer.  Needless to say, Bill was victorious and was insistent on showing it off instead of getting his photo taken.  He has also promised to keep Zimmer informed of its adventures during the coming week.

In other news, Trevor and Noodles were heard to be admonishing themselves and we also suspect that Damo was not too happy about one of his tee shots.  He made up for it on the 18th by chipping in for a birdie from what appeared to be an impossible position amongst the bushes.  No reports of any draughties today, though Jan was away.

The arrangements with Golf Victoria and GolfLink will be finalised this week and an update will be circulated as soon as information comes to hand.

Results for Saturday, 22 June 2013
1st Bill Eastoe(+4) 1st Stephen O’Sullivan(+4) 2nd Oliver Gross(+2) 3rd Kazim Akdag(+1) 3rd Harry Boughen(+1) 3rd Damien Lee(+1) 4th Ben Akdag(□) 4th Mehmet Akdag(□) 4th Stefan Belevski(□) 4th Chris Priems(□) 5th Rodney White(-1)