Another week and another 3 way tie for the win. With only 12 punters there was ample opportunity to score points. The course conditions were generally a little tougher than last week due to a bit of rain during the week, however the greens are on the improve and the ball was witnessed to be running a bit truer and a bit faster than what has been accustomed to over the winter months.
SOS and Ryan were grouped together and both played to their handicap coming in with 36 stableford points. Not to be outdone, Rod White showed a turn of form and followed them in with the same score and a share of first place. Rumour has it that some recent lessons has helped Rod with his ball striking and with more to come things could be looking up for him.
Mehmet ended up the bridesmaid again coming in second with a 35. He now is in second behind Ryan in the points table even though he hasn’t had a win this year. It could be strategic planning on his behalf as he seems to be racking up the points without the handicap penalty. Noods and Vinni were not far behind in 3rd place, although by some of Nood’s body language on the course it sounded like he was going a lot worse.
Pepsi ended up in 4th place tied with Dennis Tiernan, who playing his first game in quite a while. Hopefully there are more to come. Chrispy was quite surprised and happy with himself after a 5th place with 28 points. Some thought 28 points may not have deserved a point but nevertheless it stands. He was none too happy with the new clubs he was trialling either so he could be foxing before the next major tournament coming up.
There were 7 birdies scored and no eagles which means the eagles nest jackpots yet again, it is currently at 5 balls which is almost worthwhile going for. The pro pin was on the 12th and with a very tough pin position it has gone to a jackpot. Likewise the pin on the 18th was right up the back tier, the only person to land it on the green was Pepsi who took out the ball prize, although Ryan had overshot the green and his ball ended up just on the fringe quite close to the pin, and was close enough to sink the birdie putt too.
Second last week of the IGL league and it was down to the Hawks playing off against the Magpies to find a place in the grand final. The hawks were only represented by Andrew P who ended up with a score of 62 (31+31). Meanwhile the Magpies were represented by Ryan (36) and Edddie (26) who ended up with 62 also. The rules committee (Harry) will have to advise who will go through to play the Tigers next week, the rules about a drawn final, extra time, putt off have not been disclosed (or decided).
A shout out to Bill who is celebrating a birthday this week. A reminder that with the AFL grand final in the coming weeks, this week coming is Octobers’ monthly medal, held in September while the last day in September (AFL GF) is held in October this year.
Results for Saturday, 19 September 2015
1st Ryan Porker(36) 1st Stephen O’Sullivan(36) 1st Rodney White(36) 2nd Mehmet Akdag(35) 3rd Stephen Butterfield(32) 3rd Chris Vinecombe(32) 4th Andrew Petricola(31) 4th Dennis Tiernan(31) 5th Chris Priems(28)