A lot of people reckoned that the Pwez was a bit Pweak for pulling the pin, but, he wasn’t alone, as evidenced by a long string of emails that lobbed this morning. Starting at 0351, at which stage, it probably hadn’t even started raining, when Josh decided that discretion was the better part of valour after ‘one or two drinks’ with his mates. Despite the flurry of correspondence, we still managed to get fourteen to the tee, and there were only a few mutterings that, maybe, Prez and the others had been wise in their decision to stay tucked up. Particularly when it fairly bucketed down during the latter third of the front nine. The water-logged greens made finding a clean line difficult at times, and this added to the list of excuses that piled up to explain some of the scores that came in.
There should have been no excuses needed for Raj, except, maybe, on the holes that he managed to rack up double and triple bogies. However, the impressive string of pars, and the one birdie, made one wonder how low he could have been without such aberrations. Raj wanted to brag about some shots that he made on the 5th or 6th for his pars there, but Michael insisted that this was eclipsed by the 15th. After a double on the 14th, the tee shot was ‘sprayed’ well to the left, and finished high up the hill with barely enough room from the fence to make a swing. No problems, the ball finished 1.5m from the hole and the putt rattled in for the par. When you’re hot, you’re hot! Next cab off the rank, we have Driver Dan, a new name accorded because of his exemplary performance with the implement today. This stood him in very good stead, and he carded nothing worse than a double on his way to matching his handicap with a net sixty-eight. Michael has been filling in his time drinking red wine in Yass (at the Golf Club, no less), and baby-sitting his children and grand-children. The time off the course (or was he playing at the club in Yass rather than drinking red?) doesn’t seem to have affected his range and accuracy too much, as evidenced by the fact that, besides coming in third, he also cleaned up the Nearest-the-Pin on all three holes. His shot to 1.9m on the 15th was a corker, and he didn’t take much prompting to go ‘shares’ with his playing companions, even though some of them did not seem to know about it.
Gordo’s card looked as if it had been dropped in a puddle, run over by a cart and half-eaten by snails, and it was only by use of the card that he marked that his hole scores were able to be recorded. However, the bottom line was quite clear, and he gets to keep his fourth place alongside SOS. SOS had had a bit of a shocker on the 13th, and after a duffed second on the 14th he was sitting at the very edge of the green on the high side. Full of confidence, he gave the ball a good rap, such that, for all money, it could finish on the 16th fairway. So true was the strike that the ball got the pin dead centre, stopped and fell into the hole. Whether it was an Eclectic addition, or not, meant nought, because, as predicted last week, the Eclectic was determined by the handicap change differential, which left CJ victorious by 0.1 strokes. So close, yet so far, hey Brendon? You will just have to console yourself with your one point for fifth place.
Well, that’s it for this competition year. Porks wilted in the downpour on the 7th, and didn’t feature in the points. But, hey, he didn’t need them anyway, he was so far ahead in the Championship. Nalin chickening out also handed him the Vardon Trophy for the highest Strike rate for the year. All that remains is for the trophies to be engraved, ready for the presentations at the Break-up on the 20th December. Those holding perpetual trophies at home, if you could see your way clear to bring them in for updating, that would be good. Also, registrations for the Break-up are a bit thin on the ground at the moment, so, as soon as you are sure you will be there, put your name down so that we can get the catering sorted. Also, you don’t have to play on the day, your membership is all you need to come along. Speaking of Membership, fees will now become due for 2026. They are unchanged from this year at $50 for Club, and $100 extra for those of you who have your GA with us. Bank transfer to the Club account is the way to go.
Harry took about ten holes to break the double bogey curse, with a couple of pars to follow. The curse returned in short order until the 17th when a shot from 105m out went perilously close to scoring his first eagle on a par four. He consoled himself with the thought that it would have been only worth one ball, but, at least, he did contribute to the six birdies that were carded today. Wazza is known to never hold back, and can hit the ball a country mile. From the 11th tee, the ball would have gone a country mile except for the intervening tree that was hit so hard that CJ was convinced that the ball would be embedded in the bark. In actual fact, the ball came so far back that it was found in the rough between the 2nd and the 6th fairways, pretty much level with the tee that it had been hit from. The second shot was still not a far as the red markers, so it was drinks all round. Pepsi, apparently, went close to having to buy a shout on a couple of occasions, but, by force of not wanting to open his wallet, he willed the ball past the red markers. Speaking of drinks, a select few finally got to drink to Porks’ Hole in One from a few weeks back. Brendon owned up to having taken four putts on the 18th, after his first putt from the top tier failed to make the distance to get over the edge. CJ was overheard given advice to Wazza after the game, with the prime suggestion being that you have to develop finesse. That should help heaps!
Results for Saturday, 29 Nov 2025
1st Rajesh Mahto (64) 2nd Dan Marie (68) 3rd Michael Gourlay (70) 4th Gordon Hill (71) 4th Stephen O’Sullivan (71) 5th Brendon Mitchell (72)
Seniors Results: 1st Michael Gourlay (70) 2nd Gordon Hill (71) 3rd Matt Hunt (73)
Nearest the Pin Results: ProPin – 15th Michael Gourlay BallPin No 1 – 4th Michael Gourlay BallPin No 2 – 18th Michael Gourlay