{"id":2435,"date":"2014-05-31T16:47:04","date_gmt":"2014-05-31T06:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ivanhoegc.wordpress.com\/?p=2435"},"modified":"2014-05-31T16:47:04","modified_gmt":"2014-05-31T06:47:04","slug":"results-for-31-may-2014-par-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ivanhoegc.org\/?p=2435","title":{"rendered":"Results for 31 May 2014 – Par Event"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Brendon<\/a>
Is that a monkey on my shoulder?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To start off, our valiant Tee Marshall looked as if he was going to have to declare the second group the first group as the numbers were fairly light on the ground and it seemed that nobody wanted to be first cab off the rank.\u00a0 Maybe it was the arduous prospect of having to carry the marker pins all the way to the 12th and the 15th which were the nominated holes.\u00a0 In the end, Blighty (was) volunteered for the task and just to be sure, his playing partners were detailed to be sure to remind him at the appropriate time.\u00a0 As an extra precaution, the following group on the 11th green put in an additional reminder.\u00a0 Lo and behold when they reached the 12th green, the ProPin marker was nowhere to be seen.\u00a0 Safely ensconced in Blighty’s bag, it was.\u00a0 And what happened at the 15th?\u00a0 The following group had teed off and headed up the fairway to the green to spy none other that the big B walking across from the 16th tee with the NTP marker.\u00a0 Nuff said!<\/p>\n

Not sure whether there was an isolated shower over the course overnight or whether the sprinklers had been in use but there was a bit of water lying around in places and there were quite a few wishes that preferred lies were the rule with muddied balls affecting (or in some cases not affecting) the run of the ball.\u00a0 Whether this was a contributing factor or not is hard to say, but the scoring didn’t really set the world on fire though the range of scores was remarkably small.\u00a0 So much so that everybody who played scored points.\u00a0 Then again, isn’t that what a handicapping system is supposed to do – level the playing field.<\/p>\n

So, the big point scorers (and handicap losers) today were those two foreigners, Brendon and Oliver who came in with +1 apiece.\u00a0 Oliver was creaming his drives despite some back twinges but on the first couple of holes his short game let him down.\u00a0 Then he changed his putting style – he called it a paintbrush grip but not too many painters would own up to it perhaps.\u00a0 Whatever, it allowed him to pull off some pretty spectacular putts.\u00a0 One set some sort of a record by travelling further around the rim of the cup than it did straight along the ground – exceeded 360 by a fair margin!\u00a0 Brendon started off well on the front nine and managed to improve his eclectic tally but the strain was too much and he faded a little on the back.<\/p>\n

There was a five way tie for 2nd place that required a score of -1.\u00a0 The happy quintet included Goroo, Bill, Mostyn, Damo and Harry.\u00a0 Actually, that’s Gordo but Chrispy’s tiny hand was frozen this morning and his ‘D’ looked more like an ‘O’ on the tee sheet.\u00a0 Gordo reckons Harry could have had a much better round as he counted four of the first seven holes missing a plus by the merest of a couple of inches.\u00a0 Damo was also chuffed to be scoring points without further murdering his handicap and, just in case you don’t already know, he is on 5.<\/p>\n

Then there was a quartet of players just a point further back including Chrispy, MalA, SOS and ChrisV.\u00a0 Interestingly, three out of the four had a square nine on their card.\u00a0 Just missing out on the barber-shop quartet was Blighty who will not be missing out on the barber-shop as his trouble and strife had him booked in for the afternoon.\u00a0 Not sure whether Andrew is suffering some sort of mid-life crisis but he was heard discussing ways to get rid of grey hair.\u00a0 And last but not least, the only two players left, Targe and Ryan brought up the rear and collected the last point on offer.<\/p>\n

After all of the kerfuffle with the pin markers both trophies did go off.\u00a0 Chrispy got close enough on the 12th to get his name on the board and reckoned he couldn’t believe that nobody else had managed it.\u00a0 There were others who got onto the green, just not close enough, and he collected almost enough dollars to offset his outlays with the Club today.\u00a0 Damo scored himself a ProV1 on the 15th.\u00a0 The birdie count wasn’t fantastic this week with only 7 being plodded.\u00a0 One of these had the Eagle shaking in its boots when Gordo chipped one that ran around the cup on the 17th and finished less than 100mm outside the hole after having had a very good look inside.<\/p>\n

Today was week one of the June Bonus Trophy Event and there isn’t anybody with a run-away lead.\u00a0 For those of you that weren’t here today, you still have two weeks in which to register and pay your sub though the longer you leave it the fewer chances you have to get a good one in the mix.\u00a0 Despite some concerns the trophy was not left sitting on the wall outside the club-house but was securely tucked away inside out of harms way.\u00a0 And, just to clarify things, today’s scores will be converted to effective Stableford points by adding 36 to your points score.\u00a0 Next week, please keep your Stableford points score as well as your Stroke score.<\/p>\n

During some discussions about gauging whereabouts on the green the pin was from the tee, it was opined that it was more difficult when Targe was in the group because he always looked further away than he really was.<\/p>\n

Results for Saturday, 31 May 2014<\/b>
\n1st<\/b> Oliver Gross(+1) 1st<\/b> Brendon Mitchell(+1) 2nd<\/b> Harry Boughen(-1) 2nd<\/b> Bill Eastoe(-1) 2nd<\/b> Mostyn Gregg(-1) 2nd<\/b> Gordon Hill(-1) 2nd<\/b> Damien Lee(-1) 3rd<\/b> Malcolm Adey(-2) 3rd<\/b> Chris Priems(-2) 3rd<\/b> Stephen O’Sullivan(-2) 3rd<\/b> Chris Vinecombe(-2) 4th<\/b> Andrew Blight(-3) 5th<\/b> Targe Mifsud(-4) 5th<\/b> Ryan Porker(-4)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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