{"id":3897,"date":"2018-01-13T17:03:18","date_gmt":"2018-01-13T06:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ivanhoegc.org\/?p=3897"},"modified":"2018-01-13T17:03:18","modified_gmt":"2018-01-13T06:03:18","slug":"the-davies-gang-held-up-the-stage-on-13-january-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ivanhoegc.org\/?p=3897","title":{"rendered":"The Davies Gang held up the stage on 13 January 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Allan<\/a>
Should have worn my mask!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A number of people were sitting around thinking that there might be some easy points to be had what with the Priems Clan fighting it out at the Frog and the school holidays and all.\u00a0 The Tee Marshall was packing up his gear when a sudden flurry of members arrived causing much muttering under breath and bringing the total number on the tee to a nice round twenty.\u00a0 So, maybe the points wouldn’t be so easy to get after all.\u00a0 There had been a bit of rain overnight and the temperature was somewhat milder than it had been over the last couple of days.\u00a0 The rain must have agreed with some of the grass on the course if the shagginess around some of the greens is any guide.\u00a0 Either that or the ground staff have been giving it a miss.\u00a0 But, provided that you stayed out of the long stuff, the course was very playable and conditions were very pleasant.\u00a0 The clouds thickened up after the round and the rain held off for a little while longer though it probably didn’t amount to much.<\/p>\n

The conditions obviously suited Allan who turned up last to the starters desk and so was in the last group and kept everybody in suspenders while they tried to work out how many points they were going to get as they sat around chatting and sipping their beers.\u00a0 Allan was saying that things tend to happen in threes and after his last round when Thunderbird II broke down at the 18th, he drove out of the car park and got to the first round-about when the car temperature gauge went into the red and he found that he had blown a radiator making a third mishap in short order.\u00a0 Not sure what the other one was.\u00a0 Let’s hope that rounds scoring 42 points (or the equivalent) aren’t going to come in threes as well.\u00a0 And that included a gash and a singleton as well, so, room for improvement.<\/p>\n

Brendon was noticed wandering distractedly in the shrubbery to the right of the 13th tee.\u00a0 If he was looking for his ball, he can’t have been too badly placed as he managed to par the hole.\u00a0 Maybe he was just helping Noodles who was also in the area.\u00a0 There were a couple of hiccups that limited the scoring to 37 points consisting of a 20 and a 17.\u00a0 Ryan, who also tallied 37, did it the other way around with 17 and 20.\u00a0 Perhaps Porks has managed to tweak his swing.<\/p>\n

Gordon doesn’t seem to have been too badly affected by his recent eye problem at least as far as his golf goes.\u00a0 He was able to manage to play to his handicap and finish with the neat 36 points for the day and third place on the podium.\u00a0 Maybe it is close up vision that is affected because he turned up with a fairly significant stubble so maybe shaving is a problem.\u00a0 Or, maybe, he just wants to make Lisa look younger.<\/p>\n

Simon called in the coach during the week to give his carburetor a tickle as he reckoned he was running a bit rough after his stint bobbing about on the briny.\u00a0 The rocking must have settled down a bit as he was able to make it to 35 points with a pretty evenly balanced round.\u00a0 Si reckons he is going to teach Allan’s Gopher to swim after he heard the score that Allan produced today.\u00a0 His partner in crime in fourth place was DennisW who started off a bit roughly but came home with a wet sail despite one hole going begging on the back nine.\u00a0 Dennis still hasn’t washed his Club cap.<\/p>\n

The last of the points today went to John who reportedly left a few out there but not on the 17th where he scored a four pointer for the birdie that he made.\u00a0 That birdie was one of only eight for the Club which isn’t a really great total considering that there was some pretty good scoring turned in.\u00a0 Maybe it was the long grass around the greens or maybe the greens weren’t as ‘nice’ as they looked.\u00a0 Harry just missed a birdie on the 1st when his putt trickled a third of the way around the cup, balanced on the edge of the hole, without falling in.\u00a0 Perhaps the rest of the round would have been even worse if it had fallen in.<\/p>\n

There was confusion at the station for the word had got confused about which were the Mobile ProPin and the BallPin holes.\u00a0 The situation was even more confused by the fact that one of our containers had been misplaced and a non-standard marker was out.\u00a0 Anyway, the upshot was that the BallPin was on the 12th and it was fiercely contested because the container put out had the tape measure and it could have been mistaken for being a ProPin.\u00a0 Mal put his close and wasn’t going to measure it because he reckoned it was outside the (ProPin) range.\u00a0 At 3.83m, you would have to consider that it had a chance given the tight position of the pin on the left side of the green.\u00a0 As it turned out, Brendon managed to get closer to add another ball to his growing collection.\u00a0 The 15th, despite all the confusion, avoided being hit within range and so we have a Double Jackpot for next week.\u00a0 Should be worth coming just for that.\u00a0 The ProPin on the 18th was surprisingly well contested with three names on the slip and the closest of all was MattH with 3.35m.<\/p>\n

Now Matt managed to put his drive on the 16th into the trees on the left and he opted to take his chances to thread the ball out and back into play.\u00a0 The ball hit a tree pretty plumb in front and ricocheted back and went close to collecting him right between the eyes.\u00a0 Always a risk with that sort of shot.\u00a0 Some of Noodles coffin nails went missing and the shortage of a nicotine hit every hole had him on a knife edge when he got to the 18th.\u00a0 Maybe he should have tried throwing a club to ease the tension.\u00a0 But then he couldn’t do that to break his resolution so the tension was doubled.\u00a0 No wonder he didn’t hang around.\u00a0 He did go close to raiding the Eagles Nest though when he chipped out of the grass bunker by the 14th green and the ball ran across and past the hole.<\/p>\n

The battery of SOS’s buggy died on about the second hole and he had to push it for the rest of the round.\u00a0 He reckons he was pretty much had it by the end of the round which might help to explain the score as well.\u00a0 There were no draughties today although Trev tried his hardest to talk himself into having one.\u00a0 Dennis went close on the 18th when he only managed to pass the red markers by mere centimetres.\u00a0 On the other hand, Stef really got one in the centre of the club on the 13th and the ball finished about 40m from the green, past the group in front.\u00a0 It was not reported whether he called ‘fore’.<\/p>\n

Michael managed a birdie on the 8th after executing shots that were described using words that cannot be repeated here.\u00a0 Targe put his second on the 17th into the bushes by the path.\u00a0 Targe couldn’t be seen even though the bushes were not that tall but he managed to explode the ball through the lot to put it within a metre of the hole.\u00a0 Didn’t get the par though.\u00a0 RodG decided to lash out and buy a new driver by having a professional fitting.\u00a0 He took possession but was struggling a bit to adapt to the new equipment.\u00a0 After about seven holes, he noticed that the fitted shaft was not the one specified and so after the 9th he returned it to the staff and played the rest of the round with an iron from the tee.\u00a0 His game actually did improve.<\/p>\n

Due to a small software glitch, the Eclectic Table is not correct and it will take a little while to fix up the problem.\u00a0 I will know who hasn’t read this by the protesting emails that I receive in the meantime.<\/p>\n

Results for Saturday, 13 January 2018<\/b>
\n1st<\/b> Allan Davies(42) 2nd<\/b> Brendon Mitchell(37) 2nd<\/b> Ryan Porker(37) 3rd<\/b> Gordon Hill(36) 4th<\/b> Simon Powell(35) 4th<\/b> Dennis Ward(35) 5th<\/b> John Quinlan(34)<\/p>\n

Seniors Results: 1st<\/b> Allan Davies (42) 2nd<\/b> Gordon Hill (36) 3rd<\/b> Dennis Ward (35) 3rd<\/b> Simon Powell (35)<\/p>\n

Nearest the Pin Results: ProPin No 1 15th<\/b> Jackpot ProPin No 2 18th<\/b> Matt Hunt BallPin 12th<\/b> Brendon Mitchell<\/p>\n

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