Golf - Thursday 23rd July 2009

This weather has been unbelievable - blue sky and sunshine once again! There was a bit of a cool breeze to keep us alert today but the showers from last night did not impact on the course.

We had some great scores in today which is a good indicator that the course is drying out.

My playing partners today were Julie Hazzard and Annette Dunk. We had some mixed fortunes out there and some good highlights which are mentioned later.

The Event of the day was a Ladies Single Stableford and also the first qualifying round of the singles KO to be played each Thursday. We had 40 starters.

RESULTS:

DIVISION 1 - (0 TO 30)

WINNER: Jan Fitzgerald - 42 points

RUNNER UP: Lyn Bates - 40 points

3RD: Chris Drakeford - 39 points

4TH: Glennis English - 34 points

DIVISION 2 - (31 - 45)

WINNER: Dawn Tromp - 40 points

NEAREST THE PINS 14TH HOLE:

DIVISION 1: Linda Rankin

DIVISION 2: Lynn Puiatti

CCR: 73 (36 points)

PAR: 73

BALLS WENT TO: 33 points on a countback

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Annette Dunk put in a beautiful 40 foot gobbler shot on the 13th to score 5/3, and on the 17th sank another long putt for a 3 pointer; Jan Fitzgerald pitched her shot onto the 15th green, hit the flag stick at the top of the pole and the ball fell down into the hole to score 3/4, and on the 17th scored 4/4; Lyn Bates had a birdie on the 6th 4/4 and on the 17th scored 3/5 and parred the first two holes scoring 26 points on the front 9; Dawn Tromp scored 40 points with 5 three pointers in a row and had a 4 pointer on the 12th; Chris Drakeford had a gobbler on the 9th and had a 2/4 on the 8th; Sheena Asken had a birdie on the 10th and the 18th; Norma Cubis had 4/4 on the 17th; Sue Hutton had a birdie on the 15th; Lorraine Linnert had 4/4 on the 17th and a gobbler birdie on the 6th; Carol Farrell had a good first 9; Yvonne Wilson parred the 8th; my highlight was scoring 20 points on the front 9.

Other highlights today: We welcomed a new member today - Robin Raymond who had an enjoyable day playing with Yvonne Wilson. Bev Adams celebrated her birthday today.

It seems that all Division 1 players qualified for the KO - check the draw sheet for next Thursday's matches as there are a lot of Bye's.