We had one of our most popular days today being the 58th Annual Nagger's Cup and it was well supported by our Members. The weather held fine for most of the day with just the lightest of showers towards the last few holes. The course was in great condition the the greens were a putter's delight. I did not play today because my nagger was away but I did get a lot of happy reports from the couples with most marriages still intact at the end of the day. A lot of players stayed for dinner & the presentation and enjoyed the light dance music at the end of the evening.
I was happy to be able to plant out our replacement white iceberg rose this afternoon at the putting green which was donated to us by Sue Hutton. The whole area there is now complete & is flowering beautifully. I often think back to three years ago when that area was not much better than a dust bowl with nothing at all in the wedding garden area except for a weedy paddock to practice chip in. A big THANK YOU to Sue Hutton for providing us with a high quality rose that hopefully will live through to maturity & give us a lot of viewing pleasure in years to come. I always get a warm fuzzy feeling when generous donations like this come in from Members & it certainly makes all the effort of putting gardens together worthwhile.
The Event of the day was an American Foursomes - Mixed and was our 58TH NAGGER"S CUP which makes it a very special event. The trophies today were donated by the Pro Shop.
The day was well supported with 134 Members participating.
RESULTS:
NAGGER'S CUP RESULTS:
WINNERS: Jim Johnston & Barbara Johnston - 57 1/2 points
RUNNERS UP: Ron Dekker & Chris Dekker - 60 points
3RD: Mark Stimpson & Anne Stimpson - 60 1/2 points on a countback
4TH: Dick Bosley & Joyce Bosley - 60 1/2 points
DE FACTO RESULTS:
WINNERS: Col Kelly & Alice Diamond - 57 1/2 points
RUNNERS UP: Mark Buckley and Lauren Matterson - 61 points
ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD: Rob Brann & Robin Brann
NEAREST THE PINS:
5TH HOLE:
MEN: Johnathon Homer
LADIES: Mary Bromwich
8TH HOLE:
MEN: Steven Cross
LADIES: Debbie Grinham
12TH HOLE:
MEN: Warren Flanigan
LADIES: Lorraine Bignall
14TH HOLE:
MEN: Clyde Cruickshanks
LADIES: Lyn Bates
EAGLES NEST 12TH:
WINNER: Warren Flanigan - 6 balls
BALLS WENT TO: 64 1/2 (neat)
NO HANDICAPPING TODAY
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Rae Brown chipped in out of the sand for a birdie on the 15th; Sandra Laybutt putted well for a par on the 15th; Des & Yvonne Wilson had a birdie on the 8th hole (which was their 1st hole) with Des chipping in off the green and on the 2nd hole another birdie with Yvonne's drive, Des's 2nd shot & Yvonne's putt; George Foster's highlight was playing with his lovely wife; Rhonda & Wally Robertson enjoyed a 1/2 birdie on the 6th; Lynn Puiatti & Michael Tessoriero had a birdie on the 8th; Ron Puiatti and Jan Harrison had a birdie on the 16th; Brian Gregory still had the brand new golf ball that Lesley gave him at the beginning of the match; Bob & Robin Brann had a birdie on the 14th and it was their 43rd consecutive Nagger's Cup made even more special as Bob is now playing with a prosthetic leg ( and I hasten to say he is playing remarkably well regaining his golfing skills with amazing ease);
Peter & Margaret Davidson chipped in on the 5th for a birdie & also had a birdie at the 10th ;
John & Julie Hazard had a birdie on the 8th after a lovely drive to the green by Julie; Doug & Robin Incoll had a birdie on the 5th and were still happy friends at the end of the match; Michael & Pauline Norman had a birdie on the 16th; Christine & Ron Dekker sank some great long putts; Ron & Di Beechey parred the first two holes; Leanne Binns had the most elegant of air swings displaying an expert swing unfortunately not connecting with the ball; Lauren Matterson & Mark Buckey had a great hole on the 16th with some good shots from both of them; Warren Flanigan & Debbie Grinham had their best game together with Warren winning the Eagles Nest at the 12th at 51 cms, they also birdied the 8th and the 17th;
Arthur Verlander hit an accidently great shot to the right of the 17th that carried over the pond, rebounded from two separate trees and landed in front of the green; Jan & Neville Walker had pars on the 8th and the 9th narrowly missing a birdie on the 9th; on the 12th hole a crow took one of the golf balls; Peter Laybutt hit his ball at the 18th into a palm tree and Sandy had to elect to take a penalty shot for an unplayable ball ( photo attached of the palm tree & ball position).
My thanks to Rae Brown for the photo taken on her mobile phone of Peter Laybutt's ball in the palm tree. These action photos are always good to get as they show the true grit we golfers have to show to cope with the end results of what should have been a great shot.
In all, it was a great day enjoyed by all the Members.
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