Golf - Thursday 1st December 2011 - Christmas Closing Day

The first day of Summer and what a surprise the weather was after the last two hot days.  It was threatening to rain at the start of the day and was quite cool.  The strong breeze cleared the clouds and we had a lovely cool pleasant day for golf.  The Golf Course was in good order with the exception of some of the bunkers that are still water filled from the recent rains.

The Golf Event of the day was a Ladies 3Ball Ambrose - draw for partners and was the Thursday Christmas Closing Day.

We had 45 starters.

RESULTS:


3 BALL AMBROSE:


WINNERS:  Wendy Stapleton, Dawn Tromp & Michelle Kennett - 63 1/3 points

RUNNERS UP:  Sheena Asken, Faye Levenspiel & Clare Hastings - 64 2/3 points

3RD:  Barbara Stratford, Jan Fitzgerald, & Kay Frewin - 64 4/6 points

BALLS WENT TO:  67 1/2

BALL COMPETITION:


Fay Bailey, Julie Hazzard, & Beulah Cant - 65

Maggie Minjoy, Chris Dekker, Lyn Cruickshanks - 65 1/3

Sharon Anderson, Ronda Jordon & Carol Farrell - 67

Vicky Morris, Lorraine Bignall & Julie Craig - 67 1/2

NO NEAREST THE PINS TODAY.

NO HANDICAPPING TODAY.

HIGHLIGHTS  OF THE DAY as reported to me: Rosie Judd, Evelyn Dixon, Helen Stuart - an 80 foot gobbler birdie at the 5th; Annette Cross, Jan Walker & Rosemary Cohen had a birdie on the 14th and Rosemary Cohen had a great long birdie putt on the 15th; Vicky Morris, Julie Craig & Lorraine Bignall had a birdie at the 6th; Sharon Anderson, Carol Farrell & Ronda Jordon chipped in for a birdie on the 18th and had a birdie on the 11th; Clare Hastings, Sheena Asken & Faye Levenspiel had birdies at the 6th, 7th and the 11th; Judy Verlander drove to the green on the 8th and sank the putt for a birdie; Rae Brown had her best drive on the 16th; some rumours on the day: - A nameless team left the flag out of the hole on the 6th and upset the following team ; another nameless person had a "fish" on the 1st; my highlight was having more than 3 of my drives taken in the Ambrose.

Another good highlight was that the RED BELLIED BLACK SNAKE was found sunning itself in the BBQ garden after golf today - and the good news is that it now has been removed from the garden and has a happy home at the Reptile Park.