St Leonards Golf

Round 21 took us into the leafy northern suburbs and the North Turramurra course. We had a somewhat later tee time of 9.45. Of eleven listed starters just one late withdrawal left ten players taking the course.

Weather was a little overcast. Sufficient sun that, by our later start time, the thermometers were climbing. It continued to warm into the low 30s with a warmer “feels-like” due to the humidity. I think we need to start getting summer conditioning as a few players were wilting towards the end of the round.

Fairways were in very good condition. The greens were very good, but hard to read. I think all players struggled on the 2nd green. It was on a bump and hard to read. The breeze was pleasant all day and any time shade was available it was gratefully taken advantage of.

There was one match play decided, between Mr Handicapper and Phil Liddell. Chocolates went to Phil, 3&2. Well done, Phil and bad luck Pete (perhaps next year)! However, Mr Handicapper Moore, while picking up his sixth Bradman for the year, did sink a 20-foot birdie putt on the 7th to get a 5 pointer!

I wonder if we should give Ranjit a ball just for showing up. We need something to write about. We all know about his capacity to land on fairways other than the one for which he’s aiming. And we’re aware of his occasional shot even going two fairways across. But on Friday, Ranjit managed to land a shot on the green … except it was not the green his fairway was connected to!!

However, he's in the news for another reason. Ranjit's handicap on the card (26) was incorrect. It should have been 25. That means his score on the 4th should have been 6/1 not 6/2. This reduces his score to 35.

Also, Steve Greene was scored a 4/2 on the 6th which should have been 4/3. This increases his score to 36. The impact of these corrections is as follows.

• In the individual Stableford, Ranjit was announced as 3rd with 35 points after a countback. Steve Greene's score of 36 means he now bumps Ranjit from 3rd.

• The winner was Les Pitman with 37 points. (I want to contact his doctor. He is playing so well after a good 8 months of medical problems.)

• Captain Watson came in 2nd on a countback!

• The doubles were a 3-way tie on 45 points. Ranjit's score on the 4th meant that his team was reduced to 44 points, meaning myself and Captain Tony won the doubles, with 2nd place going to Mat Hanscombe and Phil Liddell after yet another countback.

Just a note on the Shield. With three rounds to go we have seven players in contention.

A good day was had by all. The pro shop at North Turramurra has a bit of space for us to do our presentation while enjoying a cool drink and a pie. A very pleasant round of golf. Thanks to all who were there.

I was looking through google for golf quotes and found some unattributed golf slogans. After Steve G telling me his putting woes, this might resonate.

Be the best you can be on the green.

 

 

 

 

 

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