St Leonards Golf
We had 16 starters who all arrived well before tee
time. Well done, everyone!
Most players drove to the course through a light drizzle, but a quick
consultation of the BOM website gave us the confidence to proceed.
Despite the gloomy sky at the outset (see Paparazzi photos), the BOM was
right, we had a cool and dry round.
The North Ryde course was in excellent condition. Rainfall over the past
week or so must have measured a fair bit, as the dams were all about
half full. In January when we played here, the dams were bone dry. The
greens were a bit slow but challenging. In my group, quite a few putts
slid past the cup lip. I believe Steve Greene was less than happy with
his putting today.
There were three match plays:
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Robbo and Darlo – Robbo 3&2.
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Matt and Phil – Matt on a countback;
hard luck Phil.
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Steve M and myself – Steve 5&3.
I maintained my par 3 performance, taking out three
of the four NTPs. Well done, Les for stopping my clean sweep. The
B grade NTPs were shared by Messo, Dilip, Ross and Darlo. Phil took out
both the nearest in 2 and 3. The A grade Long Drive went to Mat with a
monster hit on 17. B grade was won by Steve M.
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The individual result went to Dilip with
38 points, followed by Mat on a countback from Robbo on 37.
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The doubles was won by Darlo and Dilip
on 46 points. Second were Les and Robbo, emerging from a 3-way countback
on 44.
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Taking home the Bradman stick was Messo
with 27 points.
Play moved along reasonably well with only a couple
of hold ups. I think everyone enjoyed the round.
After a poor report from players who had been to The
Springs, finding it quite unkempt, with weeds in the greens, we decided
to can that course and change our round 9 (1 May) venue to North
Turramurra, with a tee time of 9am.
Even though Mr Handicapper has a foot injury and was
unable to play, he kindly broke his convalescence to attend the
clubhouse and help with the scoring and results. Thanks, Pete. Much
appreciated!
As it happens, upon finalising the results for the
website, Mr H discovered some errors, in relation to which he mades the
following remarks that he asked be incorporated in my Ground Update
Report.
"I don't know whether the fact that we have played
two Black Friday the 13ths in a row came into it, but there were more
errors than normal.
"Phil Lidddell was scored 3/3 on the par 3 third. The index is 18/36.
Phil's recorded score should have been 3/2, which brings his score back
to 35.
"Terry Darlington was scored 4/2 on the 18th. The index was 15/32. The
score that should have been recorded is 4/3 which takes his score to 34.
That change takes Terry's winning doubles score with Dilip from 46 to
47.
"Wilf Lazar played off 23. His handicap for the round should have been
24. This means he scored 7/2 on the 9th, not 7/1. This brings his score
to 37, the same as Mat and Robbo. ON a count back he tips Robbo out of
3rd place! We owe Wilf a ball. This change has no impact on the doubles
score."
Okay, we’re sorry, Mr Handicapper. We promise to do
better!
My interest in unusual golf terms continues with the
discovery of “Chili-Dip” – used when a player chunks a chip. Okay, I
said “unusual”.
Your next game is at Gordon on 27 March, teeing off
at 8.50am. Please arrive by 8.20.
I will be flying out of Sydney a few days
beforehand, travelling to Brussels, Luxembourg, Netherlands, the Baltic
Sea countries, Finland and Sweden, then onto England for some hiking. I
will not be back until round 11 (29 May) at North Ryde.
Handicaps
