St Leonards Golf
Light, misty rain greeted our intrepid players as they arrived at the
Gordon course for round 10. Apparently, the dismal weather forecast had
caused some bookings to be cancelled, which allowed our group to tee off
early.
The course was in fairly good condition, despite rainfall over the
preceding few days. There wasn’t a great deal of run on the fairways and
the greens were a little slower than usual. The bunkers were
well-presented in readiness for the weekend members’ competition.
Maybe it was due to the early, coolish conditions but only two of our
ten players managed to play to their handicap on the front nine – Terry
with 20 points (although, see Mr H's remarks, below) and Robbo with 19.
The average front nine score was 14 points. The metrics improved
significantly on the back nine.
Taking out the singles with an impressive 41 points (19 & 22) was Robbo
followed by Terry with 38 points (20 & 18 – again, refer to Mr H's
comments, following) and Messo with 35 (16 & 19). Robbo bagged a nice
birdie 2 on the 6th hole – playing about 130m. In the doubles, Robbo had
to carry me over the 18 holes to win with 44 points – my contribution
was winning points on a paltry 2 holes. Second place went to Robbo and
Dave Plowes with 43 points – with Plowsie also contributing points on 2
holes. Thanks for the golf ball prizes, Robbo.
The NTP and long drive prizes were shared around with Phil taking home 3
balls while Chris, Robbo, and Plowsie each won 2 balls. The birdie tally
for the round was 4 – Robbo, Plowsie, Messo and my good self!
In the qualifying round of the Darlington Cup match play, Ross edged out
Rey – winning 3 & 2. The match was close all the way with Ross 1 up
after the first nine. Well done, Ross. Your next round opponent will be
Mathew.
The Bradman went to Rey with 25 points.
Back in the club house, it was great to have Russell Schreiber and Chris
Franklin join us for lunch. Russell mentioned that he is currently
bouncing back after a recent operation and is soon to embark on an
exciting overseas holiday. Safe travels, Russ!
Our next round is at North Turramurra on 29 May – hitting off from
9.00am. Hope to see you there!
PS – thanks to Robbo for helping with some of the post round admin at
Gordon. Much appreciated.
Note from Mr Handicapper: Terry Darlington's card was handed in showing 38 points being scored. However, Terry's entire card was scored as double-headers. Terry was off 34 so he did not get double headers on the par 3 10th and the par 4 13th. His correct score was 36. Sorting this out was much more difficult than it needed to be because the card was marked in pencil. When cards need to be scanned and emailed to me, pencilled marks become very difficult to discern. Please use pens!
Handicaps
