Thursday, January 30, 2014

Wednesday Competition

29/01/14:  North Adelaide

Very warm and sunny.  A slight breeze for some of the round helped a bit. 
Five starters, including Bronte's last game before returning to work.

Front nine:   Pring (20) from Whicker (19) & Milde (16)
Back nine:   Pring & Whicker (20) from Milde (17)
Overall:        Pring (40) from Whicker (39), Milde (33) and Crathern (30)

Birdies:
Pring:   on par 5 seventh and par 5 fifteenth.  Also, four points on the difficult seventeenth. These two birdies, and my natural inclination not to whinge, preclude me from mentioning that I have now missed the money by one lousy shot, two weeks in a row. 

Handicapper's Note:
GolfLink was offline last week for major changes to the handicapping system.  I have entered our recent scores for North Adelaide (22/01 & 29/01), Wirrina and Fleurieu (for Dave O), but they do not seem to have been processed by GolfLink yet.    Everything prior to the computer outage shows up on our individual GolfLink histories, but nothing since the outage.  Our recent scores are shown in the system as "open", rather than "closed", even though I have definitely carried out the steps necessary to close the buggers.    I am pursuing the matter.

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Wednesday Competition

22/01/14:   North Adelaide

Lovely conditions - 30 C & generally cloudy, with a faint breeze.
Five starters, with Paul O/S (Tasmania) and Pring otherwise engaged.

Front nine:    Don (19) from Damien (18) & Kev (17)
Back nine:    Greg (21) from Don (19) & Damien (17)
Overall:         Don (38) from Greg (37) & Damien (35)

Birdies:
Don:      Par 5 seventh
Greg:     Par 5 second

Note:  GolfLink out of action this week.  Will update handicaps with recent scores early next week.

Next Wednesday:   North Adelaide, 11.30 am
Bronte's last game before returning to work, with Paul also rejoining the workforce.

Friday, January 17, 2014

Oreo's Eagles


Dave Oreo is too modest and introspective a person to raise the issue himself, but we should formally record his effort in scoring two eagles within a fortnight

(i)  27th December:  Barossa Valley (Nuriootpa)
Eagle on the par 5 eleventh hole (impressed the Judge, who is a hard marker)

(ii)  8th January:  Fluerieu (Mt Compass)
Eagle on the par 5 second hole.  
A 262 metre drive plus a 208 metre hybrid to within 3 feet of the flag.  Remember that the second hole has water near the front of the green (to the right).  Playing partner (Pring) allegedly took six shots to pass Dave's drive.


Thursday, January 16, 2014

Wednesday Competition & Royal Adelaide Open Day

15/01/14:   North Adelaide  -  Cancelled

The forecast 45 C discouraged a couple of the less hardy regulars from playing. 
Next Wednesday will be back to the usual 11.30 am tee times.


13/01/14:   Royal Adelaide Open Day

Ross, Bronte, Kevin  & Greg represented the EET in 42 C conditions (not too bad at the 8.00am tee off, but fairly warmish by the 18th).

Bronte & Kev triumphed over Ross & Greg in a close tussle (assisted by Kev's very impressive short game).

RAGC Open Day Results:

Kevin won the B Grade competition with 39 points (43 players in B grade) - the $70 voucher should cover drinks after Wirrina on Sunday
Greg finished equal 6th in the A Grade competition with 35 points (62 players in A grade) - despite unbelievably bad luck on the greens !!!  
Only one bloke (42 points) beat Kevin's score all day.  Mr Lawson's luck unfairly triumphed over Kevin's skill.

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Wednesday Competition

08/01/14:  North Adelaide

Perfect day for golf - 25C and sunny, with a slight breeze.    Six starters, with very ordinary scores apart from Damien - infamous for his "I get two strokes on that hole as well" comment.
Clearly, several of us are managing handicaps in preparation for the Victor rounds in Feb & March.


Front nine:  Damien (18) from Don (17)
Back nine:  Damien (20) from Greg (16)
Overall:    You can work it out.  Daylight second, Don third on 32 points

No highlights, but finally Damien's handicap reduces (by one).

Forgot to mention last week that Kerri Oreo won the Wednesday EET women's competition.

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Wednesday Competition

Friday 03/01/14:   North Adelaide

Mild and pleasant conditions, with ten starters.  Reasonable scores, but no outstanding rounds.

Front nine:   Peter (18 points) from Bronte (17)
Back nine:   Paul  (20) from Peter (19) and Greg (18)
Overall:        Peter (37) from Paul (35), Bronte & Greg (33)

Birdies:
Peter - par 5 fifteenth
Paul -   par 3 fifth

Next Wednesday tee time is 11.00 am

Wednesday Competition

Friday 27/12/13:  Barossa Valley (Nuriootpa)

A very pleasant day for golf, warm and sunny with a light breeze.  The Barossa course was in good condition, with the greens a little slower than usual.

Nine starters, with some good scores (including an eagle by Dave Oreo) and only one scrubber with less than 30 points.  Captain Kev had a blinder and took all the money.  

Captn Kev:         44 points (22 + 22)
Paul:                    37
Slug:                    36
Pringmeister:     35
The Judge:         34
Damien:              33
Ross & Noel:      32

Eagles:
Slug on the par 5 eleventh

Birdies:
Pring on par 5 second
Slug on the par 5 fifth
Noel on the par 4 fourth