Wednesday Competition and 2015 Singles Comp Semi Final

EET 2015 Singles Competition - Semi Final

The semi-finals were completed last week when Steve White courageously challenged the reigning Singles Champion (Craig Burrett) on Craig's home course (Thaxted Park) - where Craig has holed in one on almost every hole.

Bronte reports that Steve played a blinder, with a sensational back nine, to progress to the much anticipated Grand Final against Kevin Crathern.    Kevin is happy for the match to be played at the Patawalonga (after his 42 point round last Wednesday) but most likely Echunga will be the venue.

25/11/15:    Patawalonga

Seven starters, with some outstanding performances despite the very strong winds (it was the bushfire day).    Kevin's 27 point back nine was reminiscent of Vin's unforgettable 56 point epic.

Front nine:    Gordge (20), Methofer & Beggs (17), Whicker (16)

Back nine:    Crathern (27), Beggs (23), Gordge (20), Methofer (18) Milde & Whicker (17)

Overall:        Crathern (42), Gordge & Beggs (40), Methofer (35)

Birdies:  

Crathern:   par 4 fifteenth

Beggs:       par 4 fifteenth

Whicker:    par 4 eleventh

Four point holes:

Methofer:  par 4 third

Crathern:  par 4 eleventh

Next week:   North Adelaide - 10.30 am tee

Wednesday Competition

18/11/15:   North Adelaide

Seven starters on an absolute stinker of a day with temperatures almost 40C.   Too hot for all but the hardiest (Pring/Whicker wimped it in a cart).    Pring excelled, Crathern respectable, the dog ate the remaining cards.

Front nine:    Pring (20) from Crathern (15)

Back nine:    Crathern (17) from Pring (16)

Overall:        Pring (36) from Crathern (32)

No birdies or eclectic holes
Four point holes:      Crathern:    Temporary 15A par 4 up the hill

Ashbourne highlight:

I forgot to mention Phil Methofer's tee shot on the remarkably difficult par 3 ninth hole at Ashbourne, which is a long (~190 metres) up-hill, dog-leg with the direct route blocked by many very tall gum trees.   Phil simply used a high tee with his one-wood and put the ball within 6 feet for the sixth team birdie in seven holes.    He now refers to it as his "signature hole" although he is reluctant to talk about it, being such a modest guy.

Ashbourne Results

15/11/15:  Ashbourne Ambrose

A good attendance on the most perfect day for our Ashbourne picnic/Ambrose event (24 C, sunny and calm).    Many thanks to all who attended, assisted on the BBQ, supplied prizes (Noel etc), and organised everything (especially Bronte & Peter).

A remarkable performance by the winning team of Phil Methofer, Paul Tatts, Nick Meiers and Eric Kelly.   Their adjusted total of 46.625, with nine birdies and a winning margin of six strokes was just ridiculous - possibly the best result ever for this event.   They birdied six of the last seven holes.  Clearly, this was their second early Xmas present following a recent visit from the Xmas fairy - and no prizes for guessing which part of their anatomy she kissed.

2nd:  52.5 -   The team of Alby, Juy, Scott & Graham
3rd:   53.5 -   The team lead by Rob Lubcke
4th:   54.4 -   The team lead by Jill Thomas, Helen Cooper & Jenice
5th:   55.75 - The team lead by Kevin Crathern

Wednesday Competition & Singles Semi-Final

11/11/15:  North Adelaide

Ten starters on a warm and humid day, with Mr Gordge returning to add some much needed class.   Scores were generally reasonable all round.

EET 2015 Singles Semi-Final

The main event of the day featured Kevin Crathern vs Phil Methofer.   Kevin triumphed with Bronte observing that 'you don't see that quality of match-play very often'.

The Grand Final will be Kevin against the winner of Steve White vs Craig Burrett (should they ever be able to arrange a contest).

Daily Competition

Front nine:      Damien (20 points) from Peter & Greg (17), Bob (16)

Back nine:      Bronte (20) from Bob & Stephen (19), Don & Kevin (18), Peter (17)

Overall:          Bob & Bronte (35) from Peter (34), Kevin (32) Greg & Damien (31), Stephen & Brian (30)

Eclectic holes:
Pring:      3rd (4)
Gordge:  7th (5)

Four point holes:
Pring:      Par 4 third
Damien:  Par 4 first
Bob:        Par 3 fifteenth

Highlight:

Bob Batty's best score ever and first overall win.   Eight 3 pointers and one 4 pointer helped.

Wednesday Competition

05/11/15:  North Adelaide

9 starters on a Thursday to avoid forecast bad weather (that didn't eventuate), featuring the annual guest appearance/donation by Ross.    Misty drizzle for a few minutes, but otherwise pretty good conditions.

Front nine:      Crathern (20) from Whicker & Methofer (17)
Back nine:      Pring (19) from Whicker (18)
Overall:          Crathern (36) from Pring & Whicker (35), Methofer (32)

Birdies:
Whicker:   Par 3 sixth

Four point holes:
Pring:        Par 4 tenth and Par 4 fourteenth
Methofer:  Par 3 sixth

Eclectic holes:
Crathern:   ninth (4)
Pring:         first (4) and fourteenth (4)

Highlights:   
(i)   Damien's wallet containing several hundred dollars was found next to the eighteenth green.   Obviously some of his winnings from recent EET competitions.
(ii)  Noel Wellman played Glenelg on Tuesday.   His approach to the eighteenth green continued the EET tradition of landing on the clubhouse roof (the room used that day for a Melbourne Cup luncheon).   A beautiful swing, excellent contact, superb trajectory, just slightly to the right (by 80 metres or so).   Bronte advises that Geoff McCaw received a standing ovation from the Glenelg members for a similar shot some years ago.