Sunday 10/07/16
Just six starters due to the forecast rain and strong winds. Didn't get wet, but the very strong northerly wind and the difficult pin placements made for some interesting holes.
No-one reached 30 points, although Ross went very close. There were some outstanding individual shots and holes, but it was very difficult to maintain consistency throughout.
Highlights:
- Ross' approach to the third green (about 80 metres from the sandy rough, across about 50 metres of green to within a few inches - pin on extreme right)
- Ross' tee shot to the par 3 twelfth - a 165 metre five iron directly into a howling gale, over the dam, with the pin positioned on the extreme right of the green
- Stephen's chip to the par 3 twelfth - ran at least 50 metres across the undulating green to within a few inches
- Brian, Ross and Greg put consecutive tee shots onto the par 3 fourteenth - 175 metres straight into a howling gale
- Stephen's sand wedge on the eighteenth from a plugged lie in the vertical face of the bunker just short of the green. You won't see a better bunker shot.
- As you would expect, Damien took the prize. Waiting on the tee of the par 3 fifth hole, we notice Damien & Bob driving their golf cart haphazardly around the green, then backwards and forwards back along the fairway, then onto the previous fairway - WTF !!!! People occasionally misplace gloves, club covers or even individual clubs, but Damien had lost his whole golf bag !!!! First time any of us could recall having to search for a golf bag.
