6 Aug 2015

2015: Monthly Medal (5.8.)


Venue: Bonalba Golf & Spa, 5th August 2015

Today we played our Monthly Medal competition.  Many of our members preferred to go to the beach or to other locations to seek relief from the heat, so we had a depleted field to compete for the medal.  John came in with a fantastic score of 39 points.  The conditions obviously suited him, more so as he was walking the course rather than go by buggy which was the preferred way of playing by many of us.  The results showed quite a big gap between the scores net 70+ and 80+ of 5 shots.  So there was a definite “them” of the first seven and the rest of “us”.  In fact a pack of 4 chased the winner, all with a net score of 35.  Again, as there were less than 28 members competing, only three prizes were given.  Sorry, Richard and Michael!

We welcomed one guest today, Yves, a friend of the Leroux family, who, to nobody’s surprise, won the guest prize.

Summarising the results:

Nearest the pins:
Hole 4             Ken Roles
Hole 8             Richard Davis
Hole 11           Jean-Paul Leroux
Hole 14           nobody
                 
Hole 8 had the magic touch, as it posted 3 twos, by Richard Davis, Graham Sutton and Chris van Bemmelen.  They all receive the customary golf ball.

As for the main competition results:
5th place with a net 73 off 9 hcp, Richard Davis
4th place with a net 73 off 11 hcp, Michael Davison with a better back 9
3rd place with a net 73 off 20 hcp, Jan Boultbee, beating Michael on the back 9
2nd place with a net 73 off 22 hcp, Graham Sutton, again with a better back 9
1st place with a net 69 off 12 hcp, John Garnett