20 Aug 2016

2016: Indiv. Stableford Fun Game (17.8.)

Venue: Bonalba Golf & Spa, 17 August 2016

Today’s competition was an Individual Stableford “Fun” Game.  Our Captain had asked us to stipulate 4 holes for double points before we started our round.  Because of the hot humid weather we had a diminished field of players, there were 20 members and 4 guests and the guests were competing among themselves for the best Stableford score which Joel won with 28 points . 
The prizes for the members were reduced to 3 because of low numbers but in addition and in the spirit of today’s fun theme, Doris sponsored two big juicy melons which were presented to the players in 4th and 5th place.
The competition was especially good fun for some players who were able to double their 3 and 4 point scores, giving them 6 or even 8 points on one hole, whilst the more unlucky ones had a potential “double blob”.  But not all players relied on double points entirely to secure a prize.  Both Pascale with 38 points and Angel with 37 points played better than par without counting the double points and their handicap will be adjusted accordingly as this round counted for reductions only.  Edi was obviously one of the players who was not so lucky on the double points but will still be cut as his normal Stableford score was 37. 
Richard and Guy were the lucky winners of the melons, Richard beating Doris on countback which was just as well.  Many congratulations to all the winners and particularly to Pascale for back-to-back wins despite her considerable handicap reduction last week.

At prize giving the Captain reminded everyone of the Away Trip to Las Colinas on 31 August and that members who are not coming to Las Colinas will not be able to have a game at Bonalba Golf as the course will be closed on that day due to an International Competition.

Summarising the results:

Nearest the pin:
Hole 4      Keith Preston
Hole 8      Nino Andres
Hole 11    Nino Andres
Hole 14    Richard Davis

There was no two today.

The main competition results were as follows:
5th place with 44 points off 10 hcp – Richard Davis
4th place with 46 points off 23 hcp – Guy Letort
3rd place with 46 points off 21 hcp – Angel Centenera beating Guy on the back 9
2nd place with 47 points off 28 hcp – David Payne
1st place with 48 points off 25 hcp – Pascale Leroux