Today we had 29 members and 1 guest playing Individual Stableford. We had an early start as tee-times are now at a premium. With autumn approaching, the high season for golf in Southern Europe is about to start and is going to make the courses more crowded.
In addition to the usual prizes, there was also Jan and John’s Hidden
Holes Prize. This time there were quite
a few hidden holes which qualified for the prize. In fact, it was the entire
front 9. Leaving out the players who were in the first five places of the main
competition, Peter van der Mee was the winner with 17 points.
Hole 8, one of the short par 3’s seemed to have presented a greater than
normal challenge for no apparent reason as nobody managed to reach the green.It was a closely fought competition at the top and placings had to be decided on the results of the back 9. Although Mo and Jan, both with 32 points, missed out to Michael for 5th place, they had the consolation of still receiving a bottle of wine due to the Society’s rule about being absent at prize giving.
There was also a k/o singles match going on between James Burnet and our
Captain Gordon Burton. They were all square at the 18th hole and
will have to fight it out next Monday as the course was too busy for them to
conclude the match on the day.
On a personal note, it’s great to be back, finally, after having missed out
on the entire summer season in Spain. A big thank you to everyone for your warm
welcome back and for all the messages of support during my stay in the UK. I would also like to take this opportunity to
thank Jan and Gordon for taking over the job of writing the weekly reports. In
fact, I am tempted to hand over the job to them for good as they did excellent
write ups week after week, but maybe I will still stay in charge of providing the winners’ photos?
Summarising the results:
Guest prize: NoelJan and John’s Hidden Holes (best front 9): Peter van der Mee with 17 points
Nearest the pin:
Hole
4 Santi HungHole 8 none
Hole 11 Helmut Treiber
Hole 14 Mo Farouki
There were no twos today.
The
main competition results were as follows:
5th
place with 32 points off 10 hcp – Michael Davison4th place with 33 points off 21 hcp – John Rigby
3rd place with 35 points off 21 hcp – Chris van Bemmelen
2nd place with 35 points off 17 hcp – Edi Rogers
1st place with 35 points off 29 hcp – Keith Preston
