9 May 2018

2018: Indiv. Stableford CL Qualifier (9.5.)


Some of today's winners
Venue: Bonalba Golf & Spa, 9 May 2018

This Wednesday we came together for an Individual Stableford competition which was also a qualifier for the CL League.  With 38 members and 3 guests playing, we had a full house. To shorten waiting time for the prize giving, 3 flights started from tee 10 which caused a bit of confusion as to which flight was to collect the Nearest the Pin flags and consequently the flags on the front 9 par threes where taken away too early for the players who started from tee 10, so the Captain decided to raffle two prospective prizes for those three flights.
Today’s competition also included John and Jan’s Hidden Holes prize.  This time they elected holes 3, 4, 8, 14 and 16 which they considered to be relatively easy holes.  John King scored a very good 14 points but was beaten by Brian Wakely who scored 3 points, or net birdies, on each of those holes.
The course was quite wet today as a result of the thunderstorm yesterday evening but the rain has also been very beneficial for the condition of the fairways and greens.

We are now looking forward to our annual Away Trip from next Friday to Monday. This year we are staying at Valle del Este Hotel in Almeria, playing their course and also Desert Springs.

Summarizing the results:
Guest prize: Joel with 32 points-
John and Jan’s Hidden Holes: Brian Wakely with 15 points.

Nearest the pin:
Hole 4      Eric Pages
Hole 8      Roger Hunger
Hole 11    Graham Sutton
Hole 14    Jan Boultbee

There were 2 twos today, on hole 4 from Eric Pages and on hole 8 from Jacky Bernois.  They received the customary golf ball.

The main competition results were:
5th place with 34 points off 26 hcp – Jean-Paul Leroux
4th place with 35 points off 24 hcp – Santi Hung
3rd place with 35 points off 12 hcp – Eric Pages, beating Santi on the back 9
2nd place with 36 points off 13 hcp – John Garnett
1st place with 37 off 26 hcp – Angel Centenera