A nice “last Saturday of winter” at Hamersley yesterday, light winds and the temperature topping out at 22. Willy pulled out late with knee-moan-ia, leaving 15 players to contest the novelty day set by Captain Bruce. The format was teams stableford, an A grader paired with a B grader.

ON COURSE:

·         Wilbur had a 5x5 day, 5 lost balls, and 5 wipes

·         Joe B lost a ball left into the wire mesh mess on his first shot, did it pass the ladies? ? We will never know. Anyway he hit 3 off the tee, and pieced it all together amazingly for a 6 and 1 point.

·         Joe B on 7 “layed up” on the par 3, then chipped on and sunk a 17 footer for par – 4 points. Amazing golf.

·         Joe B won NTP on 12 at 25 feet, but 3 putted for bogey. Grrrrrr.

·         Prickles showed JB how to do it on 12, with a tee shot to 30m out. He chipped it close, and rolled the putt for 4 points. Magnificent.

·         And an etiquette issue. Capt Bruce kept to the fairways, but had diligently assisted in looking for Lindsay and OJ’s balls all day. On the 18th he finally hooked one down in front of the 17th tee – and OJ and Gilligan walked straight past! Crikey, come on guys.

·         Baz felt like Robinson Crusoe, all alone getting no help from Aussie, who only got to count 3 of the 18 in the teamsheet. A poor return for Aussie.

WINNERS:

With Willy dropping out late, group 1 was left with 3 players, so concocted a team of Rod & Joe, as well as the pre-drawn team of Steve & Joe.

And you guessed it, in second place were Rod and Joe earning $20 each with 42 pts.

And first was Steve and Joe on 43 pts winning $30 each. Well done fella’s - Steve and Rod should bow before Joe who carried them both.

And Willy, this means that Joe has effectively pocketed $20 of YOUR money, how do you feel about that?

Thanks very much for tipping in the extra cash Capt Bruce, you are a good Captain