40 is the new 36
The greens are recovering, the fairways have been cut so there is more run and the tees have been a bit further forward and many people have been taking advantage of those conditions and the great scores just keep coming. It's a tough school when you're beating your handicap by 4 shots or better and not featuring in the prize winners but that was fairly common place over the last couple of weeks.
Paul Hope had an outstanding 45 points last Saturday but even that wasn't enough to win B Grade because Craig Roberge amassed 46 points!
Given the scores recently, 41 points would only just make it onto the "highlights" summary but special mention must go to Luke Edgell's 41 points that won A Grade on the same day because he shot 5 under par off the stick, in a great round of golf that included 8 birdies.
Dylan Connaghan had a very impressive 24 hours shooting 40 points on Thursday 30th September and then followed it up with 44 the next day- his Dad, Michael must be sick of losing to him and will be counting the days until he goes back to school!
C Grade was very competitive on Friday because in addition to Dylan, Paul Garrod shot 43 points and Phil O'Regan had 42. Mickey Edwards also had 42 points in winning A Grade.
Wednesday 29th saw Simon Thorn win C Grade with 44 points while Neil Lucey won B Grade with 42 points.
Frank Turner had the score of the day last Monday (27th September) when he shot 45 points.
Paul Garrod must be wondering what he needs to do to win a comp after he also finished runner-up in C Grade (40 points) on Friday 24th, this time losing out to Milton Bray who had 42 points.
Thursday 22nd saw Joel Warren win the day with 44 points while Derek Jensen had 42 and Lorraine Stafford had 41 points.
Christopher Breach had 44 points in winning C Grade on Monday 20th while Peter Ruthven won B Grade with 43 points.
The best score of the last two weeks though goes to Deb Hankey and as I was playing in front of her yesterday (Monday 4th), I had the privilege of witnessing the highlight of her round (if not her golfing career so far?!) when she holed her third shot for an eagle on the 16th which earned her 6 points on that hole alone and contributed to an overall 47 points - congratulations Deb!!!
Holes in one
It looks like there will be a long queue at the bar when the Clubhouse re-opens next Monday because there have been two more holes-in-one since the last Newsletter. Congratulations to Mark Pitt who aced the 13th and to Anthony Dignan who holed out on the 2nd.
Eagle boys
It wasn't for a hole-in-one, nor did it secure him 6 points but still impressive nonetheless, Greg Black did have his first ever eagle on the 15th last Wednesday. He assured me it was into a very strong headwind which was why it was a long approach shot that he holed...as opposed to a putt for his 3!! Well done Blacky.
Not to be out done, Mark Gillespie holed his 2nd shot on the Par 4, 5th hole on Saturday to record an very rare eagle.
4BBB Final
Due to the COVID restrictions, it took a very long time to eventually get this competition completed but it was certainly a cracking final when it was able to be played. Scott Irwin and Rick Christensen looked in complete control of their match against Ian Brown and Phil O'Regan as they walked off the 16th green 2 up. However, mistakenly picking up their ball on the 17th when they still had a putt to halve the hole and win the match, meant the game went to the last. When Ian birdied the 18th, they were heading to extra holes. After a half on the 19th, Rick and Scott put it to bed with a good par, with a shot, to win the 20th. Well done guys - worth the wait!
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