RED CAPS GOLF MONTHLY REPORT

SEPTEMBER

Also on the website www.redcapsgolf.com

“Activities”

President’s Piece for September 2019

The Matchplay competition continues; now that the preliminary round is just about completed there are some sur-prises and some expected results, but all include some good golf played in great spirit.

We’ve had our first sausage sizzle since a winter adjournment and look forward to more fun playing golf, including our match against Peninsula Pirates on October 13 at Ringwood and our road-trip to Flinders on 23rd October.

Our Christmas function – always a good night, is set for December, Saturday 14, so make a note on your calendars now.

We send warm greetings to those on our sick list; if you can make it in for coffee we’d love to see you.

Best wishes to all Red Cappers,

Roger Henderson

One Day I accidently overturned my golf cart. Elizabeth, a very attractive and keen golfer, who lived in a villa on the golf course, heard the noise and came run-ning out: Are you OK, what’s your name? It’s Phil and I'm OK thanks, I replied. Phil, forget your troubles. Come to my villa, rest a while and I’ll help you get the cart up later. That’s mighty nice of you, I answered, but I don’t think my wife would like it. Oh, come on, Elizabeth insisted. She was very pretty, very sexy and persuasive.... I was weak. Well OK I finally agreed, and added but my wife won’t like it. After a few restorative brandy's and some creative putting lessons, I thanked my host: I feel a lot better now, but I know my wife is going to be really upset.. Don’t be silly! Elizabeth said with a smile: She won’t know anything, by the way where is she? Still under the cart..... I said.

Early in the month about a dozen of us ventured north to Swan Hill to the play beautiful Murray Downs course over three days. In gorgeous weather we played 9, 18 and 9 holes. The lakes and dams have a green dye added; they even put a green dye in the sand so that divot repairs blend in aestheti-cally to the surprisingly lush fairways for that part of the state. Modesty forbids me fully describing one of our number scor-ing a 2-shot birdie across water on the signature #3 hole, but some great golf was played.

Course Care—Repairing Divots: Some clubs will require divots to be repaired differently, however at the majority of clubs, sand buckets are available at the starting tees and divots should be repaired as follows: ~ Use the sand to fill the divot hole (and any others nearby). ~ Use a foot or a club to level the sand so that a reasonably flat lie remains for following players. ~ If buckets are not available or you have run out of sand, replace the divot in its hole if it is intact, or otherwise knock in the sides of the divot hole with a club so that a level lie is maintained. A careless repair may provide an unfair lie for other players, and may also damage course equipment and will result in the divot taking longer to repair.

Monday September 2nd 2019 - Stableford Trophy Score Played 32

First Len Cosmas 21

Second Bruce Fenwick 19

Third Norm Reeves 19

Best Gross Len Cosmas 37

NTP’s Hole 3 12

5 16

8

Wednesday September 11th 2019 CAPTAIN’s TROPHY Score Played 35

First Graham Collins 31

Second Rod Roach 34

Third Ian Spencer 34

Best Gross Graham Collins 36

NTP’s Hole 3 Graham Collins 12

5 Tom Mellors 16

8 Lenny Cosmas

Friday September 20th 2019—PRESIDENT’s TROPHY Score Played 41

First Charlie Brownhill 33

Second Ian Dunbar 33

Third Tom Mellors 34

Best Gross Ian Dunbar 40

NTP’s Hole 3 Graham Collins 12 Warren Gilbert

5 Wayne Banks 16

8 Ian Dunbar

Monthly Club Competition results

Club Championship

Position Name Gross Score

1 Peter Denier 468

2 Graham Collins 478

3 Denis O’Callaghan 482

4 Wayne Banks 500

5 Norm Reeves 502

6 Glenn Haslam 510

Note: 27 Players have played 12 games or more

Eclectic - Front 9

Name Score Avg Handicap Net Score

1 Bruce Fenwick 31 13.27 17.75

2 Alby Quick 31 11.82 19.18

3 Daryl Stephens 33 13.16 19.84

4 Ian Dunbar 27 6.75 20.25

5 Rod Roach 35 14.40 20.60

6 Glenn Haslam 27 6.37 20.63

Eclectic - Back 9

Name Score Avg Handicap Net Score

1 David Stickles 31 9.32 21.68

2 James Dean 33 11.02 21.98

3 John Francis 35 12.32 22.68

4 Tony Lancaster 43 20.00 23.00

5 Bill Tait 37 13.30 23.70

6 Rod Roach 41 17.10 23.90

CLUB Competition Standings as of September 30th 2019 Monday Stableford Captain’s Trophy President’s Trophy

1st Lenny Cosmas 117 Points Glenn Haslam 211 Points Graham Collins 212 Points

2nd Peter Denier 116 Graham Collins 211 Peter Denier 213

3rd Wayne Banks 110 Peter Denier 211 Denis O’Callaghan 214

4th Norm Reeves 109 Brian Hobbs 212 Wayne Banks 214

5th Glenn Haslam 107 Wayne Banks 214 Gerald Howell 215

Social Event Results

Wednesday September 4th 2019—Social Stroke Play Played 28 Gobbi’s Gallop

Score Best Gross

First Glenn Haslam 33 Glenn Haslam & Kevin Rule 40

Second Alan Tynan 34

Third Kevin Rule 34

Friday September 6th 2019— Social Stroke Play Played 34 Score Best Gross

First Gavan Harkin 33 Denis O’Callaghan 38

Second Denis O’Callaghan 33

Third Roger Henderson 33

Monday September 9th 2019—Social Stroke Play Played 13 Trevor’s Trots

Score Best Gross

First NO PLAY

Second

Third

Friday September 13th 2019—3 Club’s and a Putter Played 30 Best Gross

First Rob Taylor 33 Graham Collins & Norm Reeves 39

Second Graham Collins 35

Third Norm Reeves 35

Monday September 16th— 2019 - Social Stableford Played 26 Score Best Gross

First Alex Mitchell 17 Denis O’Callaghan 41

Second Denis O’Callaghan 17

Third Rob Taylor 17

Wednesday September 18th 2019—Social Stroke Played 43 Gordo’s Gallop & House of Golf

Score Best Gross

First Lenny Cosmas 31 Lenny Cosmas 36

Second Bill Stafford 36

Third Glen Haslam 36

Monday September 23rd 2019—Social Stableford Played 30 Hendo’s 70Furlongs

Score Best Gross

First Wayne Banks 19 Wayne Banks & Denis O’Callaghan 40

Second Roger Henderson 19

Third Denis O’Callaghan 18

Wednesday September 25th 2019—Social Stroke Play Played 43 Footy Colours & Bar-B-Que

Score Best Gross

First John Mackenzie 31 Wayne Banks 39

Second Tom Mellors 33

Third Wayne Banks 33

Friday September 27th 2019— Public Holiday

No Competition

Monday September 30th—Social Stableford Played 41 Score Best Gross

First John Francis 21 Graham Collins 37

Second Tony Gawne 21

Third Bill Tait 19

Social Event Results Cont.

“I have a tip that can take five strokes off anyone’s game: It’s called an eraser.” – Arnold Palmer