Wednesday, 16 April 2014.
Today we played another Individual Stableford competition. With the warm Spanish spring weather well and truly settled in, and with the condition of the course steadily improving, we all enjoyed a very pleasant round of golf. Instead of the normal four nearest the pin prizes, our Captain decided to allocate just two nearest the pins on the back 9 and have two second shot nearest the pins on two of the par 4s. This decision must have been somewhat disappointing to Jan, Jeff and Richard, as they all scored a birdie on the front par 3s. Richard then continued to come nearest the pin on his second shot on hole 10. On hole 6, the second shot from Dennis came very close to the pin. Keith, our winner today, has obviously shaken off his recent injury as he is continuing to come in with great scores.
We had three guests playing with us today, and Jan who has been a welcome guest on several occasions, was the winner with an excellent score of 37 points playing off 22 hcp.
Nearest the pin 2nd shot hole 6: Dennis Pyman
Nearest the pin 2nd shot hole 10: Richard Davis
Nearest the pins par 3s:
Hole 11 Clive Dresner
Hole 14 Dennis Pyman
There were 3 twos. Richard Davis and Jeff Murten on hole 4 and Jan Boultbee on hole 8. They were presented with the customary golf ball.
As for the main competition results:
5th place with 34 points off 17 hcp, Jeff Murten, our President
4th place with 36 points off 9 hcp, Greta Biersteker (her last game with us until September)
3rd place with 36 points off 20 hcp, John Webber, beating Greta on the back nine
2nd place with 37 points off 10 hcp, Richard Davis
1st place with 38 points off 27 hcp, Keith Preston
