Apr 3, 2014
Venue : Bonalba Golf &Spa, Wednesday, 2 April 2014.
Today, being the first Wednesday of the month, there were 27 of us playing for the Monthly Medal. Apart from competing for the April Medal, we also had an additional sponsor. SPECSAVERS of Benidorm donated two vouchers towards new glasses or sunglasses to the winner of last week’s competition and to today’s winner.
It was good to see two of our newer members, Michael and Peter, taking first and second place today, both with 71 points but Peter was pipped to the post by Michael winning on the back nine. The “king of nearest the pin” today was our ex Captain Brian, who was nearest on three occasions and also scored a birdie on two of them. Commiserations to Keith, one of our longstanding members. He was a contender for the Medal until the very last hole and if he had only been able to score a net par on this hole , his score of 74 would have turned into the winning score. That’s the way golf goes!
Longest drive Ladies: Greta Biersteker
Longest drive Men: Dennis Pyman
Nearest the pins :
Hole 4 Brian Hines
Hole 8 Dennis Pyman
Hole 11 Brian Hines
Hole 14 Brian Hines
Bob Crow, our sponsor of the golf balls for a two, had a somewhat expensive day as there were 5 birdies. Brian birdied the 4th and 14th, Dennis and Greta birdied the 8th and Michael the 11th.
As for the main competition results:
5th place with a net 73 off 17 hcp, James Burnet
4th place with a net 72 off 23 hcp, Jean-Jaques Lavergne
3rd place with a net 72 off 5 hcp, Dennis Pyman, beating JJ on the back 9
2nd place with a net 71 off 22 hcp, Peter van der Mee
1st place with a net 71 off15 hcp, Michael Davison, beating Peter on the back 9
