2017: Drive-In and Texas Scramble

Waiting for the Drive.In

Venue: Bonalba Golf & Spa, 1st February 2017



Good Practice Swing

We have a new Captain, Gordon Burton, and today was his Drive-In.  The day started early as Gordon treated us to breakfast before we assembled to watch him drive off. Those of us who had a bet on where his ball would land watched hoping it would be our selected spot.  The ball landed on the left just past the olive trees and John Garnett was the lucky jackpot winner.
 

Where did it go?

We had a full house with 41 members and 3 guests playing a Texas Scramble.  The pleasant weather and the refreshments at half way, kindly served by Heather and Hazel and with some additional delicious food made by Jan and Christiane, helped to make it a very enjoyable and relaxed competition, maybe not so relaxed for those players who still had to deliver one or two of the required 4 drives towards the end of their round. The winning team came in with an excellent gross score of 70.  The second and third teams both had a gross of 72 and their placings were decided by 0.1 net point only.
The nearest the pin on the par 3’s were allocated today according to handicaps. The marker on hole 8 showed Jean-Jacques’s name who unfortunately was not eligible for this hole.  However, in the spirit of today’s competition, the Captain decided to award him the prize anyway.
On arrival back at the Club House, there was Brian waiting by the putting green with pen and paper in his hand for those of us who wanted to take part in the Putting Competition over 10 holes.  There were 3 winners with an excellent score of 18 putts, Greta, Nino and Peter Corbett.

Before prize giving, Gordon announced some forthcoming social events which will be announced on the website and on the Notice Board.

Thank you Gordon, for this most enjoyable first competition and your generosity and we all look forward to and wish you well for your year of Captaincy.

The New Captain  with Winning Team

Summarising the results:Nearest the pin in 2 hole 3:  Edi Rogers
Nearest the pin in 3 hole 15:  John Garnett

Nearest the pin par 3’s:

Hole 4      Marie-Jo Lesot (hcp 22+)
Hole 8      (Jean-Jacques)
Hole 11    Greta Biersteker
Hole 14    Eddy Fagg

There was one two from Greta on hole 11.  She received the customary golf ball.

The main competition results were as follows:

3^rd place with a net 63.2 – John Garnett, Stan Tarabula, Angel Centenera, Les Wilkinson
2^nd place with a net 63.1 – Roger Hunger, Rudy Krimmel, Marie-Jo Lesot, Doris Shearman-Earp
1^st place with a net 61.3  – Eddy Fagg, Luc Verhaegen, JJ Lavergne, Maureen Fanti