Venue: Bonalba Golf & Spa
Today we played Texas Scramble. The final number of players, after some late cancellations, was 17, which gave us 4 three-ball teams and one four-ball team. As the course was not too busy, the four-ball team started on the 10th tee, therefore reducing the overall waiting time for the presentation.
The four-ball team had to make 4 drives each and the three-ball team 5 drives each.
The scores between the teams were very close, making it difficult for Richard and Jan to work out manually who the winners were. Unfortunately, their results did not quite match the results entered later into Master Scoreboard. The four-ball team of Michel, Ernst, Santi and Pascale were awarded second place, when actually they came third.
After the presentation, we were treated to tapas and a drink by Edi Rogers to celebrate his birthday. Edi was not able to stay, so we made a video and sent it to him to wish him Happy Birthday and hope he will have a speedy recovery from his knee operation and return to golf soon.
The summary of today’s competition is as follows:
Nearest the pin:
Hole 4 Marcel Barink
Hole 8 Richard Davis
Hole 11 Robert Heyens
Hole 14 Lief Heyens
There were 2 twos today, from Chris van Bemmelen on hole 4 and Brian Hines on hole 11.
The correct placing of the Texas Scramble was as follows:
1st place with 63.7 off hcp 10.3 – Richard Davis, Jan Boultbee, Chris van Bemmelen
2nd place with 63.8 off hcp 11.2 – Eddy Fagg, Tony Dewavwrin, Doris Shearman-Earp
3rd place with 64.4 off hcp 8.6 – Michel Le Borgne, Santi Hung, Pascale Leroux, Ernst Stecher
4th place with 64.5 off hcp 8.5 – Helmut Treiber, John Garnett, Brian Hines
5th place with 64.8 off hcp 12.2 – Marcel Barink, Robert Heyens, Lief Heyens
