No Brambles for Don at the Wergs
This was the first time the CGS arranged to play twenty-seven holes of golf on the same day. The morning started with a friendly four ball ‘Texas Scramble’ over nine holes, but the so called ‘friendly’ battle soon became very competitive, as the first four balls hammered their ‘tee shots’ down the middle of the fairway. It was a great way to warm-up for the afternoon session made up of eighteen holes of individual stable-ford golf and meticulous organising by the CGS Committee.
Texas Scramble was a fantastic way of getting the morning four balls together, it seem to create that team spirit rarely seen when you play as individual golfers. The Texas Scramble format ensured that the morning session went by quite quickly but long enough to limber up those joints for the serious stuff later. After the morning events there was a refreshing bowl of soup and sandwiches to replenish the energy levels for the afternoon shoot-out!
With fairly difficult flag locations, lush fairways, and very slow greens, the 18 holes to follow was full of drama, challenges and triumphs for some, whilst others were left thinking of what might have been. (Too many thoughts of platitude guys, lets just get on with it!) There were lots of interesting incidents on the course, one memorable incident was of Ian driving off at the first hole in the afternoon and pushing his ‘Tee shot’ well wide of the fairway and into the path of CGS four balls coming up the ninth. Now if you can imagine the scene, up until then any balls that went slightly of the beaten track, meant all members of that four ball went to look for that missing ball. On this occasion we all shouted ‘Fore!’ But unfortunately our shouts of ‘fore’ were not heard until it was too late to get out of the way. The ball struck Micky Taylor’s chest and bounce off it like a gazelle leaping from the jaws of death from a Nile crocodile! When the other three members of Ian’s group saw what happened including me, we cowardly started walking in the opposite direction when we saw the fury on Michael’s face. Luckily Michael took the incident in good golfing spirit and did not rap his golf club around Ian’s head! Ian returned to us and asks, “what happened to the team spirit we had this morning?” (Well, what would you have done, have seen the size of Michael’ chest?) We all had a great laugh about it afterwards in the nineteenth hole!
Looking at the overall scores it seems most players were keeping the ball on the fair way. There will be few more players going out to buy some plasters because they will be cut, yes I mean their ‘Playing Handicap’ cut, do I hear an ‘Amen’ from Vassel!
There was a certain buzz about the nineteenth hole when all the four balls had signed and handed in their cards. It was a sure sign that CGS members are enjoying not only the golf but each other’s company too! Even the Club captain Mr. Jacko Powell commented on how “I am really enjoying the momentum of the society and can see great things ahead!”
On the day there were some good scores, some really good scores, some bad and some!…well we won’t say, but the winning score on the day was made by a man who had only paid is membership a few hours before going out in the final group and returning a score of 40 points just eclipsing Balbir’s score of 39 points which was one of the first scores posted. Congratulations goes out to Don Brambell playing off 9, chose the right time to join and with the CGS policy of non-members only being eligible for longest drive and nearest the pin prizes, your timing was perfect. Well done Don.
Longest Drive:
Ansell Pottnger took over the longest drive with an awesome drive nearing 300 yards. Well, a few groups down the road up steps Junior Harris the CGS exponent of the long drive. Anyone who have seen one of Juniors drive will know that Junior puts his all into his attempt on the long drive hole, by the time “him finish him swing”, “him leave him shoes and socks behind”!..This time was no exception, he ripped one right down the middle of the fairway…”si it deh”, “si ball deh”, “ha dat yuh call drive”!!
Now Junior walks down the middle of the fairway thinking, no one’s going to beat this and to his amazement and ten yards further and left of his drive was Ansel’s drive. So, for the second successive CGS event running some one has kept Mr. long driver himself out of the winning circle. I am sure Junior will be back with a vengeance at the next event.
Nearest the Pin:
Ian Higgins a consistent golfer who’s very much enjoying his golf with the CGS finds himself in the winning circle for the second time by winning the nearest the pin with a lovely 7 iron shot into the centre of the green.