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Ronzo reports . . . . It was an awesome day weatherwise. A crisp 11 degrees welcomed the six starters and we were glad of the sea breeze with four holes to go. Chris, Squancey and Scobes were out of the blocks first. Squancey had a ball burster – 43 pts. With 24 on the front and 19 on the back, no phone calls were going to put him off. Seven pars and four bogeys tell the story.
Walks and Ron took to the course in a four wheel jalopy, while Sir Robin took the “shanks pony” option. Ron continued his new found form, but only managed one par and seven bogeys. Round Results:
Joint Winners: Squancey and Ronzo (43 + 37 = 80 pts)
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 Ronzo reports . . . .
The drive behind us, an “elite group” of six were bursting with confidence after the games last week at the Mandurah Masters. On alighting from our cars, a chilly 13 degrees, accompanied by a howling gale greeted us. The wind hardly eased all day. Squancey, Bin and Ron followed Chris, Macca and Walks.
Squancey was out of the blocks brilliantly, with 13 after five holes, turned with 20 and it seemed all over. He started the back nine with four for three and it did seem all over. The phone then started ringing and that was that. Dalbs was consistent with 10 on each nine and ended up “holding up” the rest of us or bottom of the ladder. His par 4 on the second looked promising. I’m sure leaving his hat hanging behind the loo door meant he couldn’t keep a lid on things. Ronzo was not spectacular anywhere, managed only one par and said he was the “best of the worst”. Squancey said his plan worked … avoiding having to write the report.
Chris was surprised by not making the podium after shooting four pars. He didn’t enjoy the greens on the first nine, but reckoned the back nine was “pretty good” … with three pars and two bogeys we can understand why. Walks’ words were … “I played a pretty ordinary round today”. He also said he was thankful for Bin’s effort, enabling Walks to avoid the NAGA. One par was his highlight. Macca wiped the first, obviously shaken by having to negotiate past Ron on the way to Araluen … Macca’s story was “Ron stopped in the middle of the road to take a picture of the sunrise”. From then on Macca scored on all but the 17th hole to again make the podium.
Round Results:
Dalbs reports . . . . It was a "jacket on?" or "jacket off?" type of morning for 6 keen golfers teeing up for the final Hamersley fixture for 2023-24. Plenty of comments about the extra sleep-in with a 6.20 tee off. And Walks couldn't repeat the masterly ball toss result achieved last week. One notable absentee was the Pres who was left in the dark courtesy of a pole top fire that knocked out power supply to the area from Monday a.m. until Tuesday around 4.00 pm. GS, GM and RD (what a team!) led off, their rear being protected by CJ, BP and GW. Drives down the middle, some steamers off the fairway and chips and pitch shots that made it close to the pin. What was going on? One of golf's eternal mysteries but Dalbs lapped it up apart from a couple of hiccup holes toward the end and some gettable putts that weren't got.
The short stick was proving costly on greens that were somewhat hard and proving difficult to stop the ball on from fairway approaches. And it wasn't any different for the second group . . . . . . who were led by the rejuvenated Pinky treating himself to 5 bogeys at 3 pts apiece. He was looking at a sizeable score but a few errant shots and, most disappointingly and frustratingly, too many putts on a number of greens (the putting woes obviously not confined to the first group) thwarting his ambitions.
Both Walks and Chris thought they were in for a good day, both notching pars for 3 points on the 10th. Walks' rampage continued with two bogies, but then came unlucky number 13. It was a bit hit and miss from then on with 3 wipes and one 4-pointer! Giddy stuff. Chris's normal heroics suddenly went missing today, a series of doubles and one triple interspersed with a par and a bogey not the style this golfing dynamo is renowned for with 6 of his12 points coming from 2 holes. No Vikki to organise our afters nor sweeteners to munch on but the entertaining conversation was a great way to farewell Hamersley for another "interesting" season of makeshift "clubhouse" arrangements. Looking forward to stepping into the new pavilion next season.
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Litts reports . . . It was fine cool weather with a little bit of a breeze. It was almost perfect conditions for golf. Your reporter hasn’t been at the course for a while and noticed quite a difference in the HGC building work. A lot has been done in the past six weeks particularly on the steel work for the main building and the development of the driving range. Walks started club proceedings with the obligatory ball toss and it was one to be marvelled at. Six balls for six players fell into two very clear groups of three balls each. A masterly performance. It came to tee off time and a change noted was that we were the second club/group off the tenth tee. Has there been a changing of the guard? For us, the first group was GS, RD and GL. The second group was RA, CJ and GW.
The Little One had missed quite a few weeks so played conservatively. He had a good day with steady if unspectacular golf. Dainty was mentioned. Squancy did not have his best day with a wipe on the 11th but finished with a well-crafted bogey on the last hole to give him a valuable three pointer. Dalbs unfortunately had a bad start as he just could not get the ball down the fairway and he had just one point after the first two holes. Things got better after that but a little too late to avoid the NAGA unfortunately.
Jacko had a really good round off his nine handicap and would have won on any other day. It was steady golf all day with four pars and four bogies and he capped it off with another long drive. He also improved his eclectic by parring the 13th and thereby removing his last bogey. He deserved his place on the podium. Walks appeared to have a steady round, spoiled a little by a triple on the last. But he had a good solid 18 points that also got him a place on the podium. Ron was a little lonely on the cart but played some good golf, except for a couple of wipes, and continued a trend back to consistent golf in recent weeks. Round Results:
Tuesday, February 20, 2024 Macca suggested at the 10th tee that it was the ideal opportunity for the (only) four other players to allow him his maiden win for the season. Jacko, Squancey, Ronzo and Walks proceeded to give Macca his wish. Here's how they did it:
Just five players made themselves available for day 2 of our fabled Club Championship. An attempt to play as a fivesome was thwarted by a group following. Walks, Ronzo and Macca teed off first, leaving Squancey and Jacko to follow as a duo. For the first group the 10th hole was conclusive with Macca parring, Ronzo a double bogey and Walks losing a ball, that should have been found, for a triple. There were the full range of good drives and poor, some reasonable putting, but no one was consistent. Ron had a par on the 12th and Walks on the 16th but there was little else of note. In the end the handicaps were prominent in determining order - gross scores were Walks on 50, Ronzo and Macca on 52.
The low- handicappers on the second group performed better with Squancey parring the 10th and 12th and Jacko parring the 12th and chipping in on the 15th from 21 metres for his season-leading fourth birdie! Squancey was not heard by the first group (as they were a long way behind) and Jacko's putting was what let his score down. Their gross scores were 48 and 47 respectively.
Round Results:
Tuesday, February 13, 2024 Squancey and Dalbs report . . . . . The first of the later starts saw cool, perfect weather ushering in the double – 2024 Club Championship and the Match Play Final. Was it nerves or nature, but Dalbs did make it back to the 1st tee in time.
MATCH PLAY FINAL: Squancey Chris
Walks Ronzo But who could forget what followed . . . Ronzo's orgasm slice!!
Results to be officially recorded:
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 The Karrinyup Kids (one Ex Officio) report . . . . . The early arrivals bedecked in just the club shirt soon had a vest or long sleeve top on as a cool breeze from the East chilled the bones. Nice feeling, particularly looking at the coming heat wave conditions. Seven starters with Pinky and Jacko tussling for a place in the Match Play Final. Ronzo and Dalbs shared the cart, hatching a scheme to steal the round from the other unsuspecting hopefuls.
The three G's led the way and an opening Par and 3 points by last week's inferno looked ominous, but the blaze was quickly snuffed out by a series of doubles and wipes. Squancey's wipe at the first set the tone also for doubles and wipes. Both managed just a few of their usual accurate and consistent drives. This led to Squancey's sonorous tones echoing around the course and Walks's odd laconic grunt. Stableford scores of 10, each with a handicap of 11, were matched by Graeme's score of 17 with an 18 handicap. Not their best games! Macca's occasional good drives tended to be followed by poor second shots and he spent a lot of time among the trees. Saved his best for four holes over which he accumulated 13 valuable points. While the Grahams fought for NAGA honours, won by Walks on countback, Macca's max. handicap carried him to a third on the podium. Match Play
The Carters zoomed over the 10th pocketing 3 points each. Dalbs was the only scorer on the 11th after all four tee shots went nursery or bush. From then on, he went strangely gangbusters settling for a par and 5 bogey's punctuated by a 4-putt 13th. His pitching and chipping was totally out of character but contributed to his first season win. Ronzo was engineering his own Resurrection Shuffle, managing 1 pt over the next 2 holes before some cracking shots over the next 5 holes earned three 3-pointers interspersed with some "shockers" and an AAAARRRRGGGHHH or two. But he'd played to handicap and the scheme hatched in the shared cart was realised – filling 1st and 2nd placings. Mrs Ronzo's after-round Hedgehogs went down a treat.
Tuesday, January 30, 2024 Walks reports . . . . 6 players only and the weather was perfect . . . again. Match Play: Pinky and Scobes
Stableford Comp
Pinky bounced back from a poor game last week to play a great round. Two pars on the 12th and 13th holes and a consistent game with no wipes made for a round of 22 points, and second place. Results:
Tuesday, January 23, 2024 Walks reports . . . . As always, It was a great experience to play Joondalup. Weather was also perfect. Only six Players were available on the day. Jacko, Pinky and Macca led off followed by Squancey, Dalbs and Walks. Pinky was NAGA on the day with a score of 22 points. He summed up his own round as ‘absolutely bloody awful’. He had no pars and 5 wipes.
Jacko’s game was not up to its usual standard. He only managed two pars on the day. He did however maintain his consistency and only had one wipe. Finished up with 27 points.
And on the podium:
And the winner on the day was Walks. His game was on-song from the start with 5 bogeys for the first 5 holes and then a 4 point birdie on the seventh hole. He had 24 points on the front nine. On the back nine his good form continued with 2 more 4 point birdies for 19 points and a grand total of 43 points.
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Second round of the Golden Putter and another stroke round on the GBWGC’s home turf, the back nine at Hamersley. It was a tough day for the PFL, embroiled in controversy at both ends of the game, but with the wisdom of Solomon and an iron fist in a velvet glove, he made his rulings on
The first group out was Ronzo, Dalbs and Jacko, obviously the popular group because first Squancey at sixteen and then Pinky at eighteen tried to break in. Ronzo’s putter was red hot from the outset sinking first a 1 metre and then a 5 metre putt over the first two holes. He finished with 14 putts but there was only 10 cms separating him from a final tally of 11 putts and a podium finish. Unfortunately the rest of his game was ice cold, preferring to spend most of it out of the limelight and in the shade of the trees for a 56/41, his one real highlight being a par at fourteen. Dalbs was on a mission to keep 5 putts off his card and he was the big improver, nailing seven 2s and two 1s for 16 putts. This together with a bunch of fairway finders was reflected in his stroke score, consistency through the nine giving him a 50/36. Jacko’s putting also improved over the previous week with six 2s and three 1s for 15. The rest of his game was up and down with a birdie at ten, 3 pars and 3 double bogies for a 43/35.
Next group out was Squancey, Pinky and Macca, all three with an outside chance of breaking into the GP podium but needing blinders to do it. Macca’s strategy was to sacrifice his stroke score for a shot at the GP but with a 3 putt at the tenth and two more before the end, that soon came unglued and he finished with 19 putts and 59 strokes for a nett 42. Squancey obviously thought Macca was the main threat since he was shadowing him from the outset posting the same number of strokes and putts at the tenth. To his credit, he soon recognised the folly of that approach and started posting a few better scores but another 3 putt at fourteen knocked him out of GP contention and a few more double bogies knocked him out of the running for stroke, although a birdie at the sixteenth made his final result of 49/38 look a little more respectable. Then there was Brian, the outlier in this little group, with no 3 putts and 1 no-putt for 15 putts and a nine hole total of 52/35. Then came the “real” GP contenders of Litts, Scobes and Walks, although with 17 putts after six holes, it was apparent that one of them was there under false pretences
Scobes romped home with the Golden Putter, taking just 28 putts over the two nines with next best being Litts on 32. There was some confusion over third place with Jacko on 33 first being given the nod over Pinky on countback, but this was later reversed after closer scrutiny (first reference to Point 2 above). A three-way countback was involved to determine podium positions and Jacko was initially give the chocolates, but this too was reversed after inspection.
Results:
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 Walks reports . . . It was Round 1 of the Golden Putter played on the Front 9 at Hamersley and the regular competition was a stroke event. The Golden Putter was of the greatest interest to all and sundry. Golden Putter – Number of Putts on the front nine The results showed a couple of surprises . . .
Scobes started with a 3 putt but then putted very consistently with a birdie from a non-counting putt from off the green, plus two 1 putts and four 2 putts. As it turned out the four leaders in the Golden Putter happened to be the first four placegetters in the Stroke event. Taking it from the top:
Squancey started cursing early in the round as his drives were erratic, but settled into a consistent game. He had pars on both par 3 holes as well as the ninth hole. He came second on the day.
Results:
Tuesday, January 2, 2024 Jacko reports . . . Brace yourself for THE SECRET … what do we SEEK people? A golf course with a round, a cart and lunch for 80
Squancey, Tom and Pinky led the way on the opening par five with impressive drives but that was apparently the end of “good golf” for the hole and they finished with two 1 pointers and a wipe. Squancey wiped two, four and five but still managed to finish best of the group with 13 aided by a 4 point par at eight. Brian was next best with just one wipe and 12 points while Tom struggled early with four wipes, but closed the nine with two 3 pointers for 9.
The final group of Dalbs, Macca and Walks may or may not have had good drives on the first hole (if they all had great drives and no-one was there to see them, did they really happen?) but they managed 4 points between them. Dalbs started well with 9 points through four holes, but three wipes brought him back to the field with 13 after nine. Macca also had three wipes and his 3 point start was as good it got, managing 12 for the nine. Walks wiped the first (a portent of things to come??), fourth and ninth to post 11 points through nine.
The back nine was apparently the easier nine or the friendlier nine for those with handicaps greater than 22 since Jacko and Litts were the only ones to post lower scores. The first group obviously hit their straps on this nine, with Squancey and Tom both posting 19 points, Squancey with a 4 point birdie at the par five sixteenth and Tom with an NTP at the par three seventeenth hole over/around the water. Brian added 16 points to his card to finish level with Tom on 28 points. Dalbs was best of the rest for the nine, obviously thinking less about his hat and more about his golf as he surged to 16 points, assisted by a 3 point par at the last, for a round of 29. Macca had another three wipes but a 4 point par at the tenth was the difference between the two nines and he closed out with 13 for a 25 point total (early ripe …). And then came … Walks. Another three wipes had him standing on the eighteenth tee looking at single figures, but a 3 point par boosted his tally to 11 for a grand total of 22.
Presentations were done over lunch, an eclectic assortment of tasty vittles (but where were the grits and black-eyed peas?). Podium places went to Jacko with 36, Scobes with 34 and Squancey with 32. After the presentations, Jacko was seen lobbying for an increased number of games in the SOTR round. Results:
Tuesday, December 27, 2023 Jacko reports . . . It was the first week of the SOTR round and despite the attempts by a cabal of Northerners to hijack the event, Southern horsesense and hospitality won out and we wound up at Whaleback. It was a first for one of our number and the first in a long time for others, but the man who knows every nook and cranny of the course bowed out citing a conflict of interest (wouldn’t happen in our parliaments) so we ended up with two foursomes. The presidential limousine led the way with Dalbs riding shotgun and Squancey and Jacko on the running boards, and Pinky, Scobes , Macca and the PIW brought up the rear. The first group covered all of the bases from 0 to 3 on the first hole, but Squancey drew back to square with a birdie at the second while the rest could manage only pars. From there it was a fluctuating front nine for Squancey who made up his own treesome (and some more trees) to get to 17, Dalbs who had the long shots covered in short but getting the short shots close was a long shot, Litts who generally played good shots let down a Little by the approach shots until a 4 point par at the ninth had him level with Dalbs on 19, and Jacko who recovered from his 3 putt at the first to post another 12 for the nine and turn with 21.
The second group was lapping up the course except for Pinky who could manage only 17 (or 15 if he’d scored to his handicap of 32, rather than 34 The back nine was more of a challenge for some, Litts and Dalbs in that number, trying to keep those fairways in mint condition by staying right away from them, ending up with 15 and 17 respectively for totals of 34 and 36. Squancey found his mojo although the putting gods were not smiling on him, but he still finished with two bogies for 5 points (or 6 points if he’d claimed his two strokes on the last - mea culpa, always check the numbers a financial consultant feeds you
Walks hung around for refreshments, after his other group disappeared, and did the honours with the presentations. Podium positions went to Jacko with 46 points, Scobes with 45 and Tom with 43.
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Litts reports . . .. Before the Round The Round The hat issue didn’t affect Tom however as he had the simplest of solutions. Ron had some thunderous drives and some equally thunderous Nooooooos. Macca played good steady golf particularly early on and always looked as though he would be in contention. Litts had a poor start but played fairly consistently after that.
Squancey hasn’t had a good run recently and today wasn’t any different. Pinky had his first outing after a recharge but it just wasn’t his day. Although there is no record for this, his score of seven must be a club record at least at Wembley. Dalbs had a pretty good round and managed to avoid any wipes along the way.
Jacko had a reasonable round but not up to his usual standard particularly at Wembley. A par on the 15th was the highlight. Walks was travelling pretty well but a wipe on the 17th hurt his chances. Scobes didn’t have a great day but considering where he has come from he wouldn’t have been too worried particularly as it was his birthday. After the Round
The hatbands and caps arrived and the President handed them out. The Captain then did his thing with the presentations and it became apparent that the scores were not what we were used to seeing at Wembley. There was also a common gripe about the design of the score cards. They were terrible. Our form design guys could fix them easily and quickly. The Christmas Cup wasn’t presented to the winner but in any case it’s looking a little sad (broken) and may need something done about it. We missed an opportunity to ask Josh if he had any more building blocks! The presentation maestro did it again by presenting a framed photo of the Joseph family as a way of thanking them for their hospitality. Thank you Joseph’s all.
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
The highlight of the day (apart from Macca's attempt to put the author off with his shorts ploy) was, after three very good shots down the 14th, the President was in the hole for an Eagle. His third shot from about 160 metres out never looked like missing. (Ron also eagled this hole, back when Adam played fullback for Jerusalem
Another highlight was Macca’s birdie on the 17th … on for one and in for two. Incidentally, another podium finish for Macca. The third highlight, according to the author, and winner for the day was his maiden win of the season. To round out this foursome, Walks took the long drive, which was his first of the season … FYI (or not), 12 long drives have been won for the year and two blokes share 10 of them. The “Other” Foursome … Obviously were there for the hunting! The toll from travelling from “North Bunbury” every week is telling on Squancey. After winning 50% of the first six games, he is off the boil.
CJ was obviously affected by his mate’s form and even wiped four holes. Dennis was asked, on a scale of 1-10, how did Chris play … about a “four” was his respected analytical answer. When Chris was asked the same question about Dennis’ game, “minus sixteen” was the quick response … little harsh when he was so close to making the podium. That leaves Sir Robin. Great start with a par, much better than last week and another par on the 16th, but with 50 off the stick that kept him with Scobes on plus two. His thoughts were obviously on coffee, finishing with two sevens.
Results:
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 Litts reports . . .
Intro:
Ron:
Walks:
Dalbs:
Macca
Squancey:
Jacko:
Litts:
Conclusion:
Results:
1st: Litts (19) . . . on countback from . . .
Tuesday, November 28, 2023 Walks reports . . . 7 players fronted up with
one Match Play on the day between Dalbs and Macca.
Dalbs was steady from the outset while Macca was rubbish early. After 6 holes Dalbs was +3 and Macca seemed to be gone for all money. But then Dalbs got a bit sloppy and could not stay on his own fairway and Macca found form with a 3 pointer on the 7th hole and then a 4 pointer par on the 8th hole. Going into the last hole Dalbs was up +1 but he had to give Macca a stroke. It was a very tight affair. Both got on the green with 5 strokes each. Both were 2-3 metres from the hole and Macca had to putt first. A good putt by Macca lipped the cup but did not fall. He then dropped it in. It was then up to Dalbs. If he could sink it, he would win. Otherwise a countback and a win to Macca was likely. But Cool Hand Dalbs played the shot of the day and sank his putt and won the match with a +1 scoreline. (Gotta admire Macca - has the stickability to fight back after frustrating starts as he recently showed at the Binningup Open. Ed.)
Macca was the lowest scorer and NAGA with 16 points. Wiped the first 2 holes but then played steady golf thereafter.
Tuesday, November 21, 2023 Jacko reports . . . Back to Hamersley after the Binningup Open, expecting 8 players with Litts having “other things to do” but a ninth suddenly materialised – Tom couldn’t sleep. It was that game that everybody loves to hate – Par – and there was some last minute coaching on the intricacies of scoring while all were gathered on the 10th tee. After a somewhat feeble attempt at a ball toss, the groups were seemingly arbitrarily assigned (but it was probably glaringly obvious in the dark recesses of Walks’ mind). With a gusting easterly threatening to relocate the new earthworks and pro-shop seatainers on the western side of Marmion Ave, the first group hit the tee. Scobes, Squancey and Jacko must have pulled the cone of silence down early because despite the numerous shots which “missed by THAT much” and the frequent and varied pleas for inter-course activity, the following groups remarked that they hadn’t heard Squancey. Suffice to say his minus 4 was not one of his finest rounds but even he was struck dumb on the fifteenth when, after putting a 30 metre pitch and run 20 metres over the back of the green, he knocked a 35 metre return chip into the hole for par J. Scobes started in usual style, playing himself in with 3 halves to open, but 2 wipes were a setback from which he never really recovered and he closed with minus 2. Jacko gave the rough a hammering through the first two holes, wiping both without a putt, but recovered to finish with plus 1, helped by a birdie at 16 and a controversial Long Drive.
The next group of Macca, Tom and Ronzo were mirroring the (mis)fortunes of the group in front. Tom had two pars in his first three holes and two in the last three, but three wipes kept him to plus 1. Ronzo started with two wipes, recovering to square after four, but oscillated between square and minus 1 to finish with just that. Macca spent most of his remaining good shots for 2023 at Bunbury, and after an opening teaser of a plus it was all downhill to minus 4. This group also provided a glaring example of the perils of having three groups of GBWGC players – the aforementioned controversial Long Drive. In a senior’s moment (or a brain fade?), one unnamed player drove his cart down to see who’s name was on the flag, then pulled the flag and took it to the 18th green - Jacko prefers to think he realised that nobody else could possibly best his mammoth drive. The final group of Pinky, Walks and Dalbs fared the best as a group but couldn’t break away from the pack. Brian hit two great drives and an NTP but apparently little else, posting just one plus on his way to minus 3. Dalbs and Walks were having a much closer tussle, both having three pluses and both returning plus 1, with a countback having to go back to the fourteenth to separate them. Walks could have been a contender for Long Drive which was settled using the tried and true fisherman’s method – mine was THAT long.
Coffee was a pleasant surprise at Café Seatainer – paying just $4.50 a “mug” and then getting an extra thrown in (going mad with money) – with Chocolate Royals imported from Binningup.
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 Walks reports . . . Eight players turned out to play for the Melbourne Cup trophy. Weather was perfect and the course was in good nick, although some greens were still slow paced because of recent coring and sanding. Jacko started the round with a par but his game then fell away. He wiped both par 5s and only managed two bogeys. Finished on 11 points and was NAGA.
Pinky scored points on every hole but unfortunately 5 of the holes were I pointers. Finished well with a 3 point bogey on the last hole. Scored 14 points.
Tuesday, October 31, 2023 Walks reports . . . It was our first look at the Hamersley redevelopment, the most noticeable change being a flat sandy plain where the clubhouse once stood. Practice facilities are now hidden behind copious lines of fencing and the transportables were proving a workable interim solution.
There were 9 starters on the day, the largest number of starters so far this season.
Great to see Scobes back on the course. Apart from a Stableford event, there was 4 Match Play contests to be played out.
Match Play results Macca v Walks Dalbs v Litts
Jacko v Ronzo Dennis v Squancey
Stableford Event The Stableford event was a sideshow to the Match Play contests. Scores ranged from 11 to 19 points.
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 Squancey reports . . . Dalbs had advised us that it was not possible to play this annual advent at Cottesloe so an alternative course was needed. We ended up at Maylands Peninsular. With a later than usual start time, 6 players – Macca, Jacko, Litts, Dalbs Ronzo and Squancey – were eager to hit the course.
The 1st group of Squancey, Jacko and Macca were invited to tee off, resulting in 3 great drives down the centre of the 10th fairway. Macca boasting that he out driven Squancey and Squancey having second thoughts about selling his driver to Macca. Squancey was sure that the money he got from Macca was just a deposit and Macca should cough up the rest! Second shots ended with Macca and Jacko just short of the green with Squancey short and right of the green. Squancey had a 7-iron punch shot rolling short of the green, 2 putted for a 5. Macca and Jacko were punished by the speed of the green, their 2nd shots rolling through the green with Jacko taking 3 putts to sink the ball and Macca with 4 putts. The 11th was a similar story. Macca and Jacko hit good drives down the centre, with Squancey’s drive drifting right off the fairway. Macca’s second shot went through the green again and he 3 putted for a 3 pointer. Jacko’s second shot fell short of the green, his 3rd shot rolled almost to the other side of the green and he took 3 putts to sink it. Squancey hit a perfect 5-iron punch shot from under the trees, landing short of the green and rolling through the green. He missed a one-foot putt for par ending with 5 shots to sink the ball. Was there a pattern forming here? Yes, there was. Jacko hooked his ball into the lake, Squancey and Macca drove their ball down the centre. Jacko had a good recovery 3rd shot while the wheels started to fall off for Macca. Macca wiped the hole and Jacko took another 3 shots to sink the ball. Squancey's 2nd shot landed under some tree, right and short of the green. He punched a 5-iron out, chipped on the green with a 7-iron and sank a long putt for 5 again. For Chris the damage was done in the first 3 holes, only picking up 3 points. He recovered by scoring pars on both par threes, had another 1 pointer and played to his handicap for the remainder. Squancey had one of those days. Drove brilliantly, some drifting to the right; hitting great recovery shots. Putted to perfection, sinking long putts. Tore the course apart with a stunning performance, striking each ball with exquisite technique. He played to his handicap or better with 2 pars and a birdie on the 17th. The drive on the 17th was just off the fairway about 150 meters out. A 4- iron recovery club punched the ball, landing short of the green and then rolling about 15 feet past the pin. Another long putt found its way into the hole.
The second group looked like they were having issues. Looking back on them, they were scrub bashing on a number of holes. Ronzo looked like he picked up from last week, only scoring 6 points on the 1st 6 holes. He came home strongly with 9 points on the last 3 holes. An impressive par on the 17th picking up 4 points put some respectability into his score.Dalbs was consistent with his last week’s score. Up and down round. Three wipes do not help. Scoring a par on the par 5, 14th, picking 4 points kept him from competing for NAGA. Litts started off well, playing to handicap for the 1st 4 holes. Three one pointers and a wipe did not help his cause. We think that throwing out the anchor is manipulating his handicap in preparation for the Binningup Open.
Results:
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 Jacko reports . . . It was the first major for the season, the Spring Classic at Wembley, on a course which traditionally yields high scores and everyone was pumped. The ball toss is usually a mysterious and hotly contested process and this one didn’t disappoint. Between Jacko racing off to change into a pair of shoes he hadn’t brought, and Walks trying to make up a 3 and a 4 out of six players, it’s a wonder we ever made it off the tenth tee of the Old Course. However, on one of those perfect spring mornings that scream “get out on the golf course”, the group of Walks, Dalbs and Litts finally did, followed by Ronzo, Squancey and Jacko.
It didn’t take long to dash any hopes that Walks might have harboured, opening with two 1 pointers. His pre-game prayers for a bunch of “threes” apparently fell on (slightly) deaf ears, instead collecting a large number of “trees” in his total of 10 points. Litts didn’t fare much better, with just 1 point after 2 holes, also failing to card a 3 pointer on his way to 12 points. Dalbs was the lone shining beacon in the group, starting with a 3 point bogey but wipes at eleven and fourteen took a little of the sheen off his score of 17. Ronzo was out of the blocks early, turning a scuffed drive off the first tee into a 3 point bogey, and with 11 points after 5 holes was finally heading towards a winning score. Or so he thought … until three wipes had him re-thinking his short term goals, finishing with 13 points. Squancey was looking like slugging it out with Walks and Litts with just 1 point after 2 holes, but his usual game clicked in and three pars plus a Long Drive on seventeen helped him to 16 points.
Jacko had four “1 putt greens” in his round but it was the three “3 putt greens” which were threatening to deny him his second podium finish. The rest of his game was keeping him in it though, and despite a wipe on fifteen, he walked off eighteen with 19 points.  Macca joined us for coffee, Ronzo’s biscuits and presentations at the golf course – a first for this season.
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Tuesday, October 10, 2023 Squancey reports . . .Another fine day for golf with 7 turning up and eager to hit the course. This was to be the first week that the Pro Shop was to move into the temporary accommodation while the upgrades commence. Yes, they had moved but they were not organised. The gates were to be opened at 5.30am and we should have been teeing off at 5.45am. The first group, Walks, Pinky and Squancey teed off around 5.50am, all with great drives, landing about 80 meters short of the green. On their second shot, Pinky was the only one who managed to put the ball on the green. Walks got caught up in the trees on the left hand side, sinking the ball for a score of 6. Pinky missed his 5 foot birdie chance, but still managed to pick up 4 stableford points. Squancey chipped on and 2 putted for 2 stableford points. Squancey continued where he left off from last week playing consistent golf. Missed a 6-foot putt on the 11th for a birdie, ending up with par. Parred the 12th where he won the nearest to the pin. Parred the 15th and the 17th and played to his handicap on the remainder of the hole. No wipe and no 1 pointers, ending up with 23 stableford points.
There must have been something in the air as the boys from the south took all spots on the podium. There was a large explosion at a chemical factory at Bibra Lake. What had they inhaled? Jacko, on the same handicap as Squancey, played a similar round of golf. He made par on the 10th and 11th and the 17th. Played to his handicap on the 13th through to 16th with his only blemish being 5 strokes on the par 3 12th. Jacko ended up with 21 points and also picked up the longest drive on the 18th hole. Pinky started off on fire, hitting long drives down the middle of the fairways and scoring 11 points on the 1st 4 holes. A couple of wayward shots on the next 2 holes was his undoing, only picking up 1 point on each of them. The next 2 holes he played to his handicap and on the final hole he picked up a 3 pointer, ending up with a total of 20 stableford points. Walks was all over the shop, hitting long drives down the fairway and spraying other shots. His 1 wipe and 3 one pointers made it difficult to accumulate a good score. It was not a complete disaster as Walks managed to pick up 2 three pointers ending up with a total of 15 stableford points. The final Group made up of Dalbs, Chris, Litts and Ronzo must have thought after the first hole that this game of golf is easy as 3 of them parred the 10th hole. Apparently, Ronzo's 7 strokes on the 10th was to be the norm for the rest of his round of golf. The first group thought that there must have been an issue as we never saw the second group again until we were on the 18th along side of the 16th where they were putting on the green. Dalbs started off and finished off well, picking up 7 points on the 1st 3 holes and 9 points on the last 3 holes. It was the 13th to the 15th that was his downfall where he managed only 2 points. Dalbs still managed to play to his handicap and, with a total of 18 stableford points, came 4th on a count back with Litts.
Litts started off well scoring 8 points on the 1st 3 holes. A wipe on the 15th and 1 pointers on the 13th and 17th put a dent in his score. He was pretty consistent off the tee and his short game was on fire with pars on the both par 3’s and ending up with 3 pars off the stick. He would have to be happy with that. Ronzo, what can one say. It can only get better unless you are throwing out the anchor to increase your handicap for Binningup. I can teach you some phrases to vent your frustration!
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Tuesday, October 3, 2023 Squancey reports . . . Everyone was early with the starting time being the topic of conversations for the prior 5 days. Initial starting time was after 6.00am with the revised time starting at first 5.30am and revised to 5.45am. The only issue was that Hamersley management did not fulfill their obligation so we teed off at a time closer to 6.00am. Squancey, Walks, Brian and Litts teed off first as Ronzo and Dalbs were still sorting out the golf cart. It looked like it could be a good day for golf as Brian and Walks parred the hole scoring a “+” score; Squancey had a birdie after sinking a 20 foot putt; Litts was the only failure but not before he gave all a quick class on how to score PAR golf (which Ronzo closely noted!).
Squancey played some up and down golf picking up 4 “+”, 3 squares and 2 “-“. He managed to be on or just off the fairway on all drives and picked up the long drive on the final hole. The shot that caused him the most problem was 40 to 50 foot chip shots which he hit skinny knocking over the back of the greens on a number of occasions. Net score of plus 2.
The remainder were struggling. Litts, Brian, Jacko and Walks all ending up with a negative 2 score, while Dalbs had a dismal negative 4. On count back, Litts came in 4th followed by Brian, Jacko and Walks. Litts’s highlight was a par off the stick on the par 5 11th hole on which Jacko went one better with a birdie on the same whole after sinking a looonngg putt from off the green. Walks started off strongly with a par off the stick on the 10th. Finished strongly with 5 strokes on the hardest hole, the 18th, but there was not much in between. Jacko had a good start with squaring the 10th, picking up a plus for the 11th and 12th, then he fell into a hole, picking up 4 “-“, and squaring 2 holes. Dalbs would like to remove this game from his memory so I will not give you a blow by blow description of it, but to say, hang in there Dalbs.
Breakfast at Spinifex was highlighted by the presentation to Squancey of his 300-game Certificate and his club Heritage Medal. His Heritage number 13 has much going for it despite the generally accepted view of this number . . . He had quite a morning, including a birdie and the Long Drive!
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Tuesday, September 26, 2023 The Little One reports . . .
We had eight players this morning and the carting duo of Ronzo and Dalbs were joined by Macca and Squancey to lead off in the first group. Messrs Walker, Pink, Jackson and Little followed up. The rounds were relatively uneventful except for the usual problems on the 11th hole trying to see where shots ended up.
Ronzo finished off last season in sizzling form getting his handicap down to 10 at one stage and settling on 11 by season end. Unfortunately, he hasn’t been able to reproduce that form this year and has found himself at or near the rear end of the pack in the first two rounds of the year. He’s looking forward to next week’s par event!
Dalbs had a decent round that was let down by a couple of triple bogies on the 12th and 13th holes. On the brighter side the rest of the round was very competitive and he finished it off with a par on the difficult 18th. Macca, Pinky and Litts filled out the podium. Macca had a very consistent round and finished in third place due only to countback. His good form from last week continued into this week. Pinky also continued his good form from last week. There were no pars but he was always around the mark. We get the impression his handicap will continue to come down over the coming season. The new set of clubs seem to be working for him. Litts had his best round for the season including sinking a couple of putts that put him in the running.
The NTP (referred to above) was a very tight affair this week. As reported Squancey had a very nice approach to the 12th. Jacko also hit a very nice approach off the tee and at first glance the ball and the existing maker were equidistant from the hole. Visually no one was prepared to make the call so the flag stick we used to measure the distance. There were three referees watching closely and they ordered a remeasure after the first attempt was inconclusive. The result was finally declared and Jacko won the day.
All members now have new bag tags so we are expecting them to be on show, on the bags, as from next week’s game.
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
The Mandurah Monster reports . . . Seven starters for the opening round of the Summer season. Weather was pleasant and course was in great shape. Jacko, Squancey and Walks led the way, followed by Pinky and Macca chasing Ron and Dalbs in a motorised cart. Low handicapper, Jacko, was (very) slow out of the blocks, and only managed one par and 4 bogeys. Finished with 13 points and was the NAGA. Expect much better next week.
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Squancey couldn’t stay for lunch, but discussion between the rest of the “elite group” indicated that Araluen is a worthy fixture in our golfing calendar. 
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
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The morning finished with the presentations and the usual vittles supplied by the Allardices. 
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pointers are as rare as hens’ teeth but Walks pulled one off with a putt of 5 metres from off the green. Finished with 23 points. 
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. Walks was not having one of his better days and even two 1 putts to finish still left him with 21 putts and 54/41. The smart money before day 1 was on Litts and Scobes to battle it out for the GP, the only unknown factor being who’s wife would allow that trophy in the house? Litts was cruising and with a no-putt at thirteen he had narrowed the gap from week 1 to just 1 putt but he followed it with a 3 putt 11 at fourteen and two more 3 putts, so even two more 1 putts couldn’t help and he finished with 16 putts and 53/42. Scobes lived up to his reputation as The Silent Assassin, quietly dropping putts all over the course with four 1 putts in a tally of 14 and a round score of 51/35.
Ronzo won the countback to finish fifth. It was probably his putting (21 putts) that took the shine off a good round.
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Ronzo reports . . . Another glorious morning weatherwise … no Tom, no Pinky and no Steve, otherwise a full house. Last week someone predicted a Presidential win … this week someone predicted Ron to win his favourite competition, Par Bisque … next week, Tom to win the Christmas Cup!
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As mentioned earlier, next week is the Christmas Cup and ALL are advised it is the away shirt AND head gear will be provided … and then on to Tom and Reggie’s for Christmas dinner. 
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Al fresco coffee and Allardice cookies
Captain for a day
It was a beautiful morning with near perfect conditions for golf. It was the author’s first game for the season and he was impressed by the condition of the fairways and greens plus the new hole markers. The tees weren’t up to scratch but something was going on there as they were set back as far as possible and there were workers lurking. It wasn’t ideal for the short hitters but that’s another story.
The start was delayed a little for a very important presentation to Squancey who achieved the 300-game milestone. Congrats Squancey (
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