Peak Performance for Gilby and Porter

After a four-week gap, players were keen to get out there, and a glorious winter morning plus course in good condition awaited them. Twelve folks arrived at Mount Warren Park for this game, with visitor Dave Carr again bolstering the numbers. The later than usual start seemed to be caused by a large group of Kiwis on the course ahead of us, but they ultimately didn’t cause us too many delays. The sponsor chose a basic stableford game and we placed the longest drive on the usual 14th hole.

The relaxed pace and later start must have helped people out, as there were some really good scores returned. None better than the 45 points for Scott Porter on this, his home deck, yet that was only good enough for the runner up. Former captain Noel Gilby also returned 45 but nosed ahead on the countback. That’s one place better than he got last game, so perhaps the forced change of cart-buddy has been good for him.

There are five pin shots on this layout, but only two were got on today, with the other three missing out. Successful, was the third hole by treasurer Steve Friedrichs, and the 9th by Eric Brunovs. The Longest drive features a narrow, sloping landing area, so accuracy is needed to keep it on the fairway. The best of those was visitor Dave Carr.

Next cheduled game is in two weeks at Oxley. This 7pm tee-off on 29 August is the last game of the winter. It is the treasurer’s trophy so also includes the second-last putting round of the year.

George Finds his Way around Nudgee

A chill winter morning dawned on eleven players including visitor Dave Carr, as we assembled at Nudgee. Found out we would be playing the 1-9 holes, then the 19-27, so we nominated the only par 5 22nd hole for the longest drive. The layout was as confusing as last time, with the GPS databases unable to discern where we were supposed to be going. The walkers in the group found the layout of the course unfriendly with a huge distance between the fourth green and the fifth tee. The holes and greens were in good condition, and once the work is complete it should be quite a good experience.

Our captain George Young wasn’t phased by the layout, carding a 60 net for the win. Recently retired from the captaincy to focus on his golf, Noel Gilby finally gained the benefits with a 65 for the runner up.

There were seven par threes. Those we got on were Tony Armbruster on 3 & 6, treasurer Steve Friedrichs on 23, Allan Gillam on 25 and our winner on 7. Our winner also picked up the longest drive on 22.

The next game was supposed to be in two weeks at Redland Bay, but that was cancelled due to a COVID-19 lockdown. Perhaps some members who lived within ten kms of that golf course wandered over to see if they were open?

The next game after that is on August 15 at Mt. Warren Park. That’s an 8am tee-off so hopefully we’ll be allowed to play that one.