NOTICE BOARD

A scorching day at Austin Lodge was testing for the players involved at the PIGS Open event on Friday 9th July.

A team stableford competition in the morning was played over 9 holes. A yellow ball scored double (unless it was lost) The winning team of Nick Stell, Gary Honeysett, Graham Mattocks and Richard Bye amassed 53 points.

In the afternoon the main event was played over 18 holes. If anything it was hotter than the morning and only 1 player seemed to be unaffected by the conditions. It may be that all of the acclimatisation in Thailand had reaped rewards for Nick Stell!!

Nearest the pin prize was won by Nick Stell. No one managed to stay on the green and the award was judged on the number of eagles, birdies or pars, with Nick the clear leader.

Longest drive was won by Dennis Miller.

Runner up for the PIGS Open was Gary Honeysett with 28 points playing off a handicap of 24. Gary also won the Cecil Cup for the best 24 or above handicap player on the day.

The clear winner of the PIGS Open trophy was Nick Stell with a score of 35 points playing off a handicap of 8. Well done Nick. Maybe "Ice Man" will be his new nick name!!

Austin Lodge

Nick Stell receiving the PIGS Open trophy from Mark Ryder

Maybe Nick needs to bring a larger bag to future events to carry off all of his prizes!

Many thanks to Mark Ryder for organising the days event.

Our next event is the PIGS SHIELD at Willingdon on September16th, organised by Brian Hope. This is the subsidised event for paid up members at 1st March. A reminder that our final event is on October 13th, for the GOLFERS TROPHY at Sweetwoods. Neil Thorn and Len Horwood will be in charge.

Find out about the history and details of the Stableford competition.

 

A foursome of hackers teed off at 10 am every Saturday and all were usually there well before tee time. This Saturday Dave rushed to the tee just in time, as the other three had already teed off.
Dave apologized and explained that he had stopped at the Optometrist office on the way to the course to pick up his new bifocals.
Dave put on his new glasses, teed up his ball and after turning his head this way and that proceeded to hit the best drive of his life. Dave's approach shot to the green was even better than his drive - leaving him a birdie putt which he drilled into the middle of the cup.
Dave continued to play the best golf of his life, he broke 80 for the first time and won every bet.
Of course the foursome retired to the clubhouse after the round to celebrate and allow Dave to buy drinks. After the first round his buddies began to press him to explain his new golf skills.
Dave said "Guys its these new bifocals - when I put them on and looked over the top I saw a little ball and a little club - when I looked through the bottom I saw a big ball and a big club - but if I looked just right I could see a little ball and a big club. So I hit the little ball with the big club all day.
When I putted it was even better, I hit the little ball into the big hole with the big putter." Well, everyone thought this was exceptional and required several more drinks.
After a while Dave excused himself to visit the Men's room. However, when he failed to return after a considerable absence one friend went to check on him.
He found Dave at the urinal with the front of his trousers soaking wet. "What happened?" His friend inquired.
An obviously tipsy Dave replayed "I don't know. I was standing here taking a leak and I looked down and saw two - one big one and one little one. Well, I didn't recognize the big one so I put it back in my pants!"

 

 

 

 

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