Round 2: Devilbend: Pairs: Sunday 31st October
Round 2 saw the troops head to Devilbend for the first team event of the season, with pairs the format for the day. After horrific weather conditions leading up to the day we were greeted with a fine day for golf, although strong winds and heavy rain fall had left parts of the course a lot worse for wear with trees uprooted and broken branches adding to the many hazards usually found at The Bend. In the washup it was clear that several players were lucky to be playing with a partner or some of the highest scored on record could’ve been carded. If you didn’t hear the chatter it was probably you!
Seen by most as early favourites, it was the team of Girdy and Koala that finished the day at the top of the pile. Carding a gross score of 75, only 4 over the card and finishing with a final score of 65.5 they were clear winners from the runners up of Joe and Mitch finishing with 66.75, with Red and Billy Mac coming in third with 67.5. When asked for comment team captain Girdy was quoted as saying “it was a joy to watch Koala play.” The Ranfurlie membership must be paying off and you’ve finally got that swing figured out Koala.
The race for NAGA took on a decidedly family feel, with all members of the Lee family in the mix. Coming off the course first it was a long nervous wait for Clayton, who along with his Captain Sammy carded a very respectable score of 76 having to wait until the last group came in to see if the twirlies and Mr Numpty’s company was theirs. And boy did they not disappoint! The team of Ryan and Taffy had them covered with a score of 73.75, with Ryan saying “we were minging, but knew they had Barra and Winker covered so they were safe from the NAGA”, who it must be said were by far the worse team on the day. Carding a nett score of 79.25, (with was 4.25 points above the winners gross score), and beating out second last by 3.25, it was the team of Barra and Winker taking out the twirlies and having Mr Numpty for company for the next 5 weeks.
NTP prizes of McClelland Pro V1s went to:
3rd: Red. 8th: Joe. 11th Bob. 13th: Billy A
Cuts: Girdy 8 → 7 , Koala 30 → 29
Slides: Barra 17 → 18, Winker 26 → 27, Sammy 21 → 22, Clayton 39 → 40
Still with no access to the club drinks and presentations were done in the Devilbend carpark, but hopefully we will be back in the club and be able to celebrate the new season together properly after the next round at Lang Lang.
Team 1: Joe (14), Mitch (23) Handicap 9.25
Team 2: Billy A (15), Sutho (28) Handicap 10.75
Team 3: Sammy (21), Clayton (39) Handicap 15
Team 4: Girdy (8), Koala (30) Handicap 9.5
Team 5: Red (14), Billy Mac (44) Handicap 14.5
Team 6: Bob (16), Baby Koala (26) Handicap 10.5
Team 7: Ryan (20), Taffy (25) Handicap 11.25
Team 8: Barra (17), Winker (26) Handicap 10.75