Sunday, 24th January, 2010
A big day this month had the lads at Amstel for the annual Garry Buick Memorial day.
As usual the day was peppered with controversy. As usual some of the lads’ preparation was just not up to the required standard and this was to have an early bearing on the day’s proceedings.
Prior to the first ball being duffed off the first, glasses were charged and with a few words from Koala it was a bottoms up and a toast to Garry.
Stroke was the format of the day with a maximum of 10 allowed per hole, a special presentation was made to the Macster prior to set off, in the shape a score counter which also had the putt counter facility, this part of the gadget would prove to be a fruitless accessory as the day unfolded.
After 4 holes the Macster’s score card was reading 40 strokes with 0 putts. This proved to be too much for the Macster to handle and duly exited the course stage left. Reports of RSI of the right thumb with too much clicking on the new apparatus, or that his Saturday night/Sunday morning preparation just wasn’t conducive to good golf or possibly it was the fact that the Macster is just minging at golf, only the Macster will really know.
As word spread through the field that the Macster had pulled the pin this seemed to have a relaxing affect on some of our members, safe in the knowledge that the Macster had made the NAGA his. This affected none more than Bob who managed to relax to the tune of 134 minus his 27 handicap = net 107.
The irony of this was that only 24 hours earlier Bob had donated a calculator as a booby prize for the diddy who shot the highest score on the day, karma.
The day’s drama was to take another turn as the chef for the day, Joe, who, the day before had slaved over the hot stove only to find the chicken curry had gone pear shaped and was no longer fit for human consumption. But Wendy was on hand to whip up a new batch and saved the day, a fantastic effort and very much appreciated. The club have since agreed to let Joe have another go in a bid to redeem himself.
Next in the drama stakes was when Dave took aim at Hughesy for some unexplained reason and managed to fell the player with a golf ball straight to the side of the knee, Dave really wanted that trophy and was willing to go to any lengths to get it.
But it had to be the Macster who would be taking home the NAGA for the month, as a quitter he may had possibly deprived the golfing fraternity of a first ever 18 x 10, 180 scorecard, guess we’ll never know.
But the chocolates for the day went to Baby Koala who shot a 96, net 69. Who was to take out a plethora of goodies from the MGC locker, including fishing rods, t-shirts, hats for all occasions, gift vouchers, diamond encrusted key rings, stubby holders, pens, golf lessons and pro v1 golf balls to name just a few.
As has been the case each year, we had the good fortune to have Aileen come and join us for dinner and to present Garry’s trophy to the winner.
With Baby Koala comfortably taking care of the field with no-one within 6 shots saw the handicapping duo re-united to administer a 4 shot cut, bringing yer man down to 23. lol
Nearest the pins for the day Mitch, Deeks, Stevie and Ryan, all picking up the latest NASA self chilling stubby holders and a sleeve of pro v1 balls along with the latest in golf headwear.
Big thanks to all those who donated their time and prizes to the clubs bounty, it really helps us to make a big deal of these special occasions.
Next month we are at Cape Schank and we have motorised carts booked for everyone.