Determined to identify the lost ball. Jodi Lehmann somehow got it out! (Bridge Hole 5)
With many players away for Christmas, only 3 ladies played on Tuesday. Winner of the day was Di Day with 32 points, followed by Jodi Lehmann & Sharyn Roberts on 26 points. Jodi was runner-up on countback.
Shot of the Day! – Di Day’s second shot on Number 5, thudded into the creek. None of the 3 saw it come out. After some investigation they worked out it had actually gone into the pipe that goes under the bridge. Determined to identify the ball Jodi Lehmann got a long stick and on hands and knees managed to retrieve the ball + 2 others.
Only four ladies braved the wild windy weather with the scores reflecting the conditions. Andrea won the day with 30 points followed by Peg Gebhardt with 29 pts. Sonya Irwin 26 pts and Jodi Lehmann 21 pts. Longest putt on hole 18 winner was Sonya Irwin.
Tuesday, December 8th
Nine ladies teed off on Tuesday, welcome back Sharyn Roberts after her knee operation, and it was great to have Marj Wride coming out for a hit.
There were a couple of fantastic scores , Di Day winning with 37 points, runner up Margie Stockman 34 pts.
Nearest the pin on hole 8 was Marj Wride. Extra comp Di Day N.T.P hole 15 second shot.
Margie Stockman had chip outs hole 16 and 18
Other scores for the day were Sonya Irwin and Andrea Rowe 33 pts, Rose Duncan 32 pts, Sharyn Roberts 27 pts, Peg Gebhardt 26 pts, Jodie Lehmann 25 pts, Marj Wride 21 pts.
Barossa Valley golf – Tuesday December 15th
5 Burra girls played at the Barossa Valley golf club on Tuesday. All had a fun day, however the heat & humidity puffed them out & the scores were not good enough to make it in prize winners in the field of 46 players.
Peggy Gebhardt was the best of the bunch with 32 pts & had a ‘straight’ hitting day, coming home with 2 prizes for the Nearest to the Pins on holes 6 & 15.
Next week is the final round this year & there will be a special competition before we head out for Christmas lunch.
Five players took part in today’s 9 hole mulligan event and only 2 points separated first & last. Russell “Gus The Good GuY” Wenzel won with 18 points while Dick Secomb collected the Mars Bar with 16.
Players took advantage of near perfect conditions on Tuesday to post some good scores. Dick Cleland ran out winner with 38 points, just ahead of Pat Hallion & Neil Webster on 37, with the count back favouring Pat as runner up. Klaus Heymann took the Mars Bar with 27.
Warnings of damaging winds could not stop six intrepid golfers from returning to competition on Saturday after a suspension due to covid-19.
Andy Phillips was the only player that could cope with the wild conditions returning a handicap equalling score of square in a par round. I will not waste space mentioning the other scores here. Fans will be pleased, however, to note that colourful local identity Philip “Tommo” Thomson has returned to competition. Tommo collected the Mars Bar.
In a dramatic change of form Richard “Pickles” Matz scored a miserable 16 points in today’s stableford. Pickles has been the most successful player in the club in recent months and was unable to explain this dramatic change of fortune. His fans will be hoping that this is just a one off and that Pickles bounces back on Saturday. Today’s winner was Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel with 39 points, a fine effort in extremely windy conditions. Runner up was Pat “The Rat” Hallion who beat Dick Cleland on a count back, both scoring 35. Both were effected by the unfairness of trees as a hazard in golf although Dick was affected more than Pat.
Chris “Critta” Waters blew the field away scoring 39 stableford points. Peter Weiss was an embarrassing 6 points behind on 33. What made Critta’s performance all the more impressive was that that the strength of his gave, driving from the tee was well below his best demonstrating the improvement of his game overall. The handicapper was so impressed that he reduced Critta’s handicap by one stroke.
There was a dead heat for the Mars Bar between Bop Perry & Mark “Mouldy” Millward with Mouldy picking it up. The may explain Bob Perry’s rush to get away before the presentations.
Andy Phillips won the mid week stableford with a score of 36 points comfortably beating Pat Hallion and Richard “Pickles” Matz who tied for 2nd with 34. Neil Webster took the Mars Bar.
Today we welcomed 4 ladies from the Barossa Valley golf club to play in the Stableford competition, and they took home the prizes. Several local gals were missing today due to Melbourne Cup functions. The winner with an impressive 35 points was Gloria Potter (BV). Runner up on 34 points was Sandy Schultz (BV). Sandy also won the extra comp of Drives on Fairway with an outstanding 16 drives on fairway! Other scores were: Fiona Hockings (BV) 33 pts, Sonya Irwin (Burra) 32 pts, Glenys Pierce (Burra) 31 pts, Leanne Roberts (BV) 29 pts, Jo Gebhardt (Burra) 24 pts. Jodi Lehmann played 9 holes before ducking off to a Melb Cup luncheon. The nearest to the pin ball stayed in the trophy box, with no one hitting the green!
Despite his recent elevation to the committee, Richard “Pickles” Matz has not let the added responsibility weigh too heavily upon his shoulders. Pickles won Saturday’s stableford on a countback after a 3 way tie. Pickles, Peter Weiss & Mark “Mouldy” Millward all finished with 36 points with Pickles finishing the strongest of the 3. Peter Weiss was runner up while poor old Mouldy was left to contemplate the nemesis that the 16th hole has become for him. Dick Cleland collected the Mars Bar.
