April 24 Two Low Net Results.

Great crowd out today! 

Please do try to be registered by 8:45 AM 

so the organizers can gather their breath 

and get the teams out to the links!

We played 2 Low Net Scores today 

and due to the volume of winners 

and ineptness of this reporter not all results are guaranteed to be accurate!

A major attempt was made to remind and encourage us to "speed up play"!

A video was shown and comments were made to the effect that being ready to play and encouraging your group to keep pace with the group in front is important!

Ready golf is simple. 

Be thinking about what club you are likely going to hit before you actually stand over your ball. As you are walking or driving towards your ball guess at the distance to the pin and evaluate the lie so that when you arrive at the ball you have at least narrowed down the club you are going to hit to one or two at the most. 

Watch other golfers in your foursome from where your going to hit your next shot rather than standing next to them for every shot and then proceeding to your ball.

 When on the green look at your putt while others are making theirs. The first person to finish reading their putt should go ahead while the others in the group evaluate their putts - regardless of who's farthest away.

 If you putt and miss your first putt by a couple of feet don't mark your ball, pick it up, clean the ball and then wait for someone else to putt. The proper etiquette to follow when playing ready golf is to politely tell the balance of the group that you are going to hole out and then proceed to do so. Likely you already know the line as a result of your first putt.Your group will always finish the hole faster using this strategy rather than waiting for your turn using the 'farthest from the hole' rule.

 Most golfers' number one complaint is people who stand around on or around the green after they hole out making them wait to hit their shots. Mark your score on the next tee! Once your group has finished, quickly put the pin back in the hole and make your way to the next tee- preferably off the back of the green. Don't mark the scorecard and certainly don't 'try that putt one more time' or you might end up with an approach shot in your ear.

Encourage everyone to  move it!

First Place this week went to the fine? group of Dave Hay,Dwight Oatway, Frank Bava and Don  Puhach. Dave isn't in the picture cause he was too busy organizing for us! Thanks Dave, Ley and Larry!

Is it true that an organizer wins every week?

Second place was hung on to by Marc Guertin, Eugene Mehr, Paul Hindle and Peter Frew.

They were tied by Jorgen Sveistrup, Mark Nadler, Shirley Wiklund and Steve Walton.

Amazing what a little bit of luck does for people!

In Fourth place was the group of Dave Assmus, Sylvia Gobbi, Ken Robertson and John Dumont.

Dumont of course proved he could hit the big ones and putt like a demon but could he chip? Humm!

In Fifth spot was Charles Molloy and his gang 

As you can see Norm had to lean heavily on Pat and I am sorry I didn't get the other ladies name who managed to steer these two inept gentleman into some winning money!

These two groups tied for 7th spot.

Tave Dandy, Ken Rollier, Ed Blundell and Myrtle Cadogan.

Vic, Fred and Jim McCormack. Their partner in crime took the fifth!

Weldon Steele Results from play against Spallumacheen - Away we got a 1/2 point - hey we got something - what's that you say they got 5 and 1/2 points! We played the home game against them last Thursday so we'll find out on May 1st the outcome of that play!

Remember you don't need a low handicap to play - it's a match play situation and a lot of fun - see Ley McMillan to throw your hat in the ring!

Deuces this week were numerous - the lucky ducks were Jim McCormack, Ken N, Dwight Oatway, Linc Cadogan, Tave Dandy and Dave Assmus.

Door Prize Draws were:

Chinook Cove Pass - Audrey Faulkner

Eaglepoint Entree - Myrtle Cadogan

Chinook Cove - Audrey Nielsen

$15 Eaglepoint Gift Certificate - Mark Nadler

Senior Token of the week went to he who can hit long and putt well but needs to learn to chip - John Dumont!

Other Groups on the course were:

Les Ekstrom being held up by the stern arm of the law Myles Hanke and Marsha Blundell along with Del Macready and the ladies naturally lead the men around the course!

Paul Sharp, Wayne Ferguson and Don Ingram at least had the courage to show up in the clubhouse - their fourth was off driving bus apparently or too embarassed to show his face - Larry Sill.

Flavio Facchin, Arlene Sahlstrom, Bev McIntosh and ? sorry I didn't get this ladies name - also perambulated around the course today.

You sure can tell a Dane (you just can't bloody tell him much!) Nielsen along with Jack Angstad again - where is the Vermin Control Officer when you need them? and Audrey Nielsen managed to put up with this group today!

As you can see if some guys could keep their eyes open they might have golfed better - Routledge! and Smiling Jack Mathews along with Phil Walls and Gerry Campbell made up this sort of aimless group this week!

See you all on Wednesday by 8:45 AM - sorry I missed getting some of the group's pictures this week - it was busy and I was slow!