La Trobe University annual golf day was held on the 20th of November out at Growling Frog Golf Course. The format for the day is Ambrose. We put a time together of Neil, Stuart, Ian & myself. It was a stinking hot day, 38 degress & muggy as hell. Thankfully we had carts because I don’t think would have been able to walk the 18 holes We made a pretty good team, Ian & Stuart did the majoirty of the driving (we all had to use at least 3 drives each) but Neil & I pulled our weight from the fariways & on & around the greens. Neil sunk a clutch putt on our 18th hole It turns out that it was the winning putt, we won the day on a count back

Here is a photo of us with the Shield

First round of the Epping RSL Championships & the conditions couldn’t have been any worse. For anyone living in Melbourne you would be well aware of the crappy day that we had. There was a gale blowing all day & the rain only let up for a couple of holes. They were the worse conditions that I have every played in

Having said all of that there was a 8 groups teeing it up. Neil was on fire shooting a net 68 to take a 6 shot lead into the second round in Whittlesea in a couple of weeks. For the record I shot a net 77 which I was quite happy with The lessons seem to be paying off for Neil & to a lesser extent myself.

I got an email from Michael over at Aussie Golfer asking if we could swap blogroll links. After looking at his site I was more than happy to. He has some great info over there & I would suggest that you pop over & have a look.

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All of us here at GolfinMelbourne.com would like to wish all of you a Merry Christmas & a happy & safe New Year. Please take it easy on the roads. We look forward to catching up with all of you in the near future & for all of you who get golf equipment for Christmas, come try it out with us on our next outing.

Thank you all for a great year & let’s hope that next year is even better.

Cheers

Cary

I have booked us in for Saturday the 25th at 10:30 a.m. We have to pay before we play so I have to know numbers by Wednesday the 22nd at the latest. I have booked in for two groups & at this stage I’ve got 5 people saying they are coming so get in quick. You can have a look at Tirhatuan Lakes Golf Course website here.

Drop me an email or leave a comment if you want to come.

Cary

How does Bundoora next Saturday sound?? A lot will depend on the weather I’m guessing. I’ve spoken to someone who played out here last week & they said the cousre is in pretty good nick. There are a couple of holes that are stuffed, no grass on them, but the majority is OK. Let me know if you want to come along by email or leaving a comment here. I haven’t booked a Tee time as yet, when I do I’ll post it here.

John & Dick are heading out to Growling Frog on Thursday next week. Let me know if you want to join them, I’m hopefully going to be there but no guarantees. For anyone who has the Golf Course Guide, there is great special for Growling Frog at the moment. There is a midweek price of $25 or Two for One. There is also a special on carts, $20 midweek. These specials are only available with the Guide. Leave a comment or drop me a line if you want to come along. We have two copies of the guide so depending on numbers it could work out nicely.

We are heading up to Woodend on Saturday morning. The plan is to tee off at about 7 in the morning. Let me know if you want to come along by droping me an email Cary@golfinmelbourne.com or by leaving a comment here on this posting. If you haven’t played this course before it is worth the trip. Check out our review here

Stan is planning on having a hit at Goonawarra on Thursday. The plan is to get away around 9-9:30. For those of you who haven’t played here before here is our review . Stan played here last week & he said that the course is in great nick. Let me know if you interested in playing by either droping me an email or leaving a comment.

 Cary

Some asshole has hijacked our photo page. If you want to view our photos please use this link to the album list instaed for now until we (by we I mean Cookie) has a chance to have a look at it.

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