Ok, I’ve made a booking to play out at Growling Frog for this coming Saturday–which is, perhaps appropriately–April Fool’s Day! Tee off is 10:23am. You have to pre-pay to get on here, so let us know before Wednesday lunchtime if you want to come along and we’ll sort out the details. Should be a great round, so don’t delay.
Archive for March, 2006
The Growler. Are you coming?
Monday, March 27th, 2006Ringwood Golf Course
Friday, March 24th, 2006Address: 352 Canturbury Road Ringwood 3134
Number of holes: 18
19th Hole: No
Motorised Carts:Â NoÂ
Neil & I took a day off work & travelled out to Ringwood. This is a course that Neil used to play a lot when he worked over this side of town but hadn’t been there for a few years.
From the first tee this course looked great. Wide open fairways with good quality fairways. We got paired up with a lovely couple of blokes for the front 9 which is always enjoyable. One of the joys of golf is meeting new people with a commen interest.
On the front nine there are 2 holes of note. The first is the par 3 5th. Visually just a fantastic hole. It is well bunkered around the green with undulating fairways leading up to it. The second is the short par 4 9th. This hole is only about 200 metres & slightly up hill. It has a very narrow fairway but if you drive the ball straight you are in with a very good chance of birdie or even eagle.
One thing you’ll notice about Ringwood is the variety of tee positions available. Most course have a tee box for the mens & sometimes a tee box for the females. Here there are a number of different tee, in some holes up to 4. This course could potential play different ever time you play it depending on the tee position.
I hope to return here in the near future & have another crack at this course
Congratulations to Rod Pampling
Monday, March 20th, 2006Aussie golfer Rod Pampling has just won the Bay Hill Invertational!! A double boogy on the 13th saw him drop back to a tie for the lead with Englishman Greg Owen. Owen stumbled at the end finishing double boogy, boogy for Pampling to win the tournament by 1 shot. Pampling finished the last 2 holes boogy, par, but it was enough for him to secure his second tour win, his first being the The International in 2004.
Strathallan round-up
Friday, March 10th, 2006Cary, Neil and I went out for a quick nine holes the other evening after work at Strathallan. I haven’t played there for sometime–even though its literally only a couple of minutes from home–and boy has it changed! The course layout has been completely revised, with only the ninth hole in the same position as I remember it. It was a little bit confusing at times, but we worked it out in the end.
I got off to a flier with three pars in a row, despite not hitting the ball well off the tee all day. I made up for it though with an exceptional (modesty has no place here) short game and had one chip, one putt finish to all but three holes. I ended up with another two pars for a total of five for the round, and a final score of 43. Cary also shot a 43 with some uninspiring, yet consistent bogey golf, and Neil was a few shots behind (less than he thought). It’s funny though, I finished the round with 5 pars and felt that I did not play all that well. I guess at the end of the day, it doesn’t matter how you get the score.
I really enjoy playing at Strathallan, it’s got some great holes with challenging tree and bunker positionings and the shortish fairways suit my game. It’s always in pretty good nick too. The greens were spot on and the fairways pretty good considering the time of year.
The guys will be back out again next weekend (at Ringwood), so if you’re interested in tagging along for the action, leave a note here or contact us.
Ringwood Golf Course
Monday, March 6th, 2006Neil is arranging a round of golf at Ringwood on Thursday the 16th of March. If you are interested in joining him please leave a comment below or email me at cary@golfinmelbourne.com I’ll be there, if not sure if that is a positive or a negative ; ) The plan at the moment is to book in for a morning round, about 10 o’clock or so.
Cheers
Cary
Whittlesea
Monday, March 6th, 2006On a glorious Sunday, Stuart, Roger & I went out to Whittlesea for 18 holes. The course was it pretty good condition. The greens were fanatsic & the fairways were pretty good for this time of year. They were a little patchy in places but after summer this is to be expected in the country.
It was Rogers day, taking all the money for the closest the pin’s & shooting one of his best rounds. Stuart won in the end with a score of 84 from Cary 94 & Roger 102.
I like Whittlesea & look forward to going back out there again soon, firstly to pick up my phone & secondley to play another round ; )
Afternoon round at Strathallan
Wednesday, March 1st, 2006On Wednesday the 8th of March we are planning ducking out to Strathallan for 9 holes in the afternoon. The plan is tee off around 3 o’clock.
Let me know if your interested in joining us by leaving a comment or sending me an email Cary@golfinmelbourne.com
 Cheers
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Cary