Archive for July, 2006

A round at Lancefield with a Barbie after

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

We are heading out to Shanes neck of the woods on the Sunday the 13th of August. The plan is to play 18 holes at Lancefield golf course, teeing off around 9-10 o’clock & then having a BBQ at Shanes place just down the road afterwards. The food for the BBQ will be supplied by GolfinMelbourne.com but you will have to bring your own drinks. Neil came up with an idea of borrowing an 8ish seater van from his work for the trip. It will cost $50 for the day plus fuel.

Let me know if you are interested in playing & if you are interested in a seat on the van. Leave a comment or send me an email Cary@Golfinmelbourne.com

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Whittlesea 4 ball

Sunday, July 16th, 2006

The day started off with a few phone calls amongst the four of us to determine if we wanted to play. After Saturdays down pour, we were a little sceptical about playing but we all decided to give it a go. The day couldn’t have been much better. No wind & a pleasant temperature made for perfect golfing conditions.

We had four players for our little four ball comp & the teams were Dick & Stuart & Neil & myself, I knew I was in trouble when I got paired with Neil ; ) The first hole started off with a pair of pars & the second hole set the pattern for the day. Neil & I were on the green with our best ball & Staurt & Dick were over the back. We managered to three putt our way to a 4 were as they manged to sink a great putt for another par, one shot down after 2 holes. We were evenly matched over the next few holes until the 5th & 6th. Somehow the cheats managerd to par the toughest hole on the course & follwo that up with a birdie with another brilliant putt on the 6th which gave them a two shot advatage after my partner boggied the same hole, it was Neils fault not mine. We managed to redeem ourselve on the par 3 8th, or I should say I redeems us ; ) A nice tee shot over the pin & one putt back for a birdie. Stuart & Dick went one over on the hole putting us back to 2 shots down which is where we stayed after the front.

The back nine belonged to Dick & Stuart, some great driving & some fantastic putting saw them put the sword to Neil & myself on the closing holes. On the tought back to back par 5’s Stauart & Dick scored par birdie leaving Neil & myself blamming each other for some pretty average shots ; )

In the end Stuart & Dick were the victories with a score of 81 to 88. We had a great day & it is a fun format to play. The cousre was in pretty good condition considering the drenching we recived on Saturday. The fairways had alittle bit of water on them but not enough to ruin the round. The greens were a real suprise. The was water coming out of the ground under your feet on a few leading you to think they would be slow but tis wasn’t the case. They were still of a nice pace & held true to their lines.

As I said before we had a great day & it is a format that we will be playing again in the future but next time I want a different partner ; )

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Four Ball Best Ball at Whittlesea

Monday, July 10th, 2006

Stuart has come up with the idea of have a four ball best ball comp amoungst ourselves. I have booked two groups (8 people) at Whittlesea for Sunday the 16th of July. If you want to join us, leave a comment on this posting or send me an email Cary@golfinmelbourne.com You don’t need to have a partner we can fix you up with someone, but feel free to bring along a friend. I’ll need to know by Friday if you want to join us. We have two teams at the moment so get in quick.

Cheers

Cary

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Our round at Freeway

Thursday, July 6th, 2006

Since my last trip out to Freeway golf course quite a few holes have changes on the front nine. The 1st is now no longer a long par three it is a par 5, just a little bit different ; )

One thing about his course that is anoying is there is no direction from green to tee & then when you find the tee there is no indication of where the fairway goes. You need to find a metal plate in the ground to confirm you are on the right tee. Anyway enough bitching on to the round.

Stan, Neil, Dick & I made it out on Thursday morning. If we believed the weather forecast we may have pulled the pin. In the end it was great day for golf.

The fairways were a little wet under foot, there hasn’t been all that much rain so I wouldn’t want to play here after a week of soild rain (sorry I said no more bitching). The greens felt soft but were still pretty quick. With the mounded greens this can makes things a little tricky. Stan found out the hard way on the 5th green. He run his ball over the edge of the hole & it kept on running off the green, very stiff. That was Stans lot for the day, the amount of putts his missed by the narrowest of margins was a crime. Three putts were the order of the day, very occasionally we had a one putt.

We all started off with horror holes, I managed the only birdie of the day on the next & no body had any joy until the back nine. Neil & Stan both started off the home leg with pars & Dick was happy not to put his ball in the water. Dick was next to get a par on the 13th. After that I was had a nice run of pars on the 15th, 16th & 17th & only just missed my par putt on the last for a perfect run home.

We had a great day out, the weather was kind even if the putting wasn’t. Hopefully Stan is going to arrange a day out at his home course Craigieburn in the near future.

Cheers

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