Archive for May, 2007

The Growler on a Thursday

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

Dick & John had planned to head out to Growling Frog & I tagged along. I must say I love this course. The fairways are immaculity & the greens are prestine. I wish they were paying me to say this but they aren’t. Once you get off the fairways you are in mud at the moment but let’s face it, you are supposed to be on the fairway. This course is great for me & John, he hooks & I slice. The fairways are very open so if your shot lands on the fairway your doing OK.

The weather didn’t play fair today, but you feel like a complete ass complaining that it’s raining. We had to pull the pin after 9 holes, which gutted Dick & John who were loving the course, because it was just too wet. It bucketed down on the 9th green which sealed our fate.

We will be back. Both of the newbies are very keen to get back out there, unfortunatley we wont have the great deal we got with the guide as it was a one off.

As for the game, I hate to blow my own trumpet but I have to mention the 7th. I finished up with a par after being in the bunker off the tee & then again in the greenside bunker after my third. The one putt par is the saviour of the hacker 😉

A joke from Stan

Monday, May 14th, 2007

One lovely morning, Ben and Thomas were out golfing.

Ben slices his ball deep into a wooded ravine. He maintains his positive attitude and grabs his 8-iron proceeding down the embankment into the ravine in search of his ball. He trudges diligently through the thick underbrush and suddenly he spots something shiny. As he gets closer, he realizes that the shiny object is in fact an 8-iron in the hands of a skeleton which has obviously been lying near an old golf ball for a number of years.

Ben excitedly calls out to his golfing partner: “Hey Thomas, come here, I got big trouble down here.”

Thomas comes running over to the edge of the ravine and calls out: “What’s the matter Ben?”

Ben shouts back in a nervous voice: “Better throw me my 7-iron! Something tells me I won’t be getting out of here with an 8-iron.”

Growling Frog on the 17th of May

Friday, May 11th, 2007

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.

Our day out at Ringwood

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

Dick, Neil & myself headed out to Ringwood on what looked like a pretty dodge day. It was pouring down with rain a hour or so before we left home. Thankfully the day cleared up & we only got wet on the last hole.

This is a lovely course with wide open fairways & some tricky holes. The course was in good nick & the greens were pretty friendly thanks to the earlier rain. One of the great things about this course is the multiple tee positions on a lot of holes, it could be a different course each time play.

One thing worthy of mentioning. Neil absolutely clobbed a nine iron on the back half & hit it 150 metres. I’ve never seen a nine hit that far ever.

We didn’t take any new photos on this round but if you wanted to see the old ones check them out here