Call me a corporate shill, I don’t care. I had a box of the new & improved Mother energy drink delivered to my house & asked to taste it & put a review on the website. It was free so I had nothing to lose. I must say I didn’t mind it at all. The flavour was not terible, which is a step up from the old one. I have handed a few of them out so anyone I’ve given them to can you drop a comment on this post. Just as another point, I love the new add campaign The whole hunting down the people who designed the old Mother, brilliant.

It’s been a while since we have been out for a hit. I was planing on going out last weekend but the weather forcast put the kybosh on that. You feel like a real pratt hoping that the weather will get better when we are such desperate need of the rain

If anyone out there wants to have a hit, count me in. My swing will probably be like a rusty gate but who cares.

I have added a Golf in Melbourne page on Facebook. You can check it out here

In 1923, Who Was:

1. President of the largest steel company?

2. President of the largest gas company?

3. President of the New York Stock Exchange?

4. Greatest wheat speculator?

5. President of the Bank of International Settlement?

6. Great Bear of Wall Street?

These men were considered some of the world’s most successful of their days.Now, 80 years later, the history book asks us, if we know what ultimately became of them.

The Answers:

1. The president of the largest steel company.
    Charles Schwab,died a pauper.

2. The president of the largest gas company,
    Edward Hopson,went insane.

3. The president of the NYSE,
    Richard Whitney, was released from prison to die at home.

4. The greatest wheat speculator,
    Arthur Cooger, died abroad, penniless.

5. The president of the Bank of International Settlement,
    shot himself.

6. The Great Bear of Wall Street,
    Cosabee Livermore, also committed suicide

However, in that same year, 1923, the PGA Champion and the winner of the most important golf tournament,the US Open, was Gene Sarazen. What became of him? He played golf until he was 92, died in 1999 at the age of 95.He was financially secure at the time of his death.

The Moral:
Fuck work.
Play golf.

Off to see the Storm tonight. The are playing the Cowboys at Olympic Park. Looks like a bit of a cold one out there so I might even have to wear a jacket

Address: Anderson Road Kilmore
Holes:18
Carts: Yes
19th Hole: Yes
Costs: 18 — $21.00 weekend June 2008

One of the first things that strike you about Kilmore Golf Club is that is a country golf club in all the best ways. The staff are friendly & helpful & everyone you meet out on the course is also friendly & courteous. I love playing at courses like this, it is 100% better than playing at your inner city courses where you can get into a punch up for looking at someone the wrong way.

You have to take into account where this course is when you judge it. This course is in the Victorian country which when we first played here was in the middle of a 10 year draught. You can’t expect immaculate fairways & pristine greens. What you get are are greens that are quick & fairways that are good but patchy in places. The rough is pretty much non existent, just dirt, but the way the course is set up you dont want to get off the fairways. Nearly very fairway is tree lined so if you stray off line you are going to be in trouble even if there wasn’t a draught.

The clubhouse here at Kilmore is first class. It is on the opposite side of the road to the course which may cause some confusion the first time you come out. The 19th hole is set up beautifully with a BBQ on the balcony for a great after round function. 

To the course. I don’t know if it is the country air or what but every hole looks further than the metreage at the tee. On the front 9 you have back to back par 5’s. The 4th (426 metres) & the 5th (446 metres), neither of them overly long on paper but to look at them they are intimidating. There is only the one par 3 on the front & that is the 7th. The front 9 is a lot tougher than the back. The back 9 along with being easier to play is also easier on th eye. It starts with what is to me the best looking hole on the course, the par 3 10th. At only 155 metres from the back tees it is not an overly long hole but it looks spectacular. It is downhill with water behind & it is a gorgeous hole. Ther are a couple of holes where the first time player may get a little lost as to the direction that they are heading, no more so than the 16th. This holes bends around in behind the 13th tee but there is little help as to where the green is. I’m sure that once you have played here once that would not be an issue but for the golfing tourist a little more help would be appreciated : )

In summary, I think that Kilmore is a great country course. A friendly & competent pro shop staff & a friendly & very reasonably priced 19th hole should make this course a must make stop on your Victorian golfing weekend.

Check out the photos here

We headed out for an early morning tee off with the Epping RSL to the Growling Frog. It was a bit chilly at 7 in the morning & the breeze wasn’t helping much. The course was in magnificent condition. The fairways looked a little dry in places but were soft & lush under foot. The greens were spectacular. There are quite a few holes here that have very intimadating approach shots to the greens. With well placed bunkers & good sand it makes for a very intersting round. The group I played with all put our drives into the fairway bunker on the 18th. This is an amazing course which only seems to be getting better. The place was buzzing with a heap of people out there.

Here are some photos from previous vists. A lot of them need updating. I’ll have to remember that next time I’m out here.

My mother emailed me this joke last week so I thought I would share it.

Two women were playing golf. One teed off and watched in horror as her ball headed directly toward a foursome of men playing the next hole.
The ball hit one of the men.He immediately clasped his hands together at his groin, fell to the ground and proceeded to roll around in agony. The woman rushed down to the man, and immediately began to apologize.’Please allow me to help. I’m a Physical Therapist and I know I could relieveyour pain if you’d allow me, she told him.’Oh, no, I’ll be all right. I’ll be fine in a few minutes,’ the man replied. He was in obvious agony, lying in the fetal position, still clasping his hands together at his groin.At her persistence, however, he finally allowed her to help. She gently took his hands away and laid them to the side, loosened his pants and put her hands inside.She administered tender and artful massage for several long moments and asked, ‘How does that feel’?He replied: It feels great, but I think my thumb’s still broken.

A group of us headed out to Woodend on a gorgous Saturday morning. Neil & John hadn’t been out here before & the course couldn’t have been in better nick for their first outing. The fairways were in great shape & the greens were perfect. This really is a visually fantastic course. The views from the top of the hills is just stunning, the only problem is getting to the top of those hills It’s hard work, espically the approach to the 16th green. We all had a great day, even after some knob tried to ruin it for us, John sorted him out. You can see photos from previous trips to Woodend here.

There was a big group out her for “Brooka”. Around 54 people turn up to have a crack. The event was both stableford & stroke. The stableford points carried over from the last two round plus the round in about a month to have a stableford champ. I played with 3 lovely blokes & had a ball. After the round we had a couple of beers at Whittlesea & then back to the RSL for a BBQ. It was a great day. As far as scores go I shot a 67 net & 40 stable ford points & didn’t get a look in I did win a hat & a stubbie holder for the longest drive on the 17th