I have booked a round of golf at Freeway. At this point I have only booked for 4 people, if we get more than that we can book another group. Yes Cookie, I know it’s another weekday, but it’s State of Origin the night before at Telstra Dome so I took the next day off. Let’s hope the weather is like is today. If you want to come send me an email of leave a comment on this posting.
 Cheers
Neil is having his birthday on the 13th of June. He has decided that he would like to spend the day playing golf. He has also decided that he would like to play at Yarrabend.
Leave a comment on this posting or send me an email if you would like to join Neil on his birthday, it doesn’t mean we have to let him win.
 Cary
Neil, Stuart, Dick & myself started out at Yarrambat at 10.10 on Saturday morning. It was a beautiful day, low cloud cover but no wind what so ever.The day begun well with everyone making it past the ladies tee, Dick was a bit worried because he had played only once in the last 3 years. The course was in magnificent condition, the fairways were fantastic & the greens were very challenging. There was no such thing as an easy putt today, if you had a three foot putt you just as easy finished four foot past the hole as you did making the putt. We had quite a few three putts on the days round. Neil was the first one to break the par draught & it took until the 6th hole . Stuart quickly followed with the next putt on the same hole. After that I went on a birdie blitz!!! I scored birdies on the last three holes on the front nine, the best birdie streak I’ve every had. As you could imganine you couldn’t get the smile off my face.
Let’s not talk about the back nine, nothing special happened there. After my birdie spree I thought I would let someone else take the spot light but nobody did.
In the end Stuart won with a 91 I followed with a 95 (let’s not talk about the back nine) Neil was next with a 105 & Dick followed with a pair of 56’s
It was a perfect day for golf, no wind & the the greens were receptive to chip shots, they just weren’t receptive to putts ; )
We are off to Yarrambat on Saturday the 27th of May for a round of golf. At this stage we have booked 2 groups of 4 with the first tee time at 9:44 & the second one not long after. If you’re interested in coming along please leave a comment on this posting or email me at: cary@golfinmelbourne.com
I’ll need to know by Thursday the 25th if you are coming. Let’s hope the weather is good!
Neil & I are heading to Strathallan for an afternoon 9 holes. We will be there at around 3 o’clock. All are welcome to join us. Let’s hope the weather forcast holds true. Add a comment or email me if you are coming along.
It’s time we started to get some input in regards to our end of year trip. What we are looking for is ideas on where to go & when people are available. At this stage we have pencilled in the end of September but this can change if more people can’t make it than can.
As for where to go we have a had a couple of suggestions already. One idea is to go back to Cobram but this time play the two course at Tocumwal.
A second idea is to go to Echuca & play the two Rich River courses.
The third idea is go up to Bright & play a couple of the courses up there.
We need your input on this people so please either leave a comment on this posting or send me an email.
We had a nice group that made it out to Hidden Valley. In the end we had 7 of us that could get a Thursday off work. Colin unfortunately was called away at the last minute & couldn’t make it. Trevor thought that it was going to rain & decided not to come, bad call Trev. According to the weather forecast today was supposed to be a shocker for golf, but as is the case with Melbourne forecasts mean nothing. We had a gorgeous morning for our early tee time. The sun was shining & even with Stan putting the moz on us, the wind didn’t get up toooo much.
The groups that played were Stan, Michael, Ian & Neil with Shane, Mick & myself in the group behind (for the front nine). The course was in magnificent condition, the fairways were lush & after a days rain the greens were nice & soft.
The closet the pin comp was taking out by Mick on the 9th (jackpot of two holes) & by Ian on the 18th (again a jackpot of 2 holes).
At the end of the day we all had a ball, Hidden Valley is one of the best courses that I have played. The staff are fantastic & so is the course.
When it come to scores, I’m not sure what the story was all I know is I won with a 91 ; )
GolfinMelbourne has a great relationship with Hidden Valley & we will be continuing this on Thursday the 20th of April.
This will be an early one with the tee time being 8 o’clock in the morning. We have booked for two groups at this stage so let me know if you are in.
Justin out at Hidden Valley has done us a fantastic deal, send me an email if you want some details.
For our members that haven’t played at Hidden Valley, I can’t recommend strongly enough that you join us for this round. It is one of the best courses in Melbourne. The par 3 18th would be one of the best finishing holes in the country. So take a day off work & get your butts out to Hidden Valley.
Check out the photos here
Email me if you want to come: Cary@golfinmelbourne.com
Saturday started off with us sitting in the car in the carpark thinking†What the hell are we doing here???â€. It was raining & cold, but at least it wasn’t windy. I had to mention that didn’t I!!! About 10 seconds later the wind started to pick up & was soon blowing a gale. We all agreed that if we didn’t prepay for the round we would have turned around & gone home, which I guess is one of the reasons they make you prepay.
Daryl Stan & I braved the inclement weather & teed off into the teeth of the wind with the raining falling thinking this is going to be a long, long day.
Thankfully the rain didn’t continue falling much after the 3rd or 4th hole, but unfortunately the wind did persist for the rest of the day.
The course is fantastic condition, the fairways are lush & the green were firm & rolled true. I love the greens here at Growling Frog, you have to use your imagination to get the ball in or near the hole. The bunkers were effected by the rain, making them hard & compact but you can see that without the rain they would be good quality, which is good because there is a hell of a lot of them.
In the end all of our scores suffered from the conditions so best not to mention them here ; ) I really enjoyed playing this course again & would like to come back again with better playing conditions.
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Address: 352 Canturbury Road Ringwood 3134
Number of holes: 18
19th Hole: No
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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