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The Growler on a 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,Â 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 😉

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A joke from Stan

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.”

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Growling Frog on the 17th of May

May 11th, 2007

John & DickÂ 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.

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Our day out at Ringwood

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 ironÂ 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

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Ringwood on Thursday the 3rd of May

April 30th, 2007

Neil has arranged for a round out at Ringwood on Thursday. Click hereÂ to see our review of the course. Leave a comment here or drop me an email if you want to come along.

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Weekend away with the RSL

April 25th, 2007

I’m joining Neil on a weekend away with his RSL golf group up at Nurmerkah, I think 😉

Neil has been playing once a month with the Epping RSL golf club for about 6 months. He asked me if I wanted to join him in a weekend away. Stupid question, of course I do 🙂 We leave Friday & come back Sunday with golf on the Saturday & the Sunday. I’m looking forward to getting away, hopefully I wont embaress myself on the course by lossing to Neil LOL.

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The Storm are 6 from 6

April 25th, 2007

The Melbourne Storm are off to the best start to a season in the clubs history. 6 wins from 6 games. The latest vistory was over the Penrith Panthers at Olympic park. Robyn Roger & myself went out to watch the game on a drizzly Melbourne night (don’t complain we need the rain). It’s a good thing we paid the extra for the under cover seats with our membership 😉

I think this was the best the Storm have played in attack so far this year. It was a massive effort of Cameron Smith & Matt King to play on Saturday night after a test match against New Zealand the night before. The guys are tough.

Grand final replay this week against Brisbane, can the Storm make it 7 from 7?????

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Melbourne Storm V New Zealand Warriors

April 1st, 2007

Melbourne put on a perfect day for the Storm V the Warriors today. The Storm started brilliantly with a couple of quick tries. Billy Slater got robbed or a contender for try of the year when the Warriors got a penalty for taking a man out, the fact the man was nowhere near the ball is obviously immaterial. The Storm got past this injustice to get up, it was a great day out. Go Storm!!!!!!!

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Yarrambat Saturday the 31st of March

March 31st, 2007

Stuart, John & I made our way to Yarrambat on for at 9:30 tee time. I love this course it is one of my favorites.

The course itself is in great nick. The fairways & greens are fantastic. Once you get off those it’s starting to look at little rough around the edges but what do you expect in the middle of a draught. We had some fun & games with the greens today, the amount of times the ball landed on the green then rolled off was amazing. John couldn’t buy a putt for love or money until the last two holes. On those he drained a couple of monsters which nearly made up for the dozen or so heart breakers he had earlier, nearly 🙂

Stuart won the day with a fantastic back nine of 40, but I was the only one to walk away with a birdie 😉

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Hidden Valley

March 18th, 2007

It started off as a good day, well for some of us. Stan had a little car trouble & couldn’t get there for tee time. He wasn’t the only one who wanted to be there but couldn’t make it. With Monday being a public holiday it made it a little hard for a few to take two days off in a week.

The people who actually made it were, me, Dick, John & Neil. On trhe way to the course Neil uttered those fateful words “There is no way that it could possible rain today” 🙂 Thankfully it didn’t rain too much. Just for a couple of holes. The sad thing is that Hidden Valley, & the rest of Victoria for that matter, could have done with a lot more rain. Nothing showed this up as much as the 13th hole. To me this is the best hole on the course with a double water carry from the back tee. Here is what the hole used to look like

Now there is practicaly no water left in this lake. It is a shame for Dick & John who haven’t played this course before. All though it dosen’t change the way you play this hole, the lack of water does distract from the asthetics of one of the best holes that I have played.

Other than the 13th you wouldn’t know there is a draught. The fairways are just as lush & the greens as just as green. The course is still in fantastic condition. I had a little trouble trying to find the pace of the greens, some were a little quicker than others, but other than that there were no excuses. Dick was the only one on the day to walk away with a bird, but if I remember rightly everyone else walked away with at least one par. I think I finished with 6, I’m sure Neil will correct me if I’m wrong 🙂

Once again I have to thank Justin Hopper at Hidden Valley for looking after us with another fantastic deal. It is always a pleasue to play here at Hidden Valley, the staff are great & the price just can’t be beat. If you haven’t played here I can’t recomened it enough.

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