What happens on tour stays on tour?? Apparently not!! I, through extensive investigative research have managed to uncover the true happenings of the Hanmer Experience - actually it was not that difficult as everyone I spoke to was willing to "spill the beans" to a greater or lesser degree.
It came as a sad revelation that only one of the ten Christchurch members present featured in the prize list and that was John "JD" Dickson who had a two. Some records were set - on Saturday morning Marcus Annan had officially his worst round of golf with a 105 (a nett 92) narrowly finishing in front of Paul "Special' Needs. Special recorded the weekend high round for the Christchurch members with a 107 including 3 over the fence out of bounds on 17 in the Saturday morning round.
The honour of the Club was upheld by Graham Clarke who had his best ever round of a nett 64 on the Saturday morning perhaps explained by the fact he was the only person in the team not to play the practice round on Friday. Subsequent rounds of 71 & 70 still were not good enough to get to the winners circle but well played Graham in any event.
The weekend had its highlights socially; in regards the Friday BBQ discuss with Marcus the merits of travelling across town for the "deal of the week" only to find it was the same price as on your side of the city! Ask Special where he spent Saturday night after he came to the conclusion at 2am he had drunk too much to find his way home and why at one stage he could not find the golf course to be observed by the party taking instructions via cell phone at a distance of only 20 metres away.
One must also question the wisdom of Special in making the decision to stay another night on Sunday when as a result he felt distinctly below par on Monday morning and by lunch time and the debrief at Pukeko Junction still had not had anything to eat! These adventures apart I understand a good time was had by all notwithstanding Ken Fergus is still trying to comprehend how he got talked into playing 54 holes.
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