Tuesday sees the NZPGA Qualifying at Shirley - see separate note. The rest of the week sees plenty of golf with the tournament proper while at home we have the first round of the Club Champs on Saturday. The draw for the first round of qualifying will be posted on the Club Website on Thursday - please check your tee times. Note Course Marshalls will be on duty to move the field as quickly as possible. The same draw will apply for the following Saturday.
Sunday has the Montana Inter Club Challenge at Shirley with our team of Paul Dunn , Peter McDougall , Tom Turner & Drew Butcher competing. We wish them well and once again any support around the course would be appreciated! Our Juniors have a round of their competition at Rawhiti while the President's visit Waimairi Beach.
The draw for the Top Dog competition is now out and posted in the Men's Locker Room. Please note there are four sections and the preliminary round is to be completed by 5 April CHECK THE BOARD!!!
On Monday 9 March a qualifying event for the New Zealand Open is being held at Shirley. It is anticipated the course will be closed until lunch time but please note the Alternate Layout will be in play for the day.
In the interim good golfing!
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Roast Vegetable Frittata.........
On Amanda's recommendation I had the Roast Vegetable Frittata for lunch on Saturday , let me assure you this is seriously good food!! I understand it is in keen demand by the Ladies on Tuesdays & Wednesday's and there is no higher recommendation than that. If you are peckish have the Frittata for a change you will become devotees!!!
ChCh Players Do Well at NZ Seniors.....
Congratulations to the team of Christchurch Golf Club golfers who went to the NZ Seniors. Ken Fergus & JB Sanders finished tied in 10th place with Marty Holman only 1 stroke further back. JB & Marty combined well to finish 4th in the teams event. There were also a number of other solid efforts including Ray Barakauskas , Rod Hayes & Rod O'Brien. Great golfing guys very well done!!!
The Week That Was.........
Saturday dawned overcast with a dismal outlook for later in the day. As usual the morning players got the best of the conditions with the afternoon field receiving a liberal dowsing of precipitation. Match of the day was a Pairs Aggregate Stableford and was won by Takahiro Koyama and Yoshiyuki Tamaki on 79 points from Jin Ho Neoh & Raj Rajendra on 74 with Dean Corry & Alan Shaw ahead of Cran Bull & Lindsay Buxton on 73 by countback.
If you got a 2 it was worth $25 the jackpot was not struck ($170) nearest the pins were Joe Tiller on 3 & David Wallace on 11. Nearest the pin for 2 on 2 sponsored by Linden Leaves was won by Dennis Doherty while Tony Park won the Benjarong Thai Cuisine prize on the 18th. Net eagles were not struck and carry forward.
Round of the day went to Murray Smith who unfortunately did not have a partner - he shot 47 points (a net 61) including 6 net eagles - I am not sure Nixey & I got that many points together.
Saturday saw the first round of the Godby Trophy with a number of close matches. It was however disappointing to note the number of "no shows" notwithstanding all members were advised of the playing conditions at the qualifying rounds. All the best for those through to the second round.
The Saturday afternoon Ladies bore the brunt of the rain and became "Damsels in Distress". They were at the 5th green when the heavens opened, they phoned home and were rescued by Grant Osborn after they walked in up the 6th fairway!!
Given other golfing commitments there was a relatively small mixed field for the Centennial Ice Bucket. The overall winners with a total of 97 points on an Irish Stableford were Grant & Janet Osborn (Janet had a 2 & shot 97 /41 points - very well done) with John & Gill Sinclair. In second place were Bryan & Suzanne Graham with Barry and Robyn Fletcher while the Cain's (Terry had a 2) Alan Scott & Sue Townsend came in third. Dianna Taylor birdied 18 to win the Women's prize for closest to the pin on 18.
As always dinner was a highlight with a plated meal with a seafood theme with potatoes and a salad. I urge you where possible to become involved in mixed events they are great fun with right combination of competition and social activity!!
If you got a 2 it was worth $25 the jackpot was not struck ($170) nearest the pins were Joe Tiller on 3 & David Wallace on 11. Nearest the pin for 2 on 2 sponsored by Linden Leaves was won by Dennis Doherty while Tony Park won the Benjarong Thai Cuisine prize on the 18th. Net eagles were not struck and carry forward.
Round of the day went to Murray Smith who unfortunately did not have a partner - he shot 47 points (a net 61) including 6 net eagles - I am not sure Nixey & I got that many points together.
Saturday saw the first round of the Godby Trophy with a number of close matches. It was however disappointing to note the number of "no shows" notwithstanding all members were advised of the playing conditions at the qualifying rounds. All the best for those through to the second round.
The Saturday afternoon Ladies bore the brunt of the rain and became "Damsels in Distress". They were at the 5th green when the heavens opened, they phoned home and were rescued by Grant Osborn after they walked in up the 6th fairway!!
Given other golfing commitments there was a relatively small mixed field for the Centennial Ice Bucket. The overall winners with a total of 97 points on an Irish Stableford were Grant & Janet Osborn (Janet had a 2 & shot 97 /41 points - very well done) with John & Gill Sinclair. In second place were Bryan & Suzanne Graham with Barry and Robyn Fletcher while the Cain's (Terry had a 2) Alan Scott & Sue Townsend came in third. Dianna Taylor birdied 18 to win the Women's prize for closest to the pin on 18.
As always dinner was a highlight with a plated meal with a seafood theme with potatoes and a salad. I urge you where possible to become involved in mixed events they are great fun with right combination of competition and social activity!!
PGA Qualifier...........
Tuesday sees the course being used for the Clearwater Qualifying Round where approximately 70 golfers will compete for four places in the final PGA field. Our own Anthony Doyle is attempting to qualify and tees off at 7.48am and any support around the course would I am sure be gratefully accepted. We wish Ant all the best in his efforts.
On Saturday Board Member Glenn Bongartz played with Canadian professional David Moreland IV who has played on the US PGA Tour for a number of years. Notwithstanding the late rain I understand Glenn thoroughly enjoyed the experience. No doubt Glenn and Douglas will be out and about the course during Tuesday!!
On Saturday Board Member Glenn Bongartz played with Canadian professional David Moreland IV who has played on the US PGA Tour for a number of years. Notwithstanding the late rain I understand Glenn thoroughly enjoyed the experience. No doubt Glenn and Douglas will be out and about the course during Tuesday!!
On The Road Again.......
Given our poor away form how prophetic is Willie Nelson – “On the road again Goin’ places that I’ve never been, Seein’ things I may never see again” probably aptly describes our venture away from Shirley to the distant fairways and greens of Templeton especially as we discovered parts of the course that haven’t been used by members since the middle of last century! The second verse of “Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway We’re the best of friends” clearly refers to the widely divergent course management techniques adopted by the 4 groups of Christchurch players as there never seemed to be two players in the same place at the same time except on the tees and sometimes on the greens where we reintroduced ourselves as friends.
Having been drenched the week before in Dunedin it was with some trepidation I watched the weekend weather patterns and in particular the rain radar. It is not often that the Met Service gets the forecast correct but credit where credit is due they hit the nail on the head at the weekend. I closed my eyes on Saturday night confident I would not be required to play on Sunday so it was with some surprise my one-eyed survey of the atmospheric conditions from the horizontal position evinced a clearing sky and a realisation I was in danger of being late. The problem compounded as the “Yellow Rocket” were not rocket like in supplying my morning shot of caffeine. I was for the first time last to the course!
The playing sheet showed we were ahead in the handicaps at the top but behind at the bottom. However we were under the pump from the initial tee-off and never really gained any ascendancy. Playing one up in the six spot I was better placed to observe the course happenings but the reports received were only dire. Cran & Steve at 7 & 8 quickly went behind and Steve Ellis’s visage never bore a cheerful look from the time of his first drive headed left off the tee till the time he confirmed on the 15th fairway-while playing his second for the 16th - that they had both succumbed 4/3 thereby avoiding extra fines but placing additional pressure on the top half of the team.
In my pairing I had chopped the ball around but somehow managed to turn square while JD lost the first 2 holes and halved the next 7 to go into the second 9 only 2 down. As JD confided to me “He wasn’t having much luck, couldn’t sink a putt and his opponent was getting up & done from everywhere”. JD’s woes continued and he suffered a second loss this time 4/3 -apart from the first JD never had an honour throughout the match. As usual Savill was zooming around on his cart creating mayhem and havoc but assured me he was in control on his match. Ben was in a tight encounter and fighting to stay in the match.
Going down 16 I ascertained the best we could do was to half the match. Dennis was four down with four to play Tony Park was three up, I was 1 up and Ben was two down after 14. We really needed Dennis to get up for an unlikely half and for Ben to rally for a win. Dennis’s comeback never eventuated so from there on it became largely academic. I had played 15 & 16 well but missed shortish putts to improve on my 1 up lead. On 17 I hit a good drive but left my second perched on the bunker edge with a bare sandy lie – my opponent hit his third for a gimme par and I chipped straight into the bunker - all square. As to what happened next; well all I can say is my trauma with the 18th continues unabated I am seriously considering seeing the same Sports Psychologist as Steve Ellis. Needless to say I lost one down but my opponent under no pressure had made par. In accentuating the positive at least I am getting my matches to the 18th unlike some of my fellow team members!!
Ben followed me in with a 1 down defeat but continuing their competitive starts to the season Tony Park & Savill held on to record wins. The final score was a fairly dismissal 6/2 loss and the disappearance of our unbeaten record. How to win on the road is a key question still to be answered but our home games now also assume even greater importance. Our next match is at home on the 15 March against Harewood who are traditionally a very strong team. This coincides with the New Zealand Open so we are down on numbers a new look team could be in the frame.
Till next time and in the interim good golfing especially in the Club Champs.
Having been drenched the week before in Dunedin it was with some trepidation I watched the weekend weather patterns and in particular the rain radar. It is not often that the Met Service gets the forecast correct but credit where credit is due they hit the nail on the head at the weekend. I closed my eyes on Saturday night confident I would not be required to play on Sunday so it was with some surprise my one-eyed survey of the atmospheric conditions from the horizontal position evinced a clearing sky and a realisation I was in danger of being late. The problem compounded as the “Yellow Rocket” were not rocket like in supplying my morning shot of caffeine. I was for the first time last to the course!
The playing sheet showed we were ahead in the handicaps at the top but behind at the bottom. However we were under the pump from the initial tee-off and never really gained any ascendancy. Playing one up in the six spot I was better placed to observe the course happenings but the reports received were only dire. Cran & Steve at 7 & 8 quickly went behind and Steve Ellis’s visage never bore a cheerful look from the time of his first drive headed left off the tee till the time he confirmed on the 15th fairway-while playing his second for the 16th - that they had both succumbed 4/3 thereby avoiding extra fines but placing additional pressure on the top half of the team.
In my pairing I had chopped the ball around but somehow managed to turn square while JD lost the first 2 holes and halved the next 7 to go into the second 9 only 2 down. As JD confided to me “He wasn’t having much luck, couldn’t sink a putt and his opponent was getting up & done from everywhere”. JD’s woes continued and he suffered a second loss this time 4/3 -apart from the first JD never had an honour throughout the match. As usual Savill was zooming around on his cart creating mayhem and havoc but assured me he was in control on his match. Ben was in a tight encounter and fighting to stay in the match.
Going down 16 I ascertained the best we could do was to half the match. Dennis was four down with four to play Tony Park was three up, I was 1 up and Ben was two down after 14. We really needed Dennis to get up for an unlikely half and for Ben to rally for a win. Dennis’s comeback never eventuated so from there on it became largely academic. I had played 15 & 16 well but missed shortish putts to improve on my 1 up lead. On 17 I hit a good drive but left my second perched on the bunker edge with a bare sandy lie – my opponent hit his third for a gimme par and I chipped straight into the bunker - all square. As to what happened next; well all I can say is my trauma with the 18th continues unabated I am seriously considering seeing the same Sports Psychologist as Steve Ellis. Needless to say I lost one down but my opponent under no pressure had made par. In accentuating the positive at least I am getting my matches to the 18th unlike some of my fellow team members!!
Ben followed me in with a 1 down defeat but continuing their competitive starts to the season Tony Park & Savill held on to record wins. The final score was a fairly dismissal 6/2 loss and the disappearance of our unbeaten record. How to win on the road is a key question still to be answered but our home games now also assume even greater importance. Our next match is at home on the 15 March against Harewood who are traditionally a very strong team. This coincides with the New Zealand Open so we are down on numbers a new look team could be in the frame.
Till next time and in the interim good golfing especially in the Club Champs.
Presidents Grade Report...........
Despite the persistent rain on Saturday afternoon & evening I was confident we would get our postponed Round 7 match played on Sunday morning. ( we just had to rain or shine - our calender is full).
A glorious hot sunny day & the course was in great condition.
Coringa as usual had brought a strong team to come & play - which they did !!
We were 4 down after 4 matches - not a great start !!
David Young & yours truly battled away - the turning point being local knowledge - staying on the right hand side of number 9 - just gave us both a little edge - aided & abetted by me thumping a chip into the flag pole on No 16 - the ball disappeared - I thought it was off the green - but it was in the hole & brought a tense match to an end. A 38 on the home nine only just enough to secure the win.
Down to our No1 & 2's - there was hope - Marcus was all square on 16 & Chris I think was 1 up.
The added pressure of me running down 17 to tell them we needed 2 wins to half the match was too much. We went down fighting 5.5 to 2.5. Chris in the trees on the left hand side of 18 & Marcus in the trees on the right hand side didn't bode well - when both Coringa players put their 2nds onto the green- the match was over. Chris secured a well earned half.
Good banter in the clubhouse followed by a light & excellent lunch - thanks Amanda.
The team for our next game - when we visit Waimairi - on Sunday 8 March 2009 is as below
Tee off time is 10am - please arrive at Waimairi at 9:30am
Playing position subject to handicap changes
1. Tony McKeogh
2. Chris Brocket
3. Dennis Doherty
4. Brian Tyro
5. David Young
6. Paul Needs
7. Jin Ho Neoh
8. David Isaac
Reserves
Richard Pearse
John MacVicar
Barry Fletcher.
Good luck in the 1st qualifying round of the Club Championships
Dennis Doherty (Manager Presidents & Guest Reporter)
A glorious hot sunny day & the course was in great condition.
Coringa as usual had brought a strong team to come & play - which they did !!
We were 4 down after 4 matches - not a great start !!
David Young & yours truly battled away - the turning point being local knowledge - staying on the right hand side of number 9 - just gave us both a little edge - aided & abetted by me thumping a chip into the flag pole on No 16 - the ball disappeared - I thought it was off the green - but it was in the hole & brought a tense match to an end. A 38 on the home nine only just enough to secure the win.
Down to our No1 & 2's - there was hope - Marcus was all square on 16 & Chris I think was 1 up.
The added pressure of me running down 17 to tell them we needed 2 wins to half the match was too much. We went down fighting 5.5 to 2.5. Chris in the trees on the left hand side of 18 & Marcus in the trees on the right hand side didn't bode well - when both Coringa players put their 2nds onto the green- the match was over. Chris secured a well earned half.
Good banter in the clubhouse followed by a light & excellent lunch - thanks Amanda.
The team for our next game - when we visit Waimairi - on Sunday 8 March 2009 is as below
Tee off time is 10am - please arrive at Waimairi at 9:30am
Playing position subject to handicap changes
1. Tony McKeogh
2. Chris Brocket
3. Dennis Doherty
4. Brian Tyro
5. David Young
6. Paul Needs
7. Jin Ho Neoh
8. David Isaac
Reserves
Richard Pearse
John MacVicar
Barry Fletcher.
Good luck in the 1st qualifying round of the Club Championships
Dennis Doherty (Manager Presidents & Guest Reporter)
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