IPGC Golf from the Tara Court Golf Society
Sunday, August 28, Green Valley – Stableford
On the way out here today it was looking very much like rain but by the time we got to the course it had cleared up and turned out to be another beautiful day for golf. We got round in what was probably a record time for golf on a Sunday and completed our round in three hours and fifteen minutes. Low season is definitely better for golf!
Again the same consistent golfers battled it out for the top spot today with thirty nine points each, two better than last Sunday and again Allan Parker won the count back which went down to the last six holes. For the second week in a row Russell Gilroy had to settle for the second place. Both of these players having been playing great golf for the past few weeks.
Richi Hurley is just back from a trip home to England and hadn’t played golf for a few months but it hasn’t affected his golf and he came third with a very steady thirty seven points. Paul Pavloff took the fourth and last podium place today with thirty five points. There were no ‘2’s today.
1st Allan Parker (9) 39pts
2nd Russell Gilroy (17) 39pts
3rd Richi Hurley (7) 37pts
4th Paul Pavloff (5) 35pts
Tuesday, August 30, Mt. Shadow – Stableford
We hadn’t been to Mountain Shadow for a long time as the course had been in very poor condition the last time we played it. However today it was almost up to its usual standard except for the greens being much slower than before, which seemed to have caught out a lot of our group and there were many three putts today.
Again we were joined by our friends from the PFGS and one of their members took the top spot today. Craig Hitchens was the man who came out on top of what was a day of bad scoring and won with thirty five points. Frank McGowan took the second place with thirty points and a very surprised Russell Gilroy found that he had taken the third spot with twenty seven points.
Once again we had no ‘2’s today.
1st Craig Hitchens (14) 35pts
2nd Frank McGowan (18) 30pts
3rd Russell Gilroy (17) 27pts
Thursday, Sept. 1, Burapha – Stableford
We decided to play two flights today here at Burapha, off the blue and white tees to make it enjoyable for everyone. Again the course was deserted except for ourselves and it was another very fast round of golf.
Jon Batty took the honors in the blue flight and won with thirty five points. Lyle Blaw has just returned for another visit and he came second with thirty.
In the white flight Rod Crosswell was playing his first ever game with us and started in style by being a very clear winner with an excellent thirty nine points. Russell Gilroy was five points behind Rod but he still got the second place with thirty four. Rodney Nabbe also had thirty four but he lost the count back to Russell and had to settle for the third and last place and once again today we had no ‘2’s.
Blue Flight
1st Jon Batty (8) 35pts
2nd Lyle Blaw (11) 30pts
White Flight
1st Rod Crosswell (15) 39pts
2nd Russell Gilroy (16) 34pts
3rd Rod Nabbe (13) 34pts
Note: The Tara Court Golf Group play every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, leaving O’Gara’s Bar and Restaurant in the Tara Court on Pratamnak Rd. around 10.00 a.m. Sign up either in O’Gara’s or ring Joe on 089 249 1364.
