The Bunker Boys Golf Society
Monday, August 14, Crystal Bay C & B (white tees) – Stableford
1st Neil Carter (14) 42pts
2nd Mike Brett (15) 34pts
3rd Les Burns (30) 34pts
Near Pins: Nial Glover, Les Burns, Mashi Kaneta
A baker’s dozen, which is a good number for this time of year set out for today’s round at the ever popular Crystal Bay course. Play was at a good pace except for our last group who fell at least four holes behind by end.
They say that fortune favours the brave and laughing Les Burns had Aussie luck today when his tee shot on the short par-3 bounced off the rocks in front of the green and up to within two feet of the hole, he duly sank the birdie putt.
Neil Carter roared back to form with a great round of forty-two points to take first place. Having spent some time in the doldrums this may be a sign he is keen to secure a “Golfer of the Month” trophy which has eluded him for some time. A distant eight points back was Michael Brett who took second place on count-back from Les Burns with 18 to Les’s 15.
Wednesday, August 16, Burapha (blue tees) – Stableford
1st Mike Brett (15) 33pts
2nd Geoff Parker (14) 31pts
3rd Peter Allen (29) 29pts
Near Pins: Les Cobban
Today the Bunker Boys made one of their rare visits to Burapha. This is a tough course by any measure and was made more so by a sometimes stiff breeze. The last par-4 was 490-yards off the blue tees which is almost PGA standard.
The difficulty of the course was reflected in the scoring. Third place went to the ever-improving Peter Allen with twenty-nine points, second to the ever reliable Geoff Parker with two more and the winner on the day was Michael Brett with thirty-three points, which should have been much better if not for his customary fade out on the closing holes.
Friday, August 20, Pleasant Valley (white tees) – Stableford
1st Geoff Parker (14) 35pts
2nd Raleigh Gosney (16) 34pts
3rd Geoff Bracegirdle (15) 32pts
Near Pins: Geoff Bracegirdle, Jimmy Carr, Alan Sullivan
The course today looked like it had been hammered by rain overnight, with fairways sodden, casual water in many places and bunkers flooded or washed out of sand. Teams of workers were all over the course doing repair work and no doubt by day’s end the course was in much better shape.
Due to the conditions, the “pick, clean, and place” rule applied and scoring was reasonable under the circumstances. Geoff Parker took the honours with thirty-five points, one up on Raleigh Gosney in second and Geoff Bracegirdle placed third on count-back with thirty-two.
