Golf from The Growling Swan
Monday, Nov. 7, Eastern Star – Stableford
1st Colm Mullen (26) 36pts
2nd Steve Younger (13) 30pts
3rd Walter Baechli (15) 30pts
Near Pins: 3rd Denis Steel, 13th Gary Bright, 17th Denis Steele
Long Putts: 9th Gary Bright, 18th No Takers
Seventeen starters gathered today at Eastern Star anticipating the day’s challenges. Unfortunately a mix up at the first tee saw a bit of confusion with 10 players being sent off before the second bus arrived. So it was a split field.
The weather was quite warm with a cool breeze affording some welcome relief. Rain was threatening for the latter part of the day
The greens were in ordinary condition, and had only been sanded recently. Not up to me but Bt. 1900 for green fee, cart and caddy was a little over the top considering the condition of the course. We played from the white tees.
Colm Mullen was out of the blocks on his first game back, with his 36 points giving him first place. A count back separated second and third, with Steve Younger taking out second and Walter Baechli in third.
Thursday, Nov. 10, Crystal Bay – Stableford
1st Colm Mullen (26) 40pts
2nd Rudy Regenass (15) 38pts
3rd Bill McGarvie (10) 38pts
4th Neil Harvey (10) 38pts
Near Pins: C4 Gordon Clegg, C7 Stuart Brown, B3 Andrew Allen, B6 Stuart Brown.
Long Putts: C9 Rudy Regenass, B9 Bill McGarvie.
Two buses and a few cars prepared for the journey out to Crystal Bay GC and 19 golfers were set to make names for themselves at a course that is very popular with The Growling Swan.
The weather was on the threatening side with the prospect of rain hitting at any moment, but as luck had it we never copped the rain till we had actually left the club house to head home. Conditions were good and the course was in great nick with the greens playing as they do here, fast but true.
We played C and A Nines in that order (A nine was used for the count-backs) from the yellow tees as chosen by the captain of the day, Fred Dineley. Rumor has it he wanted to play from the red tees but forgot to pack a dress!
Scores were quite good as you would expect playing from the front tees. With only one division it was Colm Mullen who finished with a good score of 40 points from his 26 handicap. This made it 2 from 2 for Colm. Second, third & fourth were all to be sorted out by the count back system. Winning that and taking out second was Rudy Regenass, with Bill McGarvie coming third and Neil Harvey fourth.
