The Backyard Golf Society
Another enjoyable round for the Backyard Boys at Emerald last Friday, Nov. 29, but for some unknown reason we found the round to be very slow, waiting on just about every tee and fairway seemed to be the order of the day.
Winner of the stableford competition was the former ‘Irish John’, winning on count-back from ‘The Diet Whiskey Man’. Playing to a higher handicap than anticipated but always welcoming a shot or two, ‘Irish’ scored 34 points.
‘Irish John’ poses for a photo with the staff at Blue Sky Bar in Ban Chang.
The near-pin prize went to ‘The Diet Whiskey Man’, his rotund figure attesting to a good Thanksgiving Day turkey dinner. ‘Diet’ has recently moved into a new abode down the road so we anticipate a great house-warming (wrecking?) party in the next few weeks.
Skins on the day were won in multiples, with 5 each to Michelle Chatt (plus the rollover from the previous week), ‘Golden Trowel’s Boyfriend’ and ‘Diet Whiskey’, 2 to ‘Irish John’ and 1 to Jimmy ‘2 Stone’. With ‘Foos yer Doos’ doing a runner with the kitty from last week’s rollover we expect him to pay a round of drinks penance at next week’s game.
‘Linda’s Lovelace’ has a week free of the boss, so he will be up to no good down the road this week, no doubt spinning yarns with ‘Whiskey’ and ‘The Quiet Man’. Russell “He’s a Victorian” has departed once again for Cameroon, Don ‘the Divorcer’ was on his customary “now you see me, now you don’t” break at Cats and we should see the return of ‘Passport Control’ from Sydney this coming week.
