The Backyard Golf Society
With all the recent rains the setting for our weekly outing at Emerald was almost unplayable with balls plugging on both the fairways and greens, yet our 3 groups had an enjoyable day out – well most of us anyway.
Jimmy ‘2 stone’ was taken ill towards the end of the round, the sweltering conditions produced by the wet ground and hot sun proving too much for the poor old chap, so much so that he was still unsighted when the rest of the group left the course for a well deserved drink.
Don ‘the Divorcer’ (2nd right rear) celebrates his win with the staff at Blue Sky Bar.
The really big winner today was Don ‘the Divorcer’ whose 43 points in the main competition blitzed the field and coupled with his near-pin (almost a hole-in-one) on the par 3, 15th and 9 skins gave him a record winning pay-out for the society. Irish John won 6 skins, with singles to Russell ‘He’s a Victorian’ Benson and Andy ‘the Farmer’ Mills, with the 18th rolled over to next week’s game.
We had several returning players today with ‘The Farmer’, ‘Foos yer Doos’ Cowe and Mickey ‘the Yak’ all playing their first games for a while.
Post–game discussions at the club-house (minus 2 Stone) centred on some rule changes requested by various players. Our club shirt is no longer required to be worn down the road after the game but with most players already in possession of a shirt and unlikely to wear them anywhere else, the chances are the old rags will still make a frequent appearance. We have also relaxed the rule on inviting guest players but the requirement for a valid PSC handicap to play in the main competition remains.
The Divorcer then kindly treated the attending players to a drink down the road – never a club rule but certainly “encouraged”, to avoid a lot of peer pressure – before proceeding to fill his ample fuel-tank at the Camel.
Some players were heading away to Chiang Mai and Kanchanaburi on the weekend but we will have enough for a competition back at Emerald again next Friday.
