The Day

It started raining on the way to Kedaton and really didn’t stop all day. Not to be deterred (had to spell that right), 29 out of the registered 34 Tee Setters finished their rounds, with two more sneaking off for a hot shower after nine holes.  Roger (above) clearly missed his days in the front row, but may have been better served by Murcho and Geary as his props.

Geoff realised he couldn’t whisper in the rain so is caught here making a beeline to the exit; Ricardo and Mo were happy enough to wait for the rain to slow down, and Chris got ready to skate his way through the slippery fairways, the rain bouncing off his newly shaved scone.

A funny highlight from the first flight off with Mick sculling a chip across the green, straight onto Mel’s putter, as he was lining up his putt from off the green.  Mick’s ball ricocheted back towards the hole.  To Mel’s credit he managed to get his own ball closer.

Great to see the Srikandi stars out there proudly in red, with Wina here a study of absolute concentration despite attempts to put her off her chipping.

Now newcomers but plenty of welcome backs – Rusty topping the list with 12 weeks.

The Play

Some very impressive rounds given the horribly wet conditions.  Stuart having a 79 off the stick led the scoring with Lee (71), Efsi (72) and Chris (76) taking low net prizes.

Lee’s 23 putts was a top effort, taking advantage of what were excellent greens, but Rocky’s 27 was also outstanding and he took the Lowest Putts award due to our one prize rule.  As usual Rocky (below) also provided some fine tunes to the after match event. Lis was the first par scorer among our Over 30 handicappers and a mixed bag of Tee Set’s finest managed somehow to win the other “skill prizes”.

In the booby prizes, Nick actually thought he won money, thanks to Brenda being distracted by the peanut gallery, but had to give it back after having Most Strokes on a hole with 12. Chris jumped in again…I think he thought there was a prize for most photos.

There were no Monster Putters – everyone was under 40.  But there were plenty, yes plenty, of skirts.  In fact there were multiple skirts per hole – Mel’s playing partners were blamed for at least one of his, but we are not having that, and Ricardo is reported to have had three on one hole but he and Rob Graham, with his Tee Set first skirt, took off before photo time.  What a stunning bunch……not

Next Up: Monthly Medal, Gading Raya

This is also the last round of the eclectic.  Progress scores will be published later in the week…just to build the suspense.

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