An overcast morning greeted the Langham Slashers Golfers held at the very scenic Clifton Golf Course and was sponsored by the Condamine Club. Albeit the forecast was for rain the golfing gods were apparently smiling upon us as it wasn’t until the completion of the day’s play before the onset of a light drizzle occurred.
The fairways and greens of the Clifton Golf Course were in excellent condition and are a credit to the Clifton club members who, with the assistance of a part-time greenkeeper maintain the course and its associated facilities.
Last Sunday’s tournament was conducted over eighteen holes in lieu of the normal nine-hole competition. The winner on the day with his usual articulate game was Greg Wallace with an adjusted Nett 71, one stroke better than Wayne Wells on 72 who incidentally also claimed bragging rights for longest drive on the 7th fairway. Not content with winning the day with the best-adjusted score, Greg Wallace also had the best gross score of 84, only 14 strokes over the course par of 70.
Laurie King displayed his approach skills on the 300-metre 8th fairway taking out the prize for Best Approach while Greg Wallace and Peter Balfour won Nearest to the Pin on the 4th and 9th respectively. While the putting greens proved a challenge to most players mainly due to their lack of exposure to the Clifton Golf Course, nevertheless the overall standard was more than acceptable with Greg Wallace (once again) pipping Laurie King for best putts with 32 on a countback; Peter Seidel, who was having his first game with the group, was awarded the “Ollie Ball” for most putts – things can only improve Peter. Finally, Rob Lyons was awarded the Bradman Prize for the highest Nett score of 91.
Following the game, the group adjourned to the clubhouse for the presentation of the various awards whilst enjoying a Bar-B-Que lunch provided by the Clifton Golf Club and engaging in the usual “analytic” discussions about “what went wrong”, banter at the expense of some about unfortunate instances, and of course solving the world’s problems.
The Langham Slashers take this opportunity to thank the Clifton Golf Club for their hospitality and Doug McBeth who coordinated a very enjoyable and successful day.
Next Sunday’s game, being sponsored by Rose City Meats, will be the standard nine-hole competition conducted on the Back 9 at the Warwick Golf Club with tee-off time being 07:00.
Once again, all golfers regardless of competency level are more than welcome to join the Langham Slashers and have an enjoyable morning’s golf. Should you be interested in joining this very sociable Sunday morning golfing group, please don’t hesitate by either telephoning 0408-979-797 or alternatively just introduce yourself on Sunday morning.
