Tonka Toys Everywhere
We were blessed with amazing weather today with bright blue skies, sunshine and little wind.
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Boulcoutt's Farm is OK but is not the most amazing golf course on the planet. It's pretty flat, the holes are not super-interesting but it's a reasonable test of golf. Get this, 7 of the 18 Wagglers only scored 25 points.
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Big trucks rumbled across the course as a new retirement home is being built and across the golf course is the only access.
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Note to self - any golf course with "Farm" in the title isn't as good as you might think - maybe leaving it as a farm wasn't a bad idea....
How Hard Can It Be ?
Golf courses have holes numbered 1 to 18. The idea is you play them in that order. You would think that the combined intellectual capability of the Head Honcho of a prestigious car company, the Chairman of Fish and Game New Zealand, an accomplished medical surgeon and a financial accountant with a room named after him at Polson Higgs would have the collective ability to deliver on that.
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But no - it wasn't to be. Having walked off the 12th green instead of heading to the 13th tee instead they being Marsh, Grubb, Broughton and Peart went back to the 7th and played that hole again.
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"But it's an unfamiliar course we've never played before" pleaded one of the miscreants.
Yeah right as the advert suggests. Not only had they played the 7th before so it should have been familiar but each tee has a massive big sign with a number on it telling you which hole it is.
An appropriate fine was levied.
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That said, word on the street has it the Sheriff and co. committed the same error getting lost between 16 and 17.
Happy Days
It's not the longest golf course in the world, and the greens weren't that difficult, but despite that only an average score was needed to clean up on the main prize.
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39 points in a 4 ball better ball stableford was enough to take home the spoils. Congratulations to Ray Grubb and David Peart on their victory.
The Boiled Egg Man
On the flight from Dunedin to Wellington, the aeroplane had just levelled off when Deano reached into his bag and pulled out a hard-boiled egg. "What are you doing with that ?" those close by asked him. "I'm going to eat it" replied Dean.
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So here's evidence on the first tee today of the same thing. Eggshells everywhere. Food of champions apparently.
Mickelson versus Nicolson
Word has it for about 12 holes Nick Nicolson played like a demon today. But then somebody flicked the switch ...
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On the next hole teeing off in all too familiar fashion Nick failed to make the yellow pegs. An almighty swing on the second still failed to advance the ball to those distant yellow pegs.
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A third swing connected well but the ball was seen to be sailing out of bounds and into the great blue yonder.
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Same stuff, different island.....
Let's Practise
Such is the keenness of the Wagglers to practise their skills they will practise anywhere. Two examples to see.
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Having chipped like a beginner all day Keith decided some practise was the way to go just as the bus was arriving to take us home.
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Meanwhile The Sheriff thought the best place was on the pavement outside the hotel.
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Go Boys !!