Happy Birthday
Birthday Boy
According to the lyrics in the famous Beatles song ... "When I get older, losing my hair, many years from now .." Well one person didn't wait until he was 64 to go for the no hair look and recently that man did turn 64. Such is the queue for birthday shouts Bruce's birthday was a couple of weeks ago. Nevertheless we did the usual stuff, sang with gusto and purpose, and thanks to Bruce celebrated in the customary style. Thank you sir.
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In the week when Scottie Scheffler included a shank in his Fedex Cup victory, there was a bit of chatter about the dreaded sideways shot. None to record yesterday - we think. The difference between Scheffler's shank and one of ours, is that he stopped the rot immediately by getting 3 back-to-back birdies. We normally go back-to-back shanks !! That's the difference.
Good To See Marty Back
It was good to see a fighting fit Marty back on deck yesterday. After recent health battles Marty is back to his normal fighting weight and playing some decent golf. We even managed to scrape some money back in one of the set of sixes. All good.
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First we'll get to The Swinger's Trophy for the week.
As Eric correctly proclaimed, "age is no barrier .... " And so it was that with 36 points and importantly 2 birdies under his belt, evergreen Alistair nailed the victory and in doing so scored a night in Balclutha. "It's been a while since I've been to Balclutha " suggested young Al. Happy days.
First Man To 4
On a near perfect day for golf, it was something of a surprise to learn that only 36 points was needed for Blue Jacket honours. Geoff Laney won with 36 points in September last year. It was a close run thing though with Alistair, TK and Tony all having 36 to their name. With TK and Alistair only having one pointers on their last hole, and Tony having a 4 for 3, it came down to an easy decision.
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Now Tony departs for his European break being the first of us to earn 4 Blue Jackets in 2024. Not sure when he's back but safe travels. Tony's 36 points did his Waitahuna chances no harm either and he is now the second golfer this year to break into the 540 points + category. He's now outright second chasing down Mahmoud.
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In the sixes too many names to record but 3 teams shared the first set with 31 points and 2 teams shared the middle set with 41 points. Eddie, John Marsh, Tony and future LIV golfer pro shop Mike snared the last set with 49 points.
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After all the ceremonial stuff had been completed we attempted to extricate from Mike details of his recent trip to Thailand. There's an old saying about what goes on on tour stays on tour. I think we can amplify that with what goes on in Thailand absolutely stays within that country's boundaries.
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Hamish won the raffle and that was another Wednesday done and dusted.