A Cause For Celebration
Duncan couldn't make it to golf this week as he had an appointment with the Mayor at the town hall. As we all know Duncan is a proud Scotsman who wears his heart and his Saltire on his sleeve. Duncan will happily tell you of all of the hidden golfing gems in Scotland and where to get the best scotch whisky.
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But this week Duncan added another string to his bow. Here we see Duncan accepting his certificate which confers on him citizenship of New Zealand. Being Scottish and a New Zealander has dual benefits and there's no harm having a foot in both camps. He now has 2 good reasons not to like the English !
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Smart move Duncan, you've made a good choice.
A Cause For Careful Putting
This was the first golf day of the summer season and the weather forecast was for 27 degrees temperature with some northerly winds. However this did not quite eventuate and we had an afternoon in the early 20’s followed by some showers to finish the day. Also we were told that the greens had been cored and they were indeed covered in a layer of sand to test the skills and patience of the golfers for the day.
The Swingers Trophy was contested between Mike Henderson and "Junior"Hobbs with 2 birdies, however won by future LIV golfer pro shop Mike with the superior stableford score of 39 points. That many points off a low handicap points to some good golf; well played that man.
The weather and the cored greens did not spoil the standard of the golf for the afternoon and the contest for the sixes was strongly contested with mainly above average team scores. The first six holes was won in 33 points by team Mahmoud , David Peart, Wazza and Geoff Laney. The following six holes was won in 43 points by Vaughn and the three Johns, being Alexander, Cutler and Marsh. The final six holes was won in 51 points by team Walter, Henderson and Cameron. Sadly team Adam, Howard and Caithness had their eye on the prize when they had 47 points on the penultimate hole and crumbled to score only score 3 points on the last hole for a 50 point total. History suggests a team pep talk on the final hole is never a good idea. A conversation which follows along the lines of " hey look we've got 47 points after 5 holes, come on boys let's nail this and win the prize" just doesn't work. We all think it though.
The raffle was won by John Marsh with number 27.
Congratulations to Derek Todd on his 59th birthday where we sang a happy birthday and drank a whisky shout. Thank you Derek.
Great to see the support for the MacKaiser Ambrose event last Thursday where four Wagglers teams stepped up to compete in the fund raiser. Jamie was very impressed and presented the winning prize to the pre-eminent team of Carvel, Nickleson, Cameron and Attenborough. Apparently the team relied heavily on Nick’s prowess on the putting green, where he slotted a number of key putts to get them over the line.
In today’s competition Bolty was waxing lyrical about Nick and his "baby draw” drives off the tee box. It has been a number of weeks since anyone has had the pleasure of a whisky from his account.
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​There was a strong contest for the Blue jacket and this was taken in 40 points by Warren Egen, followed by 39 points from The Nugget and LIV Henderson. Warren went traditional this week reverting back to the Blue Jacket. It was only 2 weeks ago he was the first to wear the Christmas Jacket. This is his third jacket for the year.
