Xmas hols golf in the SE

[Lagerlover]

Will be looking for a couple of games between Xmas and mid Jan around Bordertown, Naracoorte or Kingston.

Anyone?

[mrbluu]

I dunno FU Coffee implies she didn't like you

Depends if it came with a happy ending

[Chilled]

Hot in pants but not in game

Great turn out and good to see everyone again, really enjoyed the hit today. Very interesting course. Tough greens, grass wise......some good risk/reward holes.....but overall most holes were interesting in some way or another.

I'd play there again given the opportunity.

[Chilled]

The scenic 18th right dogleg with the lake in the distant background....

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....and the Percival Pelican cup winner with 32 points, coalesce!

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[Hatchman]

Had great day, well worth the 2hr drive. Good to catch up with all.
Got off to a great start with the flirty Tanya at the Tailem Bend Shell Roadhouse. Got the first birdie off the day with a topnot bouncing off the windscreen right in front of TC just after the Meningie turn off.

Well done to coalesce on being the inaugural winner of the Mr Percival cup. I needed that birdie on the last more than just for having two in a row that I knew at the time.

The layout off the course is fantastic with plenty of variety and better than I remember it. The greens grass is much different to what I remember thou. At a guess I think they've lost the fight to maintain good quality fine left grass greens and have gone to a course leaf couch. This made them a little fickle to chip to and putt on. Puting a good roll on the ball is the key to stopping the putts from bouncing a lot and wandering off the line.

Thumbs down to the Meningie Hotel for not having any Chicken Schnits or Coorong Mullet when we checked in for lunch ��

[Lagerlover]

Good day boys. Appreciate all the travel made by all.

Great course layout, different grass on the greens and it would be spot on!!

[nadg63]

As per previous, good social day out playing Lake Albert Golf Course at Meningie. Weather wise it was sunny, not too hot with an occasional breeze. Was good to be having a hit again, albeit having to use a cart, shared with LL who'd also managed to hurt his knee - a right pair of cripples! Not sure if we'd overdone it over Xmas but the cart cried enough at the 15th green requiring a quick call to the office and a replacement being sent out. Cheers guys, enjoyable day.

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[coalesce]

An enjoyable day all round. I actually enjoyed the drive but then I guess the novelty of Australian vistas of salt lakes and green/gold hasn't worn off yet still!

I started with 2 pars on my way to 18 points with 2 wipes on the front 9. Choked a bit on the back 9 - another 2 wipes and some scrambles for 1s on the back meant only 14 on the back

I actually didn't mind the greens and although different, I didn't think them any harder to putt on tho I did have one change direction off the grain at the last minute early on so just decided to putt the break out on any shorter ones after

It was definitely a little gem of a course tho. With 5 par 5s and some varied par 4s there was plenty to think about. 4 of the 5 par 3s were a little samey tho - varying only by about 20m with the same layout. Would definitely go back tho!

Finally thanks to Lagerlover for being the instigator of this - without you we wouldn't have played there at all!

[Hatchman]

The par 3's are as follows:
3rd 145m
6th 160m
9th 170m
12th 130m
14th 160m

Agreed 4 of the 5 play very much the same and is a small weakness in the great lay out.
The 3rd and 12th are the best of the 5. The 3rd while shorter than 6,9 & 14 plays the same as those 3 as the green is very elevated from the tee block level making it easily 2 clubs more than the yardage. The 4 greens all have dead ground in front of the green making a full carry from tee to green important.
The 12th is great par 3 with it's long skinny bunker protecting all of the left hand side and some of the back and the drop off dip on the right hand side. The green is tiny and is an upside down saucer. Combine this with the exposure to any breeze/wind off the tee and it's no snack. A bit surprised that it's rated the easiest hole on the course.

Not sure if they do club member statistics to rate their holes but I found the easy ratings of theses par 3's a bit odd and in contrast off 7 I have shots on 4 of the 5 par 5's including indexes 1&2.

[thecollective]

Agree with Hatch; besides the fantastic 12th the par 3's were like deja vu (elevated tee, downhill bunkerless green). Reminded me a little of Murray Bridge. The 6th and 9th were so similar I checked with Lager to see if we were playing the same hole.

The undulating sand belt land was a great site to see - when you have such good land and soil it is very easy to carve a good layout and they have certainly done that at Lake Albert. I was a big fan of holes 11, 12 and 17 plus I like the change to #1 with just the one tree as opposed to an overflow (ala Tanunda / Victor Harbor) strategy that stifles the hole. I thought the Par 5's were all a tad too long in length with no real short one to encourage club/handicap golfers to reach in two.

Big thanks to 'Hotpants' Hatch for the lift and Lager for getting us out into the country. We should do it again sometime soon. Perhaps a Waikerie trip should be put on the cards again.

[Hatchman]

I think a day trip to Waikerie some time during the year is a must do.
It's 2hrs from the City and an easy drive down the Sturt hwy.
Waikerie is another great layout with better conditioning than Lake Albert.

[coalesce]

I'd have to go to the bakery just for the alliteration

[Lagerlover]

I was asked why I didn't bring any pies back when I got home.

[Lagerlover]

I was asked why I didn't bring any pies back when I got home.

gave her a reason to talk to me, which was nice.

[Hatchman]

I was asked why I didn't bring any pies back when I got home.

You ate all of doz you bought ?
If only they knew

[Lagerlover]

Hahaha.


Least no animals were harmed in my trip. PETA have been informed, lesbians on the way.

[marcel]

I'd have to go to the bakery just for the alliteration

Well played

[Hatchman]

Hahaha.


Least no animals were harmed in my trip. PETA have been informed, lesbians on the way.

I didn't kill anything on the way home, only on the way there .

I'm a member of PETA, People Eating Tasty Animals

[Lagerlover]

I'm a member of PETA, People Eating Tasty Animals

So I trust you've reported the white jacket wearing imbecile at the Meningie Pub for not carrying enough chicken schnitties??

[Lagerlover]

Still can't remember butterfish/Jew/mullaway ever being thinner than the breaded coating.

[thecollective]

Or the schnitzel with more moisture in the batter than the bloody gravy

[Lagerlover]

Or the schnitzel with more moisture in the batter than the bloody gravy

You're schnit was battered?

[thecollective]

It was crumbed with a shiteload of flour

[Lagerlover]

I have an old Pilgrim copy he can have.

Hatchy,

Handed this over this morning, and the young bloke was absolutely beside himself.

Thanks once again.

[3Puttpete]

I'd have to go to the bakery just for the alliteration

Wouldn't that be a rhyme?

[Hatchman]

Or the schnitzel with more moisture in the batter than the bloody gravy

You're schnit was battered?

It was crumbed with a shiteload of flour

So I trust you've reported the white jacket wearing imbecile at the Meningie Pub for not carrying enough chicken schnitties??

Crumb coating was not adhered very well to the schnit, it fell to bits when trying to cut. Schnit was on top of chips and pepper gravy had no heat what so ever. It was a 4 maybe 5 at best.
Just for the record a score of 3 would result in not bothering to eat it all.


The Pub is on the Schnit Sh!t list along with Schnit House. Their Schnitzel frying cards should be re-voked