September Sun 27th 8am Strathalbyn

[Hatchman]

I really should have posted something mid last moth re: the September game but did not so here we are in September already without anything locked in.
Match committee meeting was held over lunch at Murray Bridge and it's already been decided the September round will be at Strathalbyn. No date was locked in at the meeting.
http://www.strathgolf.com.au/index.html

This Sunday is Fathers Day so most likely out for most.
I've just been on the Strathalbyn Golf Club website and they are holding their Club Champs during September so Course should be in very good nic during that time.
Only issue with this is they have finals games (presume match play) on Sunday 13th and Sunday 20th.

This leave us with Sunday 27th so that is the date, lock it in.

In
1. Hatch
2. Wazamac
3. Hard_Pan
4. Marcel
5. Nadg63
6. Our Champ
7. DMG_Golf -(pencil for 27th)
8. Coopers Country - (erasable pen)
9. Flavzz - (dark pencil)
10.
11.

Out
Thecollective - (injured)

[DMG]

Pencil if it's the 27th. :)

[thecollective]

This Sunday 6/9 is fathers day; with a young family I would be a certain out for that, otherwise it would be the dog-house for at least a month

27/9 is good for me, so on that date I am all in.

[Hatchman]

This Sunday 6/9 is fathers day; with a young family I would be a certain out for that, otherwise it would be the dog-house for at least a month

27/9 is good for me, so on that date I am all in.

I forgot about fathers day :roll:
I'll amend the OP and set the date as the 27th as that's the best and really only suitable day on this course this month.

[wazamac]

F***king Hallmark Card Day. Lets celebrate by doing what you don't want to do.

In for the 27th

[Hard_Pan]

In for 27th.

[thecollective]

reckon the persimmons will be out (of the shed) for this game..

[nadg63]

Pencil me in.

[BobsYourUncle]

Dark pencil for me, will have my son in tow again assuming that's still OK with everyone.

[thecollective]

F***king Hallmark Card Day. Lets celebrate by doing what you don't want to do.

In for the 27th

Happy wife, happy life,

kids make a big deal of it too

[BobsYourUncle]

Happy wife, happy life

I prefer "Slightly irritated wife, amusing life" :lol:

[Coopers Country]

I am a chance for this hopefully, erasable ink

[Hatchman]

What we have so far.

1. Hatch
2. Thecollective
3. Wazamac
4. Hard_Pan
5. DMG_Golf -(pencil for 27th)
6. Nadg63 (pencil)
7. Our Champ - (dark pencil)
8. Coopers Country - (erasable pen)
9.
10.
11.
12.

[Hatchman]

Happy wife, happy life,



I prefer "Slightly irritated wife, amusing life" :lol:

I subscribe to. Have wife, what life?

[thecollective]

I'm the lucky one, although I give A LOT more than I take

[marcel]

In

[Hatchman]

1. Hatch
2. Thecollective
3. Wazamac
4. Hard_Pan
5. Marcel
6. DMG_Golf -(pencil for 27th)
7. Nadg63 (pencil)
8. Our Champ - (dark pencil)
9. Coopers Country - (erasable pen)
10.
11.
12.

[thecollective]

Re: Lunch

The Victoria Hotel Bistro is highly rated (according to Trip Advisor).

Any other suggestions?

[Hatchman]

Re: Lunch

The Victoria Hotel Bistro is highly rated (according to Trip Advisor).

Any other suggestions?

I'm happy to give the Victoria Hotel a go.
We've tried the Greenman Inn before.

[nadg63]

Re: Lunch

The Victoria Hotel Bistro is highly rated (according to Trip Advisor).

Any other suggestions?

Have eaten there many times in the past, was always good.

[thecollective]

Ok, making booking tomorrow, 8 ppl

Getting in early due to covid, if ppl drop out should still be fine just like it was @ Murray Bridge

[nadg63]

Ok, making booking tomorrow, 8 ppl

Getting in early due to covid, if ppl drop out should still be fine just like it was @ Murray Bridge

No lunch booking for me.

[wazamac]

Yum Yum

[thecollective]

No lunch booking for me.

Jam butty it is for you then


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[nadg63]

Jam butty it is for you then


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Prefer marmalade on toast! :D

[wazamac]

Prefer marmalade on toast! :D

And coffee

[nadg63]

And coffee

That goes without saying! :)

[thecollective]

Re: Lunch

7 ppl booked for 12 noon, under the name of OZGOLF, booking was taken by Ashley

Please note I am now 50/50 for Sunday as I am having a BCC fully cut out of my back tomorrow with stitches

[nadg63]

Long range forecast is good for Sunday: still working on talking Flavzz in to going!

[marcel]

What time is golf?

[wazamac]

What time is golf?

Lunch is more important

[marcel]

True. 8am I see

[Benje]

The Collective

50/50? you are an optimist. Don't plan on winning the long drive.

Benje

[Hatchman]

I'll bring the staple gun to administer 1st Aid.

[thecollective]

The Collective

50/50? you are an optimist. Don't plan on winning the long drive.

Benje

Depends on how many stitches, likely to give it a miss but you never know


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[Flavzz]

Do you still have 3 groups booked? I'm a chance if there's a spot.

[Hatchman]

Do you still have 3 groups booked? I'm a chance if there's a spot.

I'll add you to the list as dark pencil.

[Hatchman]

Only 5 more days before game.
Do any of the pencils want to changed to locked in?

This is what we have so far.
1. Hatch
2. Thecollective
3. Wazamac
4. Hard_Pan
5. Marcel
6. DMG_Golf -(pencil for 27th)
7. Nadg63 (pencil)
8. Our Champ - (dark pencil)
9. Coopers Country - (erasable pen)
10. Flavzz - (dark pencil)
11.
12.

[Flavzz]

Cheers Hatch

[thecollective]

Do you still have 3 groups booked? I'm a chance if there's a spot.

You can take my spot Flavzz, doctor decided that he likes taking skin and stitched me up to the brim so I am now a firm out for this unfortunately

[Flavzz]

You can take my spot Flavzz, doctor decided that he likes taking skin and stitched me up to the brim so I am now a firm out for this unfortunately Not good to hear mate. My uncle had the same thing done recently and couldn't play for a few weeks.

[nadg63]

Only 5 more days before game.
Do any of the pencils want to changed to locked in?

This is what we have so far.
1. Hatch
2. Thecollective
3. Wazamac
4. Hard_Pan
5. Marcel
6. DMG_Golf -(pencil for 27th)
7. Nadg63 (pencil)
8. Our Champ - (dark pencil)
9. Coopers Country - (erasable pen)
10. Flavzz - (dark pencil)
11.
12.

I'll be there - if it's not chucking it down :)

[Hatchman]

I'll be there - if it's not chucking it down :)

It wont be chucking it down.
Besides, you need to try the Driver with that new shaft :wink:


Update

In
1. Hatch
2. Wazamac
3. Hard_Pan
4. Marcel
5. Nadg63
6. DMG_Golf -(pencil for 27th)
7. Our Champ - (dark pencil)
8. Coopers Country - (erasable pen)
9. Flavzz - (dark pencil)
10.
11.

Out
Thecollective - (injured)

[BobsYourUncle]

Didn't realise I was still only down in pencil - I'm a definite, get the pen out.

[Hatchman]

OP update

[BobsYourUncle]

Just found out Strathalbyn don't do carts, which makes things a bit difficult for me. Doesn't necessarily rule me out, but will need to see what I can work out.

[Coopers Country]

I am going to have to give this one a miss Hatch , local football grand final and I have been roped in for my annual Trainer duties
Hope the weather is good for you hopefully catch up soon for a hit

[DMG]

Out sorry lads... hope you all have a great round.

[BobsYourUncle]

Yeah, I'm also a late withdrawal, everyone is sick in my house. Shame, I was looking forward to this. Have fun everyone.

[nadg63]

Cheers for the boys, good little course, good weather, great company - enjoyable morning.

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[thecollective]

Course looks interesting, might give it a go next time I go down to Victor.

Hope lunch was equally as good.

Apologies I could not be there

[nadg63]

Course looks interesting, might give it a go next time I go down to Victor.

Hope lunch was equally as good.

Apologies I could not be there

Didn't do lunch, (as usual), course was okay for a casual hit, a good variety of holes. Previously it was scrape 'greens' which probably explains why they are all saucer shaped!?

[Flavzz]

Thanks for the company today gentlemen. I quite like the course it had a good mix of holes for a 9 hole course and the conditioning will improve in due course (Hatch said the fairway were only redone 18 months ago).

My form was ok without being amazing. Short game was decent and the driving was still a mix but had a couple decent ones thrown in for good measure.

A interesting highlight was when one of my drives hit a tree and the ball seemed to vanish for a good 5-6 seconds before hitting the same tree and falling down. In hindsight it has rocketed vertically most probably 50-60 meters straight up - that was some serious hang time.

Another highlight when Hatch did not heed the warning of the "Keep Out" of the Hobbit Hollow (refer Nadges pictures) and nearly split the gate in half :lol:.

I'd definitely play there again and the green fees at $15 are seriously great value for the course.

[wazamac]

Good little course. Fun day as usual.
Took couple of holes but hit them ok. Once I remembered not to overswing.

[Hatchman]

Late reply as this the first time I’ve had to myself since yesterday’s game as no sooner had I got home I had to head into Ashford hospital to visit Mrs Kanga who’s been in there since Thursday. Nothing serious we hope but she’s having to have a number of different tests and scans to try and get some answers to what’s going on. Back to the game.

Thanks for the hit everyone. Cracking day for it and the company was top notch as always.
I never got on a roll like the last and first time played but still like the course equally as much. I really like the variety in the shape and contours of the holes. A mix of putting it in the right spot off the the tee for the second shot and straight holes keeps it interesting.
It was a mix bag for all us in my group with some real good play in between screwing some holes completely.
At $15 a round they are seriously under charging as it’s dirt cheap for a nice Greens Country course that will only get better since only going full irrigated fairways 12months ago.

Shot of the day was Flavzz tee shot on the 4th. Big block straight into the massive River Red Gum 50-60m off the tee. Loud crack of wood and then there was the listening and looking for the landing of the ball but nothing soon after the impact. Just as we were about to walk off in hope it came straight down there was a second cluck in the same tree then the ball came down. That ball must have gone straight up for some serious John Daly 10sec of carry air time.

[Hatchman]

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[Hatchman]

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Tried to play a low drawing 3iron from 150m to get under the big gum tree and stay left and high side of the trickiest green on the course.
Thought I was going to smash the fence to pieces when I straight pulled it catching the trunk part just resulting in some pinball between the 2 sides.

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[thecollective]

Great to see 3PP's birthplace, pity I missed out

[Hatchman]

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Steak for lunch.
Nice piece of Angus with a bit of heat in the Pepper Gravy.
But seriously wtf is the mound of green crap I think I hacked a shot out of on the 13th bombing my plate?

[Hatchman]

Time for a little guessing game.
In rare moment for the group all slotted one down the middle of if the 9th.
Who belongs to which drive.
Flavzz
Hard_Pan
Hatch

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[Hatchman]

And they did it again on the 18th.

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Flavzz
Hard_Pan
Hatch

[thecollective]

I’d go Hp/Hatch then Flavzz but only because Flavzz might be slowing it down a bit to get more consistent with the driver


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[Hatchman]

Coloured by distance not by player.
You want that order for both pics TC?

[thecollective]

might as well

[Flavzz]

I’d go Hp/Hatch then Flavzz but only because Flavzz might be slowing it down a bit to get more consistent with the driverSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Thanks for the clarification TC 🙂

[thecollective]

Thanks for the clarification TC ������

so I guess you were blue both times, no surprises then, great to see you back in form with the big dog

[Flavzz]

I actually can't remember who was who.

[Flavzz]

I know HP crushed his drive past us on 18.

[thecollective]

I know HP crushed his drive past us on 18.

Easy to do so when you're built like that!

[Hatchman]

Pic 1 was
Blue - Flavzz
Yellow - Hatch
Red - Hard_Pan

Pic 2 was
Blue - Hard_Pan
Yellow - Hatch
Red - Flavzz

[Hard_Pan]

Hatch, are you sure that's a ball you've circled in yellow? From memory, Flavzz' ball is correct and I think your ball is blue. Don't want to blow my own trumpet too much but I recall my ball being middle of your two balls but possibly lots further up the fairway. ;)

Braggadocio aside, it was a great day out. No crowds, no wind and temp was just right for me.

Thanks all for the hit, great fun as always.