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    Default NQ Matchplay: BrettM v Dcanto

    To be played and enjoyed in the true spirit of the gentlemen's game. To kick it off, I'd like to paste a brilliant piece from Max Behr, The Democracy of Golf, Golf Illustrated, October 1915, posted in an excellent history of life and work of William Flynn I bought recently:

    The game of golf, if it is anything at all, is a sanctuary, a well where one may refresh oneself by the very fact that the game enshrouds one with a cloak of democracy. Not only are all men equal upon the links, not only are social and worldly distinctions laid aside, but, the game itself has the peculiar faculty of removing that veneer of convention, pride and vanity, which some men are wont to lay around them.

    "If you want to know your man, play golf with him."

    And it is because the game reduces man to his simple natural state, lays his very soul open to the world, that there is inculcated among golfers a spirit of pity, forgiveness and wise toleration, but, above all, brotherly kindness. What other game has this humanizing property? None that we know of. They are all of them direct assertions of will and skill in direct opposition to the tasks set by an opponent. There is never time, for instance, in a rally at tennis for true reflection; all is intuition, for one's best laid plan of attack is open to defeat by the countering of one's opponent. But, in golf, no stroke of the opponent can imperil a man's skill. He is his own master. And because he stands so very alone, so absolutely dependent upon himself that we are given an insight into what manner of man he is. That is why golf has been compared to life. A man rises and falls in the world at those critical points of his career where he alone can make a decision. He then plunges into the whirl of the world until again he finds himself upon a desert island of doubt and must decide. But a golf match is always a desert isle for him. Every shot is only a peg to an uncertain future. Luck, good and bad, he knows awaits him. What sudden inexorable task his opponent may set by a brilliant stroke lies hidden in the mists ahead. All he can do is to stride bravely forward and manfully accept the situations that confront him one hole after another.

    It is possible in this way to look upon golf as a game of character and the skill necessary to play it as the means to its revealment. And the revelation leads to humbleness, the only state of mind in which true values may be arrived at. Weakness is no longer scorned and laughed at. It is seen to be inherent in all. It is only the man who makes excuses who puts himself out of court. The strong man admits his failings on the spot and is happy to know just how and where he may school himself for the future. And so the game of golf enforces a spirit of charity, for we must give if we expect charity in return for failings we cannot hide. The duffer and the scratch player stand here on equal ground. And, although one may far exceed the other in skill he may yet lag behind in character, the only foundation upon which skill in golf can achieve a high position and sustain itself there.


    Fore.
    And the mayor announced from Thursday on should not be shat into the creek anymore, because on Saturday beer is brewed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Courty View Post
    Is this to be played on the 30th? At Mareeba?
    Yes on both counts.

    Golf is, in part, a game; but only in part. It is also in part a religion, a fever, a vice, a mirage, a frenzy, a fear, an abscess, a joy, a thrill, a pest, a disease, an uplift, a brooding, a melancholy, a dream of yesterday and a hope for tomorrow. - New York Tribune, 1916.

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    NK.....want to get ours over with on the same day?
    Hey, let's pop some Viagras and issue tickets with raging, mega-huge boners.

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    Awaiting Minister for War, Finance and Domestic Affairs approval!


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    Quote Originally Posted by solarman View Post
    NK.....want to get ours over with on the same day?
    Do I have to ?


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    So who's coming tomorrow? Or is it just DC and myself?

    7.30am Mareeba.
    And the mayor announced from Thursday on should not be shat into the creek anymore, because on Saturday beer is brewed.

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    Nobody wants to double-date?

    I doubt solarman would be interested in joining us tomorrow, even if NK agreed to it. With the Taipans game on at 5:30pm, solarman will be well lubricated by the end of the first quarter. Regardless of whether the Taipans win or lose I suggest solarman will not be a pretty sight come Saturday morning. All I can say is I'm glad I don't live too close to him - I shudder to think what he would get upto if the Taipans win.

    Golf is, in part, a game; but only in part. It is also in part a religion, a fever, a vice, a mirage, a frenzy, a fear, an abscess, a joy, a thrill, a pest, a disease, an uplift, a brooding, a melancholy, a dream of yesterday and a hope for tomorrow. - New York Tribune, 1916.

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    Land the eagle?

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    Well the match was played in good spirit with Dcanto winning 4&2.

    Golf was the winner overall however with the quality of some of our shots.

    I started to realise that it wasn't going to be my day after walking onto the 4th tee +8. A nice 6 iron into the green on 4 provided the first par and thought that maybe the worst was behind me.

    Then came 5 with a drive behind the 3rd green. Plenty of open room to punch a 4 iron through short of the drain and pitch on. Or so I thought. My punched 4 iron started to climb a bit too much and after around 75m decided to hit a small dead branch on the second tree ahead. It then started to climb, while heading back towards me, before hitting the tree at the right rear of the 3rd green. It then popped out of the tree, landed on top of the OOB marker beside the tree and bounced 6 inches OOB. Another double and the realisation that it wasn't my day.

    Don't think I hit a fairway all day. Had a couple of birdies though.

    Cheers.
    And the mayor announced from Thursday on should not be shat into the creek anymore, because on Saturday beer is brewed.

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    Thanks for the game Brett, it was great to meet you and finally put a face to the name. Mareeba was in good nick and the weather was superb.

    The final scoreline very much flattered me - I just seemed to get the more fortunate bounces. Your OOB on 5 was cruel.

    Thanks again.

    Golf is, in part, a game; but only in part. It is also in part a religion, a fever, a vice, a mirage, a frenzy, a fear, an abscess, a joy, a thrill, a pest, a disease, an uplift, a brooding, a melancholy, a dream of yesterday and a hope for tomorrow. - New York Tribune, 1916.

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    Congratulations Dave, commsierations Brett.

    Sorry I couldn't make it yesterday. I had commitments in the afternoon which prevented me from travelling (I was late as it was ).

    How were the greens?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Courty View Post
    Congratulations Dave, commsierations Brett.

    Sorry I couldn't make it yesterday. I had commitments in the afternoon which prevented me from travelling (I was late as it was ).

    How were the greens?
    Thanks Courty.

    I thought the greens were quite good and much quicker than the last time I played at Mareeba. The pins were placed in some challenging spots as the comp was the monthly medal, so on some holes if you got the pace wrong you could easily end up running well past the hole and possibly off the green.

    Golf is, in part, a game; but only in part. It is also in part a religion, a fever, a vice, a mirage, a frenzy, a fear, an abscess, a joy, a thrill, a pest, a disease, an uplift, a brooding, a melancholy, a dream of yesterday and a hope for tomorrow. - New York Tribune, 1916.

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