There was a good turnout for the September Medal at Pallanne on Friday. The club messed us about a bit by saying that tees 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 were reserved from 9.00 so we started from 8, 10. As it turned out there were just three fourballs using the reserved tees and they turned up late !
However, despite the confusion we had a good day in good conditions. The best score of the day was from Rob Jones who, despite having a 7, 8 and 9 on his card, came in with a net 73. His back 9 was particularly impressive — he was just five over par. His handicap has been cut a modest 1.2 which brings him down to 20. Well done Rob. Second place went to Roger Barton (on count-back) and third was Mike Matthews. Mike had a great round apart from taking nine shots on the 9th. If he had managed a triple bogey on that hole he would have won the medal. As it is, the vagaries of the handicap system means he receives a cut of 0.4 which brings him down to 20.2 Fergus O'Neill started badly with three triple bogeys in the first six holes. So he decided to practice for next week's Fun Day by only using three clubs from that point on and was only 7 over for the remaining 12 holes. John Wilkinson had a good round apart from a three holes — good enough to earn him a handicap cut of 1.8 On a pleasant early autumn day seven Musketeers dined at the club restaurant amid much raucous laughter at the round table banter. New Hazard Players may have noticed that the rear of the 18th green has now been designated as a lateral hazard (red stakes). This is an experiment for the rest of this year. The implications are that if your approach shot on the 18th goes over the back of the green you now have three options. Firstly, if you find your ball in the designated hazard area you can play it without penalty (but you must not ground your club). Secondly you can take a penalty drop in the designated drop zone to the left of the green or thirdly you can retake your shot from the original place which also incurs a 1 shot penalty. I understand from the Club Captain that because of the nature of the slope and position of the hazard area you cannot take relief using the normal 'two club lengths' rule. Just the three options outlined above. Hope that's clear.
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