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Open Xmas Hamper 08/11/2026
Great Expectations!
An early tee time of 8.06am meant an early start to the day. Cats got an early feed at 6.30am. Then got my own breakfast. Weather forecast said occasional showers in the morning. Got my bananas and drink and into the car for the 25k trip to the Golf Club. On the drive I had showers on SH3 for the first 10k then it hosed down for the next 10k. The 5k from Inglewood to the Golf Club was just a bit of drizzle.
The Christmas Hampers are a great way to fill the freezer with hams and chickens, even the odd turkey.
Get to the Club and unload the buggy, drive down to the starters hutch. The banter and bullshit starts. I had not seen James (Club Captain) since he got his hole-in-one on Wednesday at twilight. Shake his hand and give him a "Well done" and a wheres' my drink? Pay my $35 entry fee and introduce myself to the other two players in our group that I did not know, both from the Fitzroy club.
We were 2nd group off but never really saw the group in front, they really motored round the course. We walked to the tee, feeling like we were walking through 'damp'. The first hole and the last two holes were the only ones we did not get wet on.
Down the first with the weather closing in. The guy showing is Peter "Rocky" Soffe who was my partner for the day. He had a good front nine but fell apart on the back nine.
The weather altered from misty drizzle to twenty minutes of torrential rain. Conditions were miserable. I parred the first and thought it might be my day after all. As we went on our clothes and equipment got wet and became difficult. I fluked a good tee shot on the 10th and put my first on the green and walked off with my second par of the day. That was my two bits of good fortune, the 1st and the 10th. The rest was rubbish. I was all set to pull out after the 12th, I was not enjoying my golf at all.
I was pretty certain there was only one turkey I was likely to catch out there, me!
I had a consistently bad day with 12 points on each nine for a 24 total. That got me 46th out of 48. At least I wasn't last. I had a look at the scores for the first half dozen groups off after us, and none really had good scores. We got the worst of the weather. I had to tip the front end of the buggy over a couple of times to drain the water out.
AC/DC would have loved me - Back in Black or maybe the Rolling Stones with Black and Blue.
Very happy to get to the finish. I was going to buy the opposition a drink. We lost the beer on the 14th. Jeff said they weren't going in (he was 32nd in our group). They were going home to dry everything out. Me too. I was supposed to pick some stuff up on the way home but decided that could wait till the buggy and I were unloaded and put in the sun to dry off.
Sitting in the sun gave me a bit of time to think about Xmas hams etc for the freezer. I took my list of things to get and went off to Woolies who had a ham special on. The ham we like is the Honey Baked type. So I bought two. Figured that would be the only 'win' on a ham I might get.
Just gotta love a nice ham salad for dinner.
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