Fair way to go

By Dennis Fuller
THE game of golf at Emerald Golf Club last Saturday saw the joining of fairways together to make a series of super-long holes. The 18th and first holes, the second and third, the 11th and 12th and the 13th and 14th were paired for a par of 62 strokes.
Peter Clowes (16) rose to the challenge of the long hole day when he came in with a net 55 to lead the field in. Two others came close but earned no cigar. Allan Ecclestone (15) had a net 57, as did Dennis Fuller (14) who won the second place garland on a countback.
Ryan Aitken (24) had 58, Dave Hunt (13) a 59 and John Carvill (17) managed 60 with the rest of the field scattered to all points of the compass, crouching over their counting beads to calculate scores.
Because of the format played, fewer nearest the pins were contested. Clowes was nearest on the fourth, Ecclestone on the 12th and Jeff Marsh picked up the pro pin cash on the 17th.
Davina Jennings, with a net 70, fared the best of the ladies.
Wednesday’s Organically Fabricated Golf (OFG) using OFG handicaps was a tie between Mick Petrie and Ernie Tong when they both came in with 32 points. They agreed, as gentlemen would, to share the spoils without trying to prove who was the better man.
Next Saturday, golfers line up for the August round of the VGL medal.
The course is standing up particularly well, despite plenty of rain. Any player expecting a win will have to turn in a blinder.