It’s been five months since we ventured down to Mar Menor, so it was, in theory, nice to have been back to warmer weather but that didn’t prove to be the case as it turned out to be a Windy Wednesday and no bare arm were in sight. It’s a popular desert-style course, being a shorter track it can attract the low and high handicappers alike and those in-betweeners also.
Quite a tight course being set in amongst “Las Residencias” with plenty of house-nettings in evidence for those wayward balls… it’s a bit caveat empor buying a house on a golf course me thinks.
The course itself was in fair condition, with a few comments from members verifying the same. The fairways were fairly green, but dry and the greens were a bit slow. Everybody headed back to The Shamrock aka “The Irish Indian” for the presentation.
Another full field of 43 members and 5 guests with the following results.
Gold: Gavin Parke (34 points)
Silver: Red McAuliffe (38 points and best score of the day)
Bronze: Sandra Dibble (35 points)
A duo of “Twos” on the same hole (17) in the same fourball by Sandra Dibble and Drew Niblock – a nice little earner for them both. Nearest the Pins were John Osborne (a regular….), Will Hammond, Wayne Telford (guest) and Martin Readman.
The best guest prize of a sleeve of balls went to Louise Telford with 34 points and Alan Macdonald won the football card with Tottenham (who?). And a special shout out to the youngest player today winning the wine – Sam Hancock. Well done all in the very blowy weather conditions.
Next week we are at another desert-style course, Altaona, which we have played quite a few times in the last year.
Pictured L-R: Louise Telford (best guest), Darren Strugnell (President), Lee Eastman (Captain), Red McAuliffe (Silver), Gavin Parke (Gold), Sam Hancock (“McBride Bottle”), Sandra Dibble (Bronze) and Colin Smith (PBomber but very important Charity Secretary!)
