Match Report – La Finca 15th September 2020
25 of us made the short journey north to La Finca, well, 24 of us made the short journey, one member, who will remain nameless but she is a German lady, decided to take the longer route via Vistabella.
The course was in good condition, except for a few places where there is still damage due to infected water from the irrigation system, but these are marked as ‘GUR’, so no real problem. The greens were exceptional, nippy and running true. The only real problem we had was the lack of a breeze and the presence of millions/ billions of midges that were enjoying themselves in annoying the golfers!
NTP’s: We had the normal Par 3’s and a bonus NTP, which was on the iconic 5th hole, a par 5, NTP in 3. All five NTP’s were claimed and on the 3rd was Mick Phelan, the 6th Barney, 13th Brian Kiernan, 16th Steve Higgins and the NTP on the 5th was Barney again.
TWO’s Pot: You may recall that we had a double rollover carried forward and this meant there was a tidy 114€ in the two’s Pot and there was only one 2 claimed and much to the derision of many present, Steve Higgins joyfully accepted the pot.
The scores on the doors in the Silver Division were, in the main, a little on the low side and only 2 managed to break 30 points. This meant that Moose Burke’s 29 was only good enough for the CBNC. On 30 points, new member Pat Brennan accepted the runners-up envelope from Captain Ernie. The winner of the Silver Division with 33 points was Niall Murray.
In the Gold division, the scores were slightly better and a score of 32 from Gwen Wylie was only good enough for the CBNC non-award. One point better with 33 saw Daz Hancock collecting the Runners-up brownie and the winner in the Gold was Steve Higgins with 35 points.
The Overall winner was quite a surprise for many! With an outstanding score of 37, Mick Coady saw him claim the overall top spot of the day. It also saw him lose a shot from his handicap!
The Guest prizes went to Chris Pollard with 26 points and he received a sleeve of Srixons and the winning score of 29 saw Evan Marriott gleefully accept the bottle of wine and a sleeve of Srixons for his efforts.
There were two singles games played and moving on into the Final is Niall Murray who beat Blue Smith 3 & 2. In the other game Steve Higgins had a hard-fought win of 3 & 1 over Jim Barbour, this see’s him in the Semi Finals and will play the winner of the game between Barney McCaffery and Keith Crossan.
Next week we are making the very short journey to Villamartin and we have 32 places booked, of which 25 have already been taken. The week after we make the journey to Vistabella and already places are filling up fast, so if you intend to play, book now.
