It is raining today (22nd October), so herewith the first "Epistle" from the Tweed on the newly created Mens Matchplay page.
In theory Thursday 17th was the 3rd game towards the last quarterly league table of the year, but (as has been well documented), our tee times on 10th October were moved to before 8am due to SIC's Club Championship competition - and that was far too early for the "social golfers" amongst MM regulars!
Nine of us played matchplay/split 6 three ball games on 3rd October (Bob C, Stu Mc, Malcolm E, Wim H, Ken S, Chris N, Don F, Ian C & Dave T), and whilst I put the results on a piece of paper - I am ashamed to say I cannot find it now, so I will trust you to let me know how you got on that day. All I remember now is that our group played "Skins" (which I won), and Bob did not put his Euro in as he put €2 in last quarter for no return!
Last week was Ladies Day at Silves and as they had all the tee times between 7.30 and 9.00, we went to Alto. The men had 3 matchplay games, results as follows:-
A / S - Ian Chapman & Malcolm Ealand vs Dave Tweed and Steve Edwards
4 & 3 - Stuart Deans & Geof Cox beat Richard Emrich & Charles Bradshaw
2 & 1 - Larry Pratt & Chris Nickels beat Stuart alker & Stu McGill
So, a reminder of the Mens Matchplay league - first table published after the games on Thursday 24th October.
1 - 2 points for a win
2 - 1 point for a halfed game
3 - Best 5 scores count over the 13 weeks
4 - In the event of a tie, amount of holes won will be counted (e.g. a 4&3 win gives 4 points)
5 - €1 per game for those who want to be included in the league
6 - €50 to league winner at end of quarter (€30 for 2nd, €20 for 3rd)
7 - However, it is expected that the winners will treat their fellow players at the Clubhouse that day!
You should be able to assess from the above, that Tursdays are aimed to be a relaxed game amongst like minded gentlemen who relish the oportunity of playing matchplay golf. To make it even more relaxing, when the total playing numbers enable us to have pairs 4-balls - the best drive of the pair is chosen, but the rest of the hole is completed in the normal way.
See clear as mud innit!
More news as it happens, Dave Tweed