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What if?

What if you were playing in the club championship tournament finals
and the match was halved at the end of 17 holes. You had the honor and
hit your ball a modest two hundred fifty yards to the middle of the
fairway, leaving a simple six iron to the pin. Your opponent then hits
his ball, lofting it deep into the woods to the right of the fairway.

Being the golfing gentleman that you are, you help your opponent look
for his ball. Just before the permitted five minute search period
ends, your opponent says: ‘Go ahead and hit your second shot and if I
don’t find it in time, I’ll concede the match.’

You hit your ball, landing it on the green, stopping about ten feet
from the pin. About the time your ball comes to rest, you hear your
opponent exclaim from deep in the woods:

‘I found it!’. The second sound you hear is a click, the sound of a
club striking a ball and the ball comes sailing out of the woods and
lands on the green, stopping no more than six inches from the hole.

Now the real ‘what if’ in this story……

What if you had your opponent’s ball in your pocket?

The Society last played Alamos on the 16th October and since then the new road has opened linking its entrance to the centre of the resort. Whilst not shorter it certainly is a less dustier affair and doesn’t require a visit to the car wash on the way home! Construction is around all with two hotels scheduled and the ubiquitous villas and apartments. Alamos is so far untouched so go and play and make the most of its wonderful beauty and tranquility because one day sadly it will change.

Player numbers were even so it was decided a betterball pairs stableford would be ideal. The draw just did itself mainly by who arrived with who.The fairways were excellent whilst the greens were somewhat below there usual high standard after undergoing spiking the previous week. A good day had by all with scores to match!

1st: Robin Prescott (h/c: 14) & Michael Carr (h/c: 17) – 43pts

2nd : Annie Hallewell (h/c 20) & Siobhan O’Grady – 40pts

Nearest The Pin: Michael Carr

Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by the occasional miracle, followed by a good bottle of beer.

Golf! You hit down to make the ball go up. You swing left and the ball goes right. The lowest score wins. And on top of that, the winner buys the drinks.

If you find you do not mind playing golf in the rain, the snow, even during a hurricane, here’s a valuable tip: your life is in trouble.

Golfers who try to make everything perfect before taking the shot rarely make a perfect shot.

The term ‘mulligan’ is really a contraction of the phrase ‘maul it again.’

A ‘gimme’ can best be defined as an agreement between two golfers… neither of whom can putt very well.

An interesting thing about golf is that no matter how badly you play, it is always possible to get worse.

Golf’s a hard game to figure. One day you’ll go out and slice it and shank it, hit into all the traps and miss every green. The next day you go out and for no reason at all you really stink.

Golf is the only sport where the most feared opponent is you.

Golf is like marriage: If you take yourself too seriously it won’t work, and both are expensive.

The best wood in most amateurs’ bags is the pencil.