By DENNIS FULLER
ON Saturday at Emerald Golf Club, the sun was shining brightly, but, unfortunately, not on the course, although the big wet had passed.
The competition was South African fourball, where there were teams of two and the scores were calculated by multiplying the stableford scores on each hole.
Once again it was Peter Glasscock (12), ably supported by his sidekick, John Carvill (18), who elbowed their way to the top of the podium.
They came in with a total of 72 points for a clear victory.
A countback had to be applied to two teams with the same score.
After the brains-trust had ruminated for some considerable time and two beers, it was announced that Bobby Kennedy (18) and Mark Starick (12) got the second gong.
The beaten pair was Leigh Morison (17) and Ken Hill (18) who played well but not good enough to even get a whiff of a cigar.
The other pairs all had excuses but none that would stand up to efficient scrutiny.
Ross Martin was nearest the pin in the 4th, Starick on the 7th and 12th, Dennis Fuller the 13th, and John Fisher picked up the pro pin on the 18th.
The ladies’ pair who won the day was Phillipa Crossley and Petra Clowes, who dominated from start to finish.
There were three games played in the quest for the match play championship.
Ross Martin beat Sepp Krummenacher 4/3, Allan Ecclestone beat Dean Shannon on the 20th hole and Ian Scott downed David Aitken 3/1.
The aqua OFG crowd sloshed in on Wednesday with waders at the ready and faced tree-to-tree water.
After looking at the waterlogged scorecards, it emerged that the day belonged to Sepp Krummenacher (22) when he came in with 38 stableford points.
Ian Scott (29) was second on 37 while Gerran Wright came in one back with 36 and a third place.
Next Saturday, Olinda Golf Club and Emerald Golf Club face off for the annual challenge to see who has the last laugh.
Ten players from each club will be paired off to play the match play format to see who rules the course.
