Following on from the shirt discussion last week, I heard after writing the newsletter about the incident at Gleniti Golf Club last weekend where two people were stabbed with a golf club (now I will be clear and say that I do not condone violence in any way, and I hope that the 2 victims are well on the road to recovery).
However, it did leave a number of questions: firstly, who gets so irate on a golf course that they are willing to snap the end of a club off and start sticking it in, so to speak? Was it as a result of a combination of too much caffeine/beer and too many missed short putts? Was it too many excavations out of a bunker, leaving more sand without than within, and the ball on an ever deepening furrow at the bottom? Was it one gag too many from the joker of the group? Perhaps someone moved inappropriately during a backswing? A shadow in just the wrong spot? Another ball out-of-bounds/in the lake?
It turns out that it was a more mundane domestic disturbance centred in the rented flat on the golf course, that escalated, but there is an old PR adage that you should never let the truth get in the way of a good story
Anyway, there was a link to shirts mentioned, and here it is: the story did make me wonder if Gleniti would be changing their club colours to red, in order to hide the bloodstains? I might have a look and see if I can get a chainmail shirt for our next pennants match
In other news this week, I managed the remarkable feat of playing the 15th, 16th and 17th holes in one shot from tee to green - some of you will know that I have history with the 16th hole - a sort of love/hate relationship as it has got into my head a bit, so the idea of skipping it entirely has a certain attraction. My playing companions, however, insisted that I had to close out the 15th hole, and so I found myself at the back of the 17th green chipping the ball back onto the 15th much to the amusement of the group coming up the hole (although why this necessitated Jimmy Wilson taking a pot shot at me with his chip is unclear). Suffice to say that normal play was eventually resumed, and I even managed to play the 16th in a regulation par, which is practiacally unheard of.
Finally, kudos to Lydia Ko, who demonstrated with unerring accuracy, just how ignorant we men are when it comes to the bodily functions of women - I urge you to look it up if you missed it, but the reporter's speechless response is priceless.
Play well and stay sane, and watch out for errant golf balls if you spot me out there
Steve
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