ERNIE ELS wasn’t the only one returning to the winners circle on the weekend with Jamberoo’s B Pennants and White Horse Cup teams having equally resounding victories.
At Shoalhaven Heads B Pennant member Jaryd Byres probably felt more like Anthony Kim than Ernie, playing with a giant hangover the morning after his 21st Birthday.
Jaryd battled the haze and his Shoalhaven Heads opponent to win 3 & 2. Tom Persson really gave his adversary a surprise wakeup call with a hole in one on the second and eventually street home 7 & 5. Tony Dobbie won 2 & 1 and Ron McRae stylishly accepted a forfeit.
The end result was Jamberoo 4/3 over Shoalhaven Heads. The B’s play Moss Vale at St Georges Basin on Sunday.
In the White Horse Cup, Jamberoo captain Darryl Campbell continued his brutal regime of ruthlessly culling any imperfect, underperforming golfing deadwood and came up with a winning team that blitzed Vincentia at Kiama.
Proving that terror works and inspired by a supportive visit by Jamberoo Club President Phil Lewis, all those White Horse Cuppers who had not been the recipient of one of Darryl’s dreaded midnight phone calls performed admirably on the paddock to take an impressive 5 games to 2 win.
Sleeping soundly this week will be the in form Brad Jackson (7&6 win), Steve Jackson (4&2 win), Kim Murphy (2 up) and the llama loving Tony Rodriguez (7&6 win).
Errol Stubbs and Darryl Campbell (cough) should be safe after squaring their matches, but Neil Harper will be beginning to sweat after a 2 down loss.
This close knit but terrified and cowering team will face The Links at The Grange on Sunday.
Over at C Pennants, captain Dave Ransom is more of a benevolent despot that a ruthless dictator.
The C’s found out half way through their last match of the season that their grand final opponents of last year Vincentia had them trumped and there would be no end of season rematch this time around.
Dave Ransom reports:
“C Pennant 14/3/10
Vincentia 4 – Gerringong 3. What more is there to say? We received this demoralising news as we finished the front nine. Congratulations to Vincentia, worthy winners of our division.
In our match against Kiama, in the inaugural Town and Country Challenge, the news was equally depressing. We were defeated 4 to 3, giving Kiama bragging rights until our next meeting in the annual C Pennant challenge between our two clubs. Next time it will be different!!
Tom Zimmerman and Tony McRae recorded excellent wins. Tom continued his excellent form winning 4/3, being in control of his match from the start.
His opponent was so frustrated after 6 holes he wanted to quit.
Unfortunately a pep talk from T2 motivated him to make a charge but Tom was able to withstand the pressure, showing the true “eye of the cougar”, and recorded a comfortable win. Tony also played exceptionally again whipping around the front nine in a very impressive 1 over. Tony had his ‘A’ short game on display and won a very high quality game 2/1. Well played.
Col Booth and Peter Francis recorded excellent halved games. Col was well behind early and was able to show his true class and quick learning style to achieve a good result.
I watched Col halve the last two holes from impossible positions to thoroughly deserve his half point. Peter again showed his determination and class to come from behind and win the last hole to also square his match. Peter had an attack of the unmentionables on three occasions and still put in an excellent performance despite his obvious and understandable frustration. Some incident in a bunker was reported after one of these shanks. Investigations are under way to see if Peter has earned a very special prize!
Steve Oppert, Chris Leckey and Paul Hemmings were unable to match their opponents and lost their games. Steve again found a hot opponent at number 1 losing 4/3. Steve was playing well but had a few tangles with the poplars on the tight Nowra course that his opponent managed to avoid and eventually went down despite a late flurry when the game was dormie.
Chris looked good with his new hat for most of the game, but several long bombs saw his opponent sneak away with the game 3/1. Paul was up against the wily Kiama captain who ‘turned it on’ for a seven hole period in one under, to wipe Paul away 6/5. There is not much you can do when your opponent ignites except learn the hard lesson or try and blow out the match before he ignites.
Thanks gentlemen for your time and efforts. To finish second is no disgrace and you represented the club with honour. What’s more, the friendships made and the joy gained from playing this great game far outweigh all other considerations.
Until next year, good bye (and sorry about all the nick-names).
Dave Ransom”