Las Ramblas Golf Society

HAVING played the game of golf for over 30 years now I thought I knew just about every scoring format there was. Monday, however, saw a new one on me! Known as Medford it involves playing the first nine holes as stroke play (or Medal) and the back nine as Stableford. After the number of gross strokes has

been adjusted by handicap to give a net score the number of points achieved on the back is then deducted. The winner is the player with the lowest score, (a score of 19 would be attained if a player were to play exactly to his handicap) With just 12 points Mike Chapman was our winner but only after countback over Joyce McClusky. Ron Luffman was in third place with 14.

Wednesday’s Stableford saw some incredibly high scoring. I managed 37 points and didn’t even get into the top six! With 41 points John Dobson came out on top. He

was followed by Marja Oldenziel on 40 points which put Ron Luffman into third place again after countback. With a rollover pot for the 'twos', competition was fierce and no less than five players qualified for one (Marja actually managed to get two twos but won nothing as she doesn’t go in it!) We also saw today the debut appearance of George Hogg who is extended a warm welcome as our latest new recruit.

‘Albert’ certainly played well in Friday’s ‘Original Counter Game’. This is the version where you don’t know

how many scores are to count until after the hole has been played. Alongside Ron Phipps, Nigel Price and Joyce McClusky he was on the winning team with 95 points. Taking second place with 93 (after countback) were John Dobson, Mike Chapman, Friedel Knebel and AnneMarie Weisheit.

We received the sad news on Thursday that the clubhouse bar and restaurant would no longer be functioning under its current management. Our thanks go out to Sergio, Alberto, Lisa and all the staff members who have looked after us over the years.