San Miguel Golf Society
SMGS at Roda. January 2
The first SMGS gathering of 2020 saw turnout fall shy of a full house by just one player, with 39 members and 8 guests making their way to the not often visited Roda. Put back from a normal Wednesday due to New Year’s Day being on that day of the week, surprisingly few hangovers from festive celebrations were mentioned in the clubhouse.
Are we all becoming far more sensible and responsible, or were all the party boys and girls still out on the town!? Or abroad?
The course was in excellent condition, especially the greens which were consistent throughout and rolling excellently. On a day with hardly a breeze, although overcast skies, good scoring could have been expected. However, Roda is not the easiest track, particularly some of the early holes, and with pin placements often close to the front or at the very back, and always behind a bunker, unless the Scotty Philips technique of usually approaching the green from an adjacent fairway prevails, then some nice high soft landings were needed. Clearly a lot of members don’t have that particular skill!!
Hugh Reilly was the only one to better his handicap with the day’s best score of 37 points. Only 10 players managed to get more than 29 points. Tony Smale may well have produced the shot of the day with his nearest the pin effort on the 13 th . Spectacular!!
The day’s results, by category and in reverse order, were the following:
Bronze Category: 5th Mike Kaylor (27 on CB), 4th Alan Hill (27 on CB), 3rd Dave Bishop (31 on CB), 2nd Mike Jordan (31 on CB) and 1st William Fenn with 33 points.
Silver Category: 5 h Adrian Roberts (26), 4th Kyree Skarsmoen
(29), 3rd Keith Little (32), 2nd Brian Mulligan (33) and 1st Kev Albright with 34 points.
Gold Category: 5th Chris Wren (28), 4th Darren Hancock (31), 3rd Dave Blackburn (32), 2nd Tony Smale (33) and 1st , with the day’s best score, Hugh Reilly with 37 points.
Nearest the pins (sponsored by Property Shop): Hole 2 Ruth Hughes, Hole 7 Ian
Merga, Hole 11 Kev Albright, Hole 13 Tony Smale. Abacus: Norman Padmore Best Guest Winners: 1st Wouter Boelhouwer (28 on CB), 2nd Barry James (28 on CB), 3rd David Rowe (27).
Our thanks go to all Roda staff for their contribution to a very enjoyable day. Next week we will be at Villamartin for the 2 nd round of the President’s Trophy. Keep up to date with all SMGS matters by logging on to our website www.smgs.org or simply give Captain Phil de Lacy a call on 652 553 362.