Rescheduled, again…
The very elusive St. Patty’s Day Scramble has yet again, third time, been rescheduled for Sunday, April 23rd. The prediction for rain on April 2nd, the previous re-scheduled day, motivated the move. Wise. It did rain, not tons, but it did. There were plenty of everyday golfers on the course last Sunday amidst the occasional drizzle. Everyday golf is different than tournament golf, where notably, there is food served at the events finish. Sitting at a table eating while it’s drizzling, nah. As a reminder, again, please remove your name from the pro-shop bulletin board sign-up sheet if you can’t make the new Scramble date. The Men’s Club makes up teams from the sign-up sheet. If you’re on the sheet, it’s assumed you can play on the scheduled date.
Last Friday started out ominously rainy, but by the 9:30 Stableford first tee-off time, the weather cleared, and the game was played. Ten players correctly had faith in the weather prediction. Chuck Allegrini shot the best score for an individual getting 38 Stableford points, with Jim Elhers coming in second individual with 37 points. The first-place Stableford team went to the dynamic duo of Scott Dietz and Jim Elhers, accumulating a combined score of 72. The second-place team winners were Chuck Alegrinni and the Golf Notes guy Larry Miller teaming up for 69 Stableford points.
A friend of mine, Rennie Innis, a non-golfer, recently shared with me a golf rule. The rule has to do with water on the course and relief from the water. If your ball lands in water on the course, you may take a club-length drop from the water no closer to the hole. Here’s a little nuance of the rule. If the ball lands in the water and is moving in the water from wind, a current, or whatever, the golfer can wait until the movement stops. This choice could award the golfer with an improved lie closer to the hole or not. What if there was a little creek alongside a fairway running all the way to the green. A strategy could be to hit your ball into the creek, watch it flow toward the green then, when the ball was close to the green, take your club-length drop, chip it up, and sink your putt for a birdie. Another water rule is the water bottle rule. A player cannot place a bottle of water on a green to use as a level to reveal the greens slope. If a bunker is full of water, the ball may be removed from the bunker and placed a club length from the bunker no closer to the hole. At the Little River Course, we have had, of late, bunker water. Know your rules. Enjoy your game.