2007 London Hatfield GC Results
 

 Date

  Event Name  Course Players  Winner
13th April 2007 2007 Major #1 London Hatfield GC 44 Members + 4 Guests Milton Marsh

 

 

Unbelievably the weather was fantastic. A definitive spring day in April with hardly a cloud in the sky, greeted the first full ACGA 2007 major. The pristine car park at the Hatfield Golf club was a testimony to the meticulous maintenance policy the club had obviously set for itself. The walk down the sloping roadway to the historic club house gave one a feeling of historic presence and anticipation of  possible a good round on good facilities. Since our last visit there had been  (and still ongoing) some major re-work. The old pro shop had gone and was being replaced with what looked like a very expensive residential complex. Certainly if I was holding spare coinage I’d think about putting a deposit down. They had the look of impending opulence and obvious quality.

 

As per usual in was not difficult to find exactly where the boys were. From a 1000 yards, one only has to cock the head, listen for and then follow raucous noise. Noise levels, as usual were equivalent to a young conservative Christmas Party event, where everyone is worse for where with alcohol and emitting Johnny Walker  lubricated guffaws of laughter.

From 200 yards it was clear that a handful of our more extrovert members had arrived early. Del’s big grin and new “peel ‘ed” was one of the first sights to greet me. Having just, for an exceptional cause, vacated himself of his “locks” the replacement bonnet was not what I expected.

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After the usual back slapping , WWF bear hugging and manly handshaking it was time to concentrate on a mega, intestine stretching breakfast, washed down with copious cups of tea and coffee. Tee times were drawn out over a goodly period of time, so most guys had time to digest and loose weight (if you know what I mean).

 

The rush to the first tee for the Captains opening drive took on the proportions of a stampeding herd of fast moving African  killer snails.  As per usual Del berated, and mobilised members to show more respect by “moving their arses”. Prior to the Captains drive, a minute of silence was held for recently departed founder member Daryl Oxley. It was generously observed by members. I know it’s been said, but I will miss “The Flashing Blade”.

 

Now for those of you who remember last year, the Captains opening drive had to go down as one of the funniest in history. Topped, and failing to rise no more than 8 inches into the air, it bounced, swerved, pitched up, took a leg break and thought about trying to make a semi decent effort, before embarrassment got the best of it and it dived into a ditch 30 yards (if that) in front of the tee. Being smart, our Captain, not wishing to repeat the same spectacle, decided that rather than an opening drive he’d go for and opening wedge shot with a specialist “lob meister”  cunningly disguised as a 5 iron. No chance, grabbed from his hand the “5 iron” was thrown into the nearest bunker  and replaced with one of those “big ‘ed” whippy  flex, stiffed tipped drives. Good job too. With a flex of this knees, the pushing out of his ample posterior and then finalised with a  reassuring half swing,  our Captain took his position. “WHATAXX”. 50 yards and 9 inches into the air later again the ball was embarrassed and dived for cover into the rough. After the necessary polite applause, mumbling under  breath, giggles and sad eyes, we were all ready for the real thing.

 

Humph, OK, so Hatfield Golf Club? Nice course, new layout but oh my god, for me and my group the greens were “not quite up to standard.”

To me, no excuse for bad weather or the customary “well they were in the process of being dressed” were good enough to excuse just how bad they were (to me and my playing group). Personally I believe they were just poorly managed and very badly maintained which is sad, given the good quality of everything else around it. In the words of Dan Dadda it was a question of:

 

“On putt, two putt, three putt, four putt, every time I look around all I see is man a putt.”

Personally I could not wait to get off the course to shower and feel sorry for myself relaxing in the warm Jacuzzi hot bath which was the central feature of the changing rooms.

 

Some were as shiny and smooth as a Shaolin Monks bald head, some were long and course like an old Bernard Manning joke, some were patchy like our Captains golf form, and the odd six or so were simply difficult too describe or put into words…… a bit like explaining how Mike Tyson managed to blow $300m…..you can see it but you just can’t believe it.

For those of you who do not know, Milton (a real nice guy) travels extensively to be with us on major days! Not only is he a worthy winner and a genuine all round Mr Nice Guy, Milton is a true supporter of the Association. Milton, well done mate. Worryingly Ossie Roberts, yet again appears in good form and in sweeping to 3rd place he also swooped the seniors prize. From observation it would appear that a number of the so called “good” players left their game at home. A mention of note must go to Andy Ferdinand (your treasurer) who continues to come back after injury. I’m not convinced that he is as mobile as he would like to be (yet)  but he still finished a very good 6th, just missing out on an award.

So, Merrist Wood fast approaches. May 18th will see the 2nd 2007 ACGA Major kick off. With the cricket over (over a lot earlier for most of us), places will be in demand, so if you have not already done so, I suggest you get your ticket now.You know what, I get the feeling that an old familiar name, a past winner will be looking to make an even more  spectacular return to form and into the lime light.  

Mike Woodstock

 

RESULTS

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  Pos. Players  Hcp playing F9 B9 Total Points Birdies OMP
  1 Milton Marsh 16.6 17 20 18 38   104
  2 W Johnson 10.8 11 20 15 35 1 86
  3 O Roberts 6.2 6 12 22 34 2 84
  4 M O'Garo 8.3 8 18 16 34   82
  5 Ray Maginley 14.4 14 20 14 34   80
  6 G Headlam 14.4 14 20 14 34   78
  7 A Ferdinand 23.7 24 18 15 33 1 76
  8 S Brady 16 16 18 15 33   74
  9 G Cameron 12.7 13 20 13 33   72
  10 D Manderson 13 13 15 17 32   70
  11 Henry Laville 10.9 11 15 17 32 1 68
  12 Stuart Austrie 13.6 14 16 16 32   66
  13 C Parson 5.5 6 16 16 32   64
  14 C Moseley 11 11 19 13 32   62
  15 N Baptiste 11.7 12 15 16 31   60
  16 J Noel 21 21 18 13 31   58
  17 C Thomas 15.8 16 18 13 31   56
  18 M Woodstock 18.3 18 12 18 30   54
  19 David Francis 21.6 22 13 17 30 1 52
  20 Steve Garner 13.5 14 14 16 30   50
  21 K Thomas 14 14 16 14 30 1 48
  22 C Browne 14 14 14 14 28   46
  23 Tony Irish 11.5 12 14 14 28   44
  24 Ran Joseph 7.6 8 16 12 28   42
  25 Tony Johnson 12 12 17 11 28 1 40
  26 B Sreedharan 14.8 15 13 14 27   38
  27 Keith Murray 15.4 15 14 13 27   36
  28 Peter Bennett 11.9 12 15 12 27   34
  29 R Roberts  12.2 12 16 11 27   32
  30 M Cato 8.2 8 17 10 27   30
  31 M Small 17.7 15 18 9 27   28
  32 R Goddard 9.3 9 14 12 26   26
  33 Mark Henry 17 17 15 11 26   24
  34 J Harbor 29 29 11 14 25   22
  35 R Greenidge 16.6 17 13 12 25   20
  36 Terry Morris 11.1 11 12 13 25   18
  37 R Joseph 9 9 13 12 25   16
  38 A Simmonds 11.1 11 13 12 25 1 14
  39 W Soloman 24.4 24 8 16 24   12
  40 M Berbnard 15.5 16 13 11 24   10
  41 Gary Brown 17 17 13 10 23   8
  42 Greg Worrell 23.7 24 9 11 20   6
  43 P George 24.4 24 9 9 18   4
  44 D McLeod 13 13 8 9 17   2
    C Dean  Guest  14 14 19 15 34    
    B Stanislaus Guest 20 20 18 12 30    
    A  Philips  Guest 18 18 13 15 28    
    D Makwana Guest 16 16 16 9 25    
    Nearest to the pin Malcolm O'Garro          
    Longest Drive Steve Garner          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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