Molong Golf

by the Ghost Walker

Sunday at the Royal Molong Golf Course we welcomed back Mick Philpott who’s been away for nine weeks touring the countryside and also Ged who’s been coaching the women’s league tag team who played on the Saturday and enjoyed a victory. Good luck for this weekend.

There were ten players and we played a two person ambrose event and again I’m not sure if a winner was declared. Either that or I wasn’t paying attention because Troy and I probably didn’t win.

I have never seen Mick Philpott hit the ball better. Except for his drive off the tee on the first and the fact that he put his tee shot off the seventh over the fence (that shot was that bad it didn’t even make the road) he played very well. The nine weeks away must have been the break he needed. Ged lent Mick his golf cart. This may have helped Mick’s game by him not having to walk between golf shots but it was a distraction for us because Mick was like a kid with a new toy the way he was carrying on driving the golf cart.

Stubba was playing trick shots at golf on Sunday. Off the eighth tee he actually hit the sponsor’s board that was directly behind his back. How he got the ball to turn ninety degrees (if my angles and degrees are right) and hit something behind his back is certainly a trick shot in my books. Just as well he didn’t become a brain surgeon.

Troy Warner was my golfing partner and we engaged in some friendly banter about some of our golf shots and also how he was raking the greens. Our opponents preferred to call it arguing but delighted in our persiflage. Our putting was terrible which didn’t help with our scoring. But, a shot that goes in the hole is pure luck. A shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.

They say about golf that there is no better game in the world when you are in good company, and no worse game when you’re in bad company. I’m undecided about Sunday. Mark Frazer had a better game than last week and combined well with Mick to probably go close to winning with their high handicaps.

Nothing pertaining to golf but I heard if you want directions on how to get to Coolah don’t ask Jack Mann or Mark Oates. Apparently they don’t know how to get there.

Golf again on Sunday, 8.30am for 9am. Everyone is welcome and we’d love to see you there.