Golf
30 May, 2025
'Flying Mullet' strikes again
And so it was that 12 brave souls took to the Royal and Ancient Rainbow course.
The rain continues to fail to fall, so our poor old course gets browner and browner.
The only upside being that we are going to save a fortune on mower maintenance.
Adding to the dry conditions, our golfers were to be harassed by a plague of flies of near biblical proportions and this is despite the blustery conditions.
So how is it that a stiff breeze can and happily will deviate my golf ball (that weighs 50 grams) 30 metres offline, yet that same wind won’t shift a fly that is buzzing around my head and that weighs less than half of one tenth of a gram?
reappearance and he certainly put all his sneaky practising to good use.
So much so, that he will no longer enjoy the ‘Popeye’ moniker, but I will stick with the sailor theme, because the man is a pirate. First hit of the day, and Rodney ‘Blackbeard’ McLean puts it straight on the scrape and takes out the Nearest the Pin for that hole. He also came in with a handy 38 stableford points to be the runner-up on the day.
light a touch from our very own Grim Reaper.
Pam, you need to slash this lad down and slash hard, because the rest of us aren’t getting a look in.
Yep, Oscar ‘The Flying Mullet’ Clarke has put us all to the sword again. A second straight win and a podium finish every week has seen this lad generate a fair stash of prizes. If there was a Fantasy Golf League this young lad would be the ultimate Fantasy pig.
ball within inches of the flag from about 50 metres out on the 18th.
driver off the deck and bend it around a dead tree.
What could possibly go wrong? Whilst he flushed the ball, the ball then flushed the dead tree, ricocheting at high velocity.
turn up at the club around 11:30am, or at the very least, have your name in by then.
Hope to see you there! Till next week – happy hitting!
Stephen Leach – 26 pts
10th – Rod McLean