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Invitational 2011

The 2011 Member Guest Invitational was 1) well attended 2) well played 3) in great weather 4) with great members and friends 5) with good competition 6) on a great course (put back together and in great nick despite 600mm of previous rain) 7) in a great environment and 8) with smiling faces!

Well done to all who played!

Member-Guest Invitational 2011 - Results
1st – Colville Pieterse & Clinton Van Dyk (48 + 54 = 102pts)
2nd – Derek Ryan & Johnny Johnson (46 + 50 = 96pts)
3rd – Allan Mudamaa & Christo Wagenaar (42 + 53 = 95pts)

Best Score Day 1 – Colville Pieterse/ Clinton Van Dyk (48 pts)
Derek Ryan/ Johnny Johnson (46 pts)
Ernie Muller/ Louis Van Niekerk (46 pts)

Best Score Day 2 – Colville Pieterse/ Clinton Van Dyk (54pts)
Allan Mudamaa/ Christo Wagenaar (53pts)
Derek Ryan/ Johnny Johnson (50pts)
Darren Hammond/ Hayden Mourant (50pts)
Vlam Michau/ Johan Strydom (50pts)

Putting Champ – Ben Venter 19 (counted out Martin King & Willie van Wyk)
Nicklaus Cup Qualifier – Vlam Michau (37 points)
Players Pool – Greg Darke & Evan Hodkinson

The Pro-Pro “Road Trip”
For nearly 20 years, I have hosted Professional friends from around South Africa and Mauritius (Steven Shearer) at my Club and course for a weekend of golf, camaraderie and good fun. This year, 55 friends came from all over again. The weather again, was perfect, the golf was great and the camaraderie was better than ever!

Cool mornings…hot golf!

Some of the “friendly Professionals”

180 years as PGA members!

Dave Mills (50 years – 50, 000 lessons), Simon Fogerty (25 years at Royal Cape and our 1st SA PGA Professional of the year), some guy with only 30 years as a PGA member and Clive Holmes (53 years – and coach to SA’s best). Dave and Clive beat Graeme Whale and me by a shot in the betterball!

PRO – PRO ROADTRIP RESULTS

Individual
1st – Marius Schutte (30pts + 39pts = 69pts)
2nd – Ivano Ficalbi (33pts + 35pts = 68pts)
2nd - Carlo Kok (34pts + 34pts = 68pts)
4th – Mike Michell (34pts + 31pts = 65pts)
5th – Jayde Tannous (32pts + 32pts = 64pts)
5th – Andy Bean (30pts + 34pts = 64pts)

Betterball
1st – Clive Holmes and Dave Mills (39pts + 40pts = 79pts)
1st – Ivano Ficalbi and Neil Walsh-Tucker (40pts + 39pts = 79pts)
2nd – Marius Schutte and Etienne Olivier (35pts + 43pts = 78pts)
2nd – Graeme Whale and Jeff Clause (40pts + 38pts = 78pts)

…and some time with my kids!

Family Ties…Thomas and Lindsay were 4 and 6 when I came to SA – now they are 24 and 26! WOW. This is there 1st trip to St Francis after the “college years” kept them in Texas. In between the events and “the events of nature” we managed a couple of days in CT and some great time here! Hey, it’s my newsletter column and I can share a little family!