Charity Golf Day

On Saturday morning, after breakfast service, I left Jodie cleaning to participate in a charity golf day at Swansea Golf Course. The golf day was part of an effort to raise money for the Cancer Council's relay for life, and was attended by more than 60 golfers from in and around Swansea. A fun day was had by all, and we even had a little break for sausages and beverages at the first tee, in between laps of the course.

Since the day started at 1000, Jodie was diligently working while I headed out for fun in the sun. The pictures of me here however, were taken by Jodie as she caught up with us and walked the first half of the second nine.

The first photo is of me, standing at the 7th tee. I first came to realise that we [as in Schouten House] sponsor a golf hole, when Steve K and his wife [from my days working with Department of Health, SA] came to visit, and told us of the 7th tee on the course. Below I am driving on that same hole.

The 7th is reportedly the most picturesque hole of the course, right above Waterloo Point. You can even see to Schouten Island in the distance.

My putting wasn't too bad on the day... mostly a little too strong.


Some statistics for the day. Swansea Golf Course has nine holes, with four par 4s and five par 3s [making it a short course]. In turn that makes par for 18 holes [you go around twice] 62 strokes and a total of 3824 meters. Below, a beautiful view from the 6th green.


In order to make the day fun for non-golfers [without a handicap [like me]] - Ambrose golf was played. Ambrose means that after everyone tees off, you decide which the best shot was, everyone else moves their balls to that spot and you go again. So it's very forgiving for the non-golfer, but with additional rule that everyone on a team must have at least two drives. We got around in 67 for five over... with a calculated [somehow] handicap of 10.12. I don't think we came close to the competition. We did manage to grab a couple of birdies.

My contribution to the team was a little thin on the ground... with a total of 4 putts, 2 drives, and 2 irons to approach the greens. Eight shots from 67 is almost 12%, while I made up 25% of the team. I did make my two drives though... One on the second hole we played - Schouten House's 7th. I was worried that I wouldn't produce another decent drive. Not that I was excused... but I not played a round in more than 5 years, and had borrowed clubs that went up as far as a tiny 3 wood [that attracted the comment would do nicely as a wedge [and I'm quoting]]. The same nice man took pity on me and leant me his giant driver on the 1st tee. With a very satisfying whack I pelted it down the fairway... maybe just a little to the right... but it was good enough.

They can't all be winners... I lost at least two balls, managed to find some that went across fairways, as I made back around to that side of the course. I even hit a drive, right in front of Schouten House - with Jodie watching, that was probably the highest drive... but went only 10 metres down the fairway.