JIGGERS GOLF SOCIETY- DUBAI

Committee Rob Edgecombe Society Chairman +971 (56) 6034759 edgecombe1@gmail.com Ernest Hosking Society Captain +971 (50) 5503160 ernestjh@emirates.net.ae Kelvin Tayfield Vice Captain & Social Organiser +971 (56) 6503454 ktayfield@alkhaliji.ae Brian Schofield Scorer & Society Handicapper +971 (50) 4659375 brian.schofield@curriebrown.com David Green Away Game Organiser +971 (50) 5508746 david.green@gaj-uae.ae Ant Milne Sponsorship Organiser +971 (50) 5581379 anthony@motivate.ae Captain’s Assistant Zia Hosking +971 (50) 8753033 zial@eim.ae

Captain’s Report April 2012

April Game – Emirates Golf Club – Faldo Course Friday 06 April 2012

Another well attended (considering it was Good Friday) and enjoyable Jiggers game was held at Emirates Golf Club – Faldo Course on Friday 06 April 2012. Thanks to our Vice Captain, Kelvin Tayfield for standing in for me for the day.

Thanks also to Craig Strydom for another very well organised event – great to see the early notification and communication with the club.

We had 23 players (after 1 no show – more on this later) including 18 Jiggers and 5 Guests. Considering the holiday period this was a good showing and I understand an enjoyable day – thanks Craig.

Welcome to our 5 Guests: -

Scott Griffiths

Ed deClerq

Stewart Selby

Paddy Dalton

Dustine du Preez

Bruce Penn did a great job as Fine’s Master on the day and fortunately for Sean Drury he wasn’t playing so there was no revenge from the March fines!

Unfortunately we had a no-show on the day in the form of Paul Webb-Jones. Paul made the fatal mistake of finding himself in the company of Doc Jones and then was caught between drinking himself pretty and readying himself for the next day’s game of golf – in the end, by all accounts, he succeeded in neither! Alas, the wrath of the fines master will descend heavily on Paul. Rule # 15 of the Jiggers Rules provides for a mandatory AED300 for a “no-show”. In addition there could well be a green fee to recover if the Club decides to hit my credit card that secured the booking. Suggest a visit to the ATM en route to the next game Paul! On a serious note – I am sure you can all appreciate that a “no-show” stuffs up the draw and the game for the remaining members of the 4-ball and needs to be avoided.

Our new handicapper raised a point subsequent to the game – there are far too many score cards with glitches – in fact some of you may have done yourselves out of the prizes due to mistakes on your cards! Please make an effort to be neater and more accurate – I would suggest you do not test the sense of humour of our new handicapper – you may find yourselves on the wrong side of having a few shots shaved off your handicaps.

A reminder guys – please can we try and make an effort to stay for prize-giving wherever possible in accordance with the Jiggers ethos. Please note that wives and families are welcome to join us for prize giving and lunch – the prize giving chirps etc generally pass the family viewing rating! This may score you more points with your “brakes” than you score on the course!

A point for us to perhaps be mindful of in our fast changing city – the Chairman’s new 5 wood went walk about after the game at the Emirates Faldo. Hopefully we aren’t reaching the point of checking clubs and balls before and after we play! On the off chance that it has found itself in to the wrong bag – please can you guys (and ask your guests on the day) to check in your bags.

Prize Winners

Individual Stableford (open to Jiggers members only)

Dave Green 34 points, on a count out from

Rob Edgecombe 34 points

Betterball Stableford

Pete Hedley and Declan Clements 39 points, on a count out from

Rob Edgecombe and Dave Jones 39 points, on a count out from

Dalton Taylor and Dave Green 39 points, on a count out from

Bruce Penn and Corey Spring

Individual Shotmakers

Nearest the Pin 0 – 14 handicaps Pete Hedley

Nearest the Pin 15 – 28 handicaps Tony Geldenhuys

Longest Drive 0 – 14 handicaps Rob Edgecombe

Longest Drive 15 – 28 handicaps Dustine du Preez

A much bunched leader-board this month!

Matchplay

A number of matchplay games were played:

Player 1 Player 2 Score

Pete Hedley beat Wally “wun-putt” Robinson 2 & 1

Kevin Hudson beat The “drunk doctor” Jones 2 up

Dalton Taylor beat Wayne “lappies” French 1 up

Next Game

Friday 4th May at Abu Dhabi Golf Club – National Course

Confirmed tee times for 32 players

Organizer: Kevin Hudson

Fines Master: AWOL Dekker

Please note these tee times are being secured by a credit card and any no shows will be charged for.

An updated Standard Score Sheet is attached for the games organisers.

Games Roster

Updated games register also attached. We have not been successful in securing the Emirates Majlis

for the November game and we have accordingly booked the Track at Meydan Golf Club. This is

presently a 9 hole course played twice but will give us something new. Take note of changes to the

games organiser and fines master as well.

Movers and Shakers

After numerous farewells and false starts our Friendly Pom Handicapper in the form of “Calvin Klein” Bayly played his last game as a Jiggers member. We have already had word that Martin and Anne are planning a visit to Dubai early in 2013 so I am sure it will be timed around a Jiggers game and we will see him gracing our fairways again armed with the latest in R&A rules.

As you know Brian Schofield has taken up the cudgels of our Scorer and Society Handicapper. Brian has already made some impressive changes to the handicapping system - with the two previous handicappers being far more technically challenged – well done Brian. Please keep submitting all your scores for ALL your games to Brian on brian.schofield@curriebrown.com

We welcome Paddy Dalton as a returning Jigger to full membership again. In addition to Paddy’s fondness for Thai food (the edible kind!) he was known as a prodigious long hitter so I am sure he will have Muscles Penn straining that sphincter of his on the longest drive!

Membership

Please note updated membership sheet attached – changes highlighted in red. Take note especially of changes in email ID’s.

Updated Jiggers “rules” also attached for reference.

A reminder for any of you who wish to propose any new members for future consideration – please let me know and make sure they get invited to play from time to time.

MatchPlay

Updated matchplay sheet attached. Please make sure you try and keep up to date with the matchplays so that we avoid any pressure come the end of the year.

Louis Oosthuizen’s Double Eagle Ball

To those of you who may have stayed up to watch the final round of the Masters – I found this interesting bit of trivia: -

“OK, what happened to the famed “albatross” ball of Louis Oosthuizen that he tossed into the gallery surrounding the second hole at the Masters on Sunday? Well, as you have probably seen or read, it was caught by Wayne Mitchell, 59, of New Tripoli, PA which is outside Allentown. Vice-President of Air Products, Mitchell and his wife were tournament guests of an executive of Dow Chemical in Midland, Michigan. Along the rope line, they had been seated at the par-five second hole since 10:00 a.m., patiently waiting over four hours for the leaders to come through. After he caught the ball and placed it into his pocket, Mitchell was later escorted by security and Augusta National members to Butler Cabin where he met Billy Payne, Augusta National’s Chairman. As reported by several news outlets, including the Augusta Chronicle and The Morning Call, Mitchell’s local newspaper in Bethlehem, PA, Mitchell gave the ball to the club for its archives located in the Trophy Room which includes the ball Gene Sarazen holed out with for his iconic double eagle in 1935.

As quoted in The Morning Call earlier this week, Mitchell said: “I'm not a souvenir-grabber. For me, the ball clearly represented a special moment in history. Now, it's in the hands of the club, where it belongs." Mitchell and the club declined to discuss details on the actual transaction. However, I’ve learned from a reliable source that in exchange for the ball Mitchell was offered two Lifetime Passes to the Masters. Before happily accepting, Mitchell also asked Payne for one other request: the opportunity to play Augusta National. Payne said that could be arranged. That’s what I call a great catch: Lifetime passes to the Masters topped off by a memorable round at Augusta National. So next year don’t be surprised to see patrons with catcher’s mitts.”

You may also not have seen this aerial winning shot of Bubba Watson on the final playoff hole. The shape of this shot is nothing special to a number of us Jiggers save for the fact that ours are never by design!

Race to December

The race results after 4 games are as follows:

No. Name Pts

1 Hudson Kevin 47.13

2 Berry Mike 37.75

3 Green David 36.88

4 Robinson Wally 34.13

5 Hosking Ernest 33.50

6 Strydom Craig 33.50

7 Dekker Erik 33.13

8 van Loggerenberg Jean 33.00

9 Hedley Peter 32.50

10 Edgecombe Rob 31.63

11 Bayly Martin 31.25

12 Drury Sean 31.25

13 Schofield Brian 31.25

14 Penn Bruce 29.50

15 Milne Ant 29.38

16 Allan Bryce 29.25

17 Tayfield Kelvin 29.13

18 Webb-Jones Paul 29.00

19 Arnestad Charles 28.63

20 van der Bijl Vince 28.38

21 Clements Declan 28.00

22 French Wayne 27.50

23 Stanton Allan 27.50

24 Taylor Dalton 27.50

25 Jones Dave 27.38

26 Collins Bill 26.63

27 Geldenhuys Tony 25.50

28 Naude Andre 24.00

29 Spring Corey 23.63

30 McKerchar Dave 23.38

31 McKerchar Brian 23.38

32 Smyth Kevin 23.00

The leading jockey to date is still Kevin Hudson but the gap has narrowed!

Also attached is the spreadsheet showing the calculations etc for the above.

See you next game.

Happy golfing

Captain Nest