I HAVE been away in Pitlochry for a few days where we had heavy showers interspersed with sunshine, however the rain sometimes forgot to stop when the sun came out and you then understood what the term 'liquid sunshine' meant.
It is a very leafy area and a very pleasant place to visit with the roads in better condition than they are in Ayrshire.
The Girvan Juniors played their May medal with Peter Jeans winning with nett 58 followed by Robbie Allan Nett 59, John-Peter Gou
rlay 65, Paul Brown 66, William Walker and Steven Brown both on nett 71. I do not think that, even though into my second childhood, I should not join the juniors as I would not stand a chance.
The Girvan gents competed in the first round of The Swee Trophy presented to the Club by Sinclair Galloway when he was mine host of 'The Swee'. The scores were R. McCluskey (10)64, S. Stamper (3)65, J. Lafferty (7)67 and D. Bye (6)67. The best scratch score of the round was by Steven Stamper 68. Sunday 17th May will be the Grants Black Bottle competition which is sponsored by William Grants & Sons the local distillery and run by the Girvan Golf Club. .Grant's sponsorship is normally in the form bottles of their very fine spirits and should prove very beneficial for all those on the prize list.
Wednesday May 20 both the ladies and gents of Girvan Golf Club will meet to compete in the George Robb Trophy in memory of a fine one time head green keeper of the Girvan course
In the meantime the Girvan ladies will play in the Handicap Trophy on 14th May 14. Members of the Girvan Gents Committee are reminded that a Committee meeting will be held on Sunday, May 24 at 5pm.
Tales from the
Caddyshack
Well as I write this the sun is burning up the sky, which unfortunately coupled with the rain we have had is making the grass grow.
Still there is always some compensation as it means that everywhere is a very pleasant variety of shades of green. I trust that everyone, and I mean everyone in Ayrshire and that includes my ubiquitous caddy master will be rooting for Ayr United to get through the play offs and rise up into the first division where they belong.
I assume that a lot of merrymaking went on in the caddy shack over Rangers victory in the Old Firm game last Saturday, but spare a though for those of the other persuasion who will be down in the dumps.
A little thought for those who struggle with their game as I do.
'To play golf is the search for perfection. A seemingly endless struggle to attain the unattainable. It requires a complete mastery over emotion, nerve and temper with success or failure depending on the individual's ability to handle all three at once.
After all in what other game are you expected to summon up the ability to drive a stationary ball with the force of a sledgehammer one moment, then chip it with the delicacy of a surgeon the next.' Whew!
Who ever wrote that dissected the game very well but has intimidated me, as I never ever considered thinking that deeply about the game.
Perhaps I should, but then I just try to go out and enjoy myself as I suggest all golfers should.
Quotations of
the Week
'No power on earth will deter men from using a ball that will add length to their drive' A golf magazine reporting of the advent of the Haskell ball in 1901.
Nowadays manufacturers bring out balls that travel enormous distances making golf course holes appear shorter each year.
I wonder what Braid, Taylor, Old Tom Morris et. al. would have made of it. They certainly did not have the machinery in those far off days to keep lengthening and tightening up courses.
Everyone knows that it was Mark Twain who coined the phrase 'Golf is a good walk spoiled' but he could also have said 'Golf is an easy game ….It is just hard to play'. This latter phrase is quoted by 'Anon' which means that no one is going to admit this very truthful, but depressing fact.
