This crew knows how to dress up for the golf simulator during the week before Christmas:

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!

JORDAN'S SOCK DRIVE

With this past two days of wintry weather, now is a good time to think about: 

JORDAN'S SOCK DRIVE 

"Back in 2015 my granddaughter, Jordan, had a goal of collecting 100 pairs of socks to give to the homeless and people living in shelters.  She collected around 1,000 pairs the first year.  Since then every year she has collected socks and last year alone the total was around 25,000 pairs that were distributed.

2020 has been a very difficult year on so many levels but Jordan has decided she would still like to collect socks as they are always needed.  Of course all socks collected in Cobourg/Port Hope will stay in the area and go to the Salvation Army, Cornerstone and the women's shelter." - Marlene Randall

Last year we collected socks at our Christmas luncheon, which Sandi passed on to Jordan's grandmother, a fellow curler.

If anyone would like to contribute to the sock collection again this year, you can drop them off to Sandi (2684 Theatre Rd) by Sunday, Dec 13. I would be happy to collect Port Hope contributions and they can be dropped off at my place (81 Strachan St) by Dec 12.

Troopers!

Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail could keep this group from golfing today, but we came in after 9 because it was so cold we could see our breath.

Thanks for sending, Susan.

As our season draws to a close, it is incumbent upon Barb and me to celebrate, formally, those women who achieved some key milestones in their golfing careers, during a most interesting season. Please give them a standing ovation - well, alright - raise your club or glass to them when you next see them.

Hole in One

Ann Hall #17

Barb Pemberton #8

Eagle

Janet Hull #18

Break 90

Ariane Macdonald

Break 100

Barb Pemberton

Jane Gibbens

Gail Richards

Susan Ross-Foster

Ladies, your pins are at the ProShop so when you next wander by, please pick yours up.

Anne

Congratulations to Susan Ross-Foster for lowering her index by 23% and thereby earning the Brent Trophy as the most improved golfer in 2020. An additional highlight for Susan happened last week when she broke 100 for the first time! Good golfing, Susan! 

Honourable mention goes to the following for their index improvements: Sandy Young by 16%, Laurie Pudwell by 11% and Helen Lee by 10%. And a "very well done" to new member Joanne O'Sullivan, who didn't have a handicap at the beginning of the season and lowered her index to 28.5.

 Congratulations to Dale Hodge for winning the Nan Sharpe "Play Happy" Award. Dale has a smile on her face most of the time, even when her swing is not cooperating with her (which isn't often). She has done a great job as the handicap convenor during the transition to "Net Double Bogey" and entering scores at home. She even smiles when she encourages people to keep their handicaps up-to-date! Now if she would just teach me her little draw . . .

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Fall colours are terrific this year!!

Congratulations to Barb Pemberton on her HOLE IN ONE today on #8 !!!

 

How appropriate that Barb's blue B was sitting in perfect view!

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Some fall colours on a sunny day!

IT'S A GIRL!!

A week ago Sunday night Nancy Robison, who works in the kitchen and was on the BBQ most of the summer, gave birth to a baby girl. If you would like to wish her well by contributing some money, there will be a box in the pro shop and a card to sign, until Sunday, October 11.

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WHYLIEE

Our Saturday Skins finale on Oct. 3rd was not only fun it was very exciting especially for Anne P., Donna T., Yvonne S., and Susan R-F.  We had merrily finished 8 holes and were about to crush the 9th, when this rather beautiful coyote walked behind Yvonne just as she was about to tee-off. Much consternation and discussion followed as did many pictures, the best of which are below. Whyliee (feminine spelling) as we called her, had a mouse in her mouth and munched thoughtfully on it as she regarded what was obviously some excited 2-legged animals.  Evidently the tail tickled her throat as she gave a wee cough, prior to ambling over to the tee-box and repositioning one of the markers. It seemed to help Yvonne and particularly Susan, who was so pumped up she got to the green in 4 shots.

A game to remember...

Thanks to Anne for the story and Susan and Anne for the pictures.

Our Saturday Skins group would like give a big THANK YOU to Sandy Young who organized the collection of money, the tee times each week, and will now dole out the winnings!

An unfortunate accident on Saturday left one of us with perhaps a shorter season than anticipated. Diane's hand was on the receiving end of a shot. The good news is the x-ray didn't show a break, but a visit to the fracture clinic this week will tell her more. We wish her a speedy recovery.

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WHERE'S MY CART????

To end this newsy post, a story from Sunday's "Tough" Tournament: Sandi, Sandy, and Jeanne, who were playing with Tracey, Donna, and Anne A., had just finished playing #18 and about to go over to #1, when Sandi asked "Where's my cart?". 

She had parked it on the right side of the green and put her remote in her pocket. She thinks that she accidentally hit the 'go' button and off it went. The nearest we can surmise is that it headed to the red tee, went up the slight embankment which turned it toward the fairway. 

You guessed it - nothing was in its way until the creek. After much searching, Sandy drove her cart down to the creek and saw Sandi's water bottle and other things floating down the creek on the right side of the bridge. The cart had entered well to the left of the bridge. Ryan and Ben, from the back shop, deserve many thanks for taking off their shoes and socks, rolling up their pants and in they went to rescue the cart. What troopers! As long as Sandi's cart survives, this will be a funny story to remember. Sandi will tell you that rain gloves work really well when they are as wet as your grips.

By the way, the "Tough" Scramble Net Tournament was a lot of fun, putting to ridiculously hard places on our greens. Craig mentioned that if we got a couple of more women's teams to play, we could have a women's winner!!

Our condolences to Laura Ebbrell for the passing of her mother, Ruth Gordon. 

View Ruth Gordon's obituary here.

October 1st. How did that happen so fast?? Brings a tear to a golfer’s eye, knowing we will soon be stuck at home with no excuse to ignore the house chores, and reduced options of socializing and travel.

It is also time to wrap up our 2020DC (During Covid) golf tales.

Anne P surprised herself by parring the first hole and parlaying that momentum into her best ever score of 92! Well done!

The Fab 4 of Patty, Lynn, Yvonne and Barb played #11 like real golfers, each scoring a net 1! Three not easy birdies and a par! Everyone heard the hoots and hollers! Can you say birdie juice x 3??

So nice to be able to be able to play in the Eleni Ponting tournament this year. This event brought out the best in both Laura E and Bridget who were able to par three Par 3s, for scores of 1. For some reason these 2 can really turn it on when playing for money or honour! Then a little birdie let us know that Lynn Marie birdied #8 for a score of 0! Wow! We all aspire to that!

Laurie P’s family must sense when she is going to have a good game as they seem to disappear to avoid the hole by hole replay. The dog even said once is enough and got away. Poor Laurie returned to an empty house at least knowing all her friends had congratulated her on the patio. 43 is a nice back nine score!

Janet topped off her best ever round of 74, with an eagle on 18 last week!!

Finally, the illustrious (or not) foursome of Carol, Linda M, Ene and Barb blew any chance of winning a skin on #4 after lining up their tee shots like little soldiers in the trap. Must have been the wind! Right?

We hope you had a big handful of 2020 golf stories that brought a smile to your face or an eruption of laughter. Life needs lots of these moments to make it special.

Have a safe and healthy winter season and look forward to reconvening in 2021 to whatever that golf season may allow. There is a good possibility many of us will be running into each other over the course of the off season.

Thanks for allowing us to share your stories. 

Anne and Barb

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Some early fall colour.