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 Well done to our Met Ladies Silver League team!
 Greetings from Brad, The St. Patrick's Day Pro-Am was a HUGE success! Lexi will update everyone else with the results further down in this letter – however, I feel the success of the event can be based on the following 5 factors which must be acknowledged…. Support of the club and members Thanks must go to the club and members for allowing the event to go ahead on a Saturday and then paying the entry fee that supports such a worthy cause. There was understandably some resistance, but I feel the decision to go ahead was ultimately justified by the success of the event. If you were in any doubt as to what this meant to the Hurdy Gurdy House, then you just had to see Eddie giving his thank you speech…. We had a full field and the support of all the players was fantastic. Condition of the course The course has naturally taken some strain over the hot, windy summer and reduced watering. There has even been some unfair criticism of the course from those who must be uninformed or completely unaware of the conditions that have faced Francois and the course maintenance team over the last few months. Throughout this period, the putting surfaces have remained very good and the course has even started greening up over the last few weeks. Personally I enjoy the course playing firm and bouncy – it may not look like Augusta during the Masters – but the course still played just fine. Capetonians should go and play Glendower, Bryanston and Royal Johannesburg during the winter months in Gauteng! It's funny how no-one in Johannesburg every complains about those courses going brown…..they’ve cleverly worked out that no rain = brown fairways and firm conditions and the courses will play differently in certain months. This is going to be the new normal for us privileged folk in the Cape! But back to the pro-am: Between myself and De Waal, I don’t think there was one pro we spoke to who didn’t make a point of commenting on the greens: “best greens in the Western Cape”, “I’ve never putted on better”, “best greens in the country”, etc….. I can guarantee that the 26 PGA Club Pro’s who played here on Saturday left the club as ambassadors for our course! Sponsors Apart from regular supporters of the Hurdy Gurdy, I’d like to thank my suppliers for continuing to support this event: • TaylorMade for supplying 3 sets of prizes • Titleist for providing golf balls for everyone and prizes • Callaway for providing prizes and the putting demo • Srixon Cleveland for providing 3 sets of prizes • Under Armour, Swagg, Luca, and Bandit Distributors all sponsored prizes / gifts A big thank you must go to Colin Bell and Premier Packaging who sponsored the shirts and caps – the players looked great! To Keith Broad for supporting the prizes with Look Africa product – thanks Broady! And then there are members such as Grant Cooper who couldn’t play this year, but always support the event. To others I’ve left out, I know James will have thanked you personally. James and Lynn Mcnab Their initiative and support has made this Pro-Am one of the most popular in the Western Cape – thank you to both of you! Hurry Gurdy All the above has meant that the Hurdy Gurdy has now paid for the bond on their property – largely due to this event – well done to all. Over to Lexi… Here are a few of our members enjoying a beautiful day on the course!
It was great to see so many of our members in the prizes!
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  Congrats to the ladies who won their divisions!
 Monday - Monday School 4 Ball Alliance – 2 X Scores To Count Adrian Vorster, Bjorn Rosler, Dave Gordon, Spiro Bouloukos 85pts Tuesday - Ladies Day No Competition Wednesday - Members Competition No Competition Thursday - Members Competition 4 B.B.B. Bogey Plus Harry Parolis, Ari Vayanos +9 Saturday - Pro-Am 1st St. Patrick’s Day Pro-Am (4 Ball Alliance) Abrie Swanepoel (Pro), O. Mcintyre, M. Poole, E. Perold 96pts Saturday - Pro-Am 1st St. Patrick’s Day Pro-Am (Single Stableford – Pros) Abrie Swanepoel 40pts, 66 Gross | ||||||||||||||||||||
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