The Sunday Morning 4-Ball seems to have settled down into a standard 5-ball.  Once again, this presented Fat-Boy with a conundrum on the ball toss.  It seems that he had decided he wanted to play with DJ and Nance on this occasion, and a toss of Stan and Turbos balls 20 yards away onto the ladies tee avoided any debate on the matter.

A start on the 6th to avoid the traffic was required.  Whilst the first 4 holes were predictably scrappy, it was clear at the sandwiches, that Fat-Boys selections were good ones.  Even DJ, who had gone into temporary retirement the previous  week (Mr. Grumpy-style) following a woeful performance at the Div 1 Medal, was keeping his ball on the course.

Fat-Boy, too, seemed a little more focussed.   There was no need to repeat his exploits of the previous two weeks, requiring visits to the trees and the strategic use of baby wipes - maybe he has now learned his lesson not to have 7 pints and a Keema Peas Madras the night before a game of golf.  Or maybe not.

Nance destroys the back-9 in level par gross for 21 points, however still trails Stan, who, in a rare run of form, accumulates 22 points by the time the boys arrive at the 1st for the final 5 holes.  It seems that Stan is also capable of a game of two halves (Mr. Grumpy-style), and gets only 12 points on the front-9 to fall away into mid-table mediocraty.  Nance completes an individual victory with a decent 39 points.  

Fat-Boys selections do indeed, come up trumps, with the 3-ball of Nance, DJ and Fat-Boy taking the back-9 and the match. DJ decides to join the party by picking up the camels on the last hole - OGCs 5th.

SUPPLEMENTARY

Greetings from Mr. Grumpy sunning himself in the Whitsunday Islands off the North Queensland coast where the beer is fizzy, differs little from brand to brand and is ice-cold, but the seafood and steaks are plentiful. (tasty in price as well).

Pure white sand beaches, clear blue skies, azure sea and tropical rain forest - not that dissimilar from downtown Knowle obviously. However, it will all be over too soon and a return to the highs and mostly lows of the Sunday 5-Ball is imminent. See you on the 24th.