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MADD MACQ’S 014 – The Perfect Storm

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Unaware of the raging bushfires around the state, we battled the elements around Macquarie Uni – news reports spoke about wind gusts up to 100 km/h – the tree tops were swaying in different directions, the jet from the fountain watered half the course and the pond swallowed a dozen discs or so. As you can see I had to take a picture of just how windy it was, at least it wasnt raining!  One of my overly optimistic drives were pushed down and made into a roller that made three 90 degrees turns; left, right, right pacman style. On the same hole, debutesse Rosie Suthers’s approach was a bit high and loose, landed and began to roll, turned around and rolled 15 metres backwards up the hill!

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8th Bring Spring Fling

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Spring had sprung with blossoms & wattles everywhere but recent snow in the mountains & strong winds, 30 to 50 kph made for a chilly welcome to BSF 06. Thankfully the forecast rain missed the Woden area with only a few drops blown in during the day. The old layout was played for both rounds & no records were set. The most notable highlight of the day was a near ace by Christian on the 1st hole in the second round when his drive hit basket.

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