Dear Editor,
Forget the blossoms, the recent wind-up of the Bowen Island Golf Club’s Saturday Old Crocs winter competition is evidence enough the real golf season is upon us as is the commencement of the Saturday Morning Skins Game (SMSG). No club membership is required to participate in either of these Saturday morning events. Gentlemen just have to be north of fifty to play; participants must be good for 9:00 a.m. tee times and be willing to part with $5 for the skins and KP prize pot. As David Riddell so appropriately suggested at the Old Crocs windup, “I most enjoy the camaraderie, not winning the money or the fame of having my name on the trophy.”
This is the feeling of everyone who enjoys these special Saturday competitions.
Congratulations to old crocs David Riddell and Bob Hamel who were tied with the lowest net score over the minimum 10 games at 341, followed closely by Bruce Russell at 343 and Wayne Johnstone just a few strokes back. In addition, Bob won the coveted Sandbagger Trophy, which as always, was not short of contestants.
The first SMSG event for the season teed off on April 5th. A minimum of 10 rounds are required for this event, which is extra special, as the winner has their name engraved on the Greg Cope Old Buzzard’s Trophy, which to date has been the exclusive domain of Hugh “Doc” Freeman and Gerry “The Legend” Kirk.
Bruce Russell
