With Mr A this week is Mr Eddy Stothert
(Warning the answers may have been doctored to enhance the quality of the column? Depending on how boring the subject is!)
Full Name: Edward Derek Stothert
Age: 54
Nickname: Ed the Duck
Mr A: How long have you been a member of TGC?
Ed: 20yrs
Mr A: How long have you been a member of the TOGS?
Ed: Since the outset 2002.
Mr A: What is your club handicap?
Ed: 8
Mr A: Is this your lowest handicap?
Ed: No, I've been as low as 6.
Mr A: What is you favourite hole at TGC?
Ed: The 12th, it's a good test.
Mr A: What is your least favourite?
Ed: The 7th. Same as most, I would guess, ridiculous green undulations.
Mr A: Who is your current doubles partner (not that there's many, for what ever reason)?
Ed: Bobby Whitehead
Mr A: Which is your favourite golf course, other than TGC?
Ed: Hexham G.C.
Mr A: Have you ever had a hole in one?
Ed: Yes, I am in that bracket. It was on the Montgomery course in Kinross, Scotland.
Mr A: Where do your football allegiances lie? (this will be good)
Ed: None what so ever! Overpaid, theatrical, pretentious namby pambies! (TOLD YOU)
Mr A: Do you have any TGC golfing honours?
Ed: I have won the Hines Salver, and reached the semi-finals of the Club Championship (2011).
Mr A: Any TOGS honours?
Ed: I have won the knock-out Trophy four times.
Mr A: Favourite club in your bag?
Ed: I am particularly fond of my 4 rescue club, it's saved my life a good few times!
Mr A: If you had the power (It'll never happen!) to change one thing in the TOGS, what would it be?
Ed: Nobody would ever get 2 shots at any one hole, and the maximum handicap would be 18!
Mr A: What annoys you most about winter golf?
Ed: The course being closed.
Mr A: Interests outside of golf?
Ed: Watching golf on the telly.
Mr A: Who would be in your "DREAM" Fourball?
Ed: Alice Cooper, Sarah Stirk, Henrik Stenson and myself.
Mr A: What would you do with your last fifty pounds?
Ed: Spend it !!
KNOW THE RULE! DON'T BE A FOOL!
Eddy's question: the scenario:
Q: During my last round, my ball landed in a greenside bunker. As I was taking my practice swing, I accidentally grazed the top of the ball with the sole of my club. Even though the ball did not move? Should I have called a penalty on myself?
A: Yes, a stroke penalty, as you have grounded your club.
Sadly, Ed has answered incorrectly! BUT in true game show fashion, this is what he could've won?
A two week break, FOR 2 in Barbados, all expenses paid AND a £1000 spending money.
Consolation! He takes away 3 recycled golf balls in a used sleeve.
Maureen is not going to be best pleased, when he gets home!!!!
By the way, the correct answer is NO - you should not have called a penalty on yourself.
Rule 18-2s, covers you in this instance. Your practice swing wasn't a stroke, because you didn't intend to strike the ball and contact was accidental. As the ball didn't move from it's original lie, there's no penalty. If the ball had moved from it's original lie, a one stroke would apply.
Join me again next week for, "On the T with Mr A"
Next weeks guest is: ?
(Warning the answers may have been doctored to enhance the quality of the column? Depending on how boring the subject is!)
Full Name: Edward Derek Stothert
Age: 54
Nickname: Ed the Duck
Mr A: How long have you been a member of TGC?
Ed: 20yrs
Mr A: How long have you been a member of the TOGS?
Ed: Since the outset 2002.
Mr A: What is your club handicap?
Ed: 8
Mr A: Is this your lowest handicap?
Ed: No, I've been as low as 6.
Mr A: What is you favourite hole at TGC?
Ed: The 12th, it's a good test.
Mr A: What is your least favourite?
Ed: The 7th. Same as most, I would guess, ridiculous green undulations.
Mr A: Who is your current doubles partner (not that there's many, for what ever reason)?
Ed: Bobby Whitehead
Mr A: Which is your favourite golf course, other than TGC?
Ed: Hexham G.C.
Mr A: Have you ever had a hole in one?
Ed: Yes, I am in that bracket. It was on the Montgomery course in Kinross, Scotland.
Mr A: Where do your football allegiances lie? (this will be good)
Ed: None what so ever! Overpaid, theatrical, pretentious namby pambies! (TOLD YOU)
Mr A: Do you have any TGC golfing honours?
Ed: I have won the Hines Salver, and reached the semi-finals of the Club Championship (2011).
Mr A: Any TOGS honours?
Ed: I have won the knock-out Trophy four times.
Mr A: Favourite club in your bag?
Ed: I am particularly fond of my 4 rescue club, it's saved my life a good few times!
Mr A: If you had the power (It'll never happen!) to change one thing in the TOGS, what would it be?
Ed: Nobody would ever get 2 shots at any one hole, and the maximum handicap would be 18!
Mr A: What annoys you most about winter golf?
Ed: The course being closed.
Mr A: Interests outside of golf?
Ed: Watching golf on the telly.
Mr A: Who would be in your "DREAM" Fourball?
Ed: Alice Cooper, Sarah Stirk, Henrik Stenson and myself.
Mr A: What would you do with your last fifty pounds?
Ed: Spend it !!
KNOW THE RULE! DON'T BE A FOOL!
Eddy's question: the scenario:
Q: During my last round, my ball landed in a greenside bunker. As I was taking my practice swing, I accidentally grazed the top of the ball with the sole of my club. Even though the ball did not move? Should I have called a penalty on myself?
A: Yes, a stroke penalty, as you have grounded your club.
Sadly, Ed has answered incorrectly! BUT in true game show fashion, this is what he could've won?
A two week break, FOR 2 in Barbados, all expenses paid AND a £1000 spending money.
Consolation! He takes away 3 recycled golf balls in a used sleeve.
Maureen is not going to be best pleased, when he gets home!!!!
By the way, the correct answer is NO - you should not have called a penalty on yourself.
Rule 18-2s, covers you in this instance. Your practice swing wasn't a stroke, because you didn't intend to strike the ball and contact was accidental. As the ball didn't move from it's original lie, there's no penalty. If the ball had moved from it's original lie, a one stroke would apply.
Join me again next week for, "On the T with Mr A"
Next weeks guest is: ?