SCCC does Golf - again

Summary by Puneet G - Pictures by Shahab R to follow.

For the second year in a row, the SCCC contingent that was present were in great spirits, and this was before any spirits made it into their respective systems. After checking in and buying a ton of mulligans (because I need them) we trooped out to our carts where we waited for the shotgun start to our respective assigned holes. SCCC started on Hole # 5 with one of our 4 carts finding a rather creative route to it by traversing holes 2,3 and 4 on the way... lets just say we wanted a fuller experience before the first tee shot.

Santa Clara Golf and Tennis course on Tasman is a nice enough place to play golf and has relatively few hazards. The excellent weather and of course SCCC camaraderie was always going to make it a great day away from work. We tee-ed off approximately at 1pm.

Hole # 16 was sponsored by SCCC and SCCC 1 team got a par on this one, so I'm assuming that SCCC 2 foursome had a birdie.

SCCC 1 did pick up an Eagle on the Par 5 - 496 yards - Hole # 14 due to Harsha's heroics of getting us out of the rough on our tee shots and hitting a brilliant recovery shot onto the green, just a few feet from the hole.

The tournament organizer Jeff Driggs was obviously delighted to have us on the course and since we were seemingly the only non- City government entity there, we got some special attention as the Cricket Club guys who also play golf. Overall it was a friendly atmosphere though I did try to trash talk Fareed and then got it back on last tee shot when I accidentally tapped the ball off the tee with my practice swing ;)

There was a decent buffet afterwards.. and for those who stayed and participated, a raffle too.

I'm looking forward to doing this again next year.

SCCC were represented by members Fareed, Sunil, Shahab, Harsha and Puneet and guests Ravi and Colin participated in to make it a 4some and a 3some. We hope we'll have 3 foursomes next year.