chips and shanks
Bob’s putter
collection grows
R
EMEMBER Bob Abbott from Gympie
in Queensland?
He’s the guy whose aim it was to
collect 500 putters – and then stop.
Well, at the time of writing, Bob, who was
fast running out of space in his garage for
the vast collection of flat sticks, picked up his
677th putter.
“I am about to build a couple more stands
for the additional putters,” he told Inside Golf.
“A golfing friend rang me a month ago and
told me he had an Aeroplane putter I could
have.
The Aeroplane putter has been added to Bob
Abbott’s vast collection.
“Then my brother-in-law from
Maryborough gave me a PING Zing putter
and another golfing mate from veterans gave
me a Robert Forgan, St Andrews putter.
“Then I did a trip down to the Sunshine
Coast and picked up a Sam Snead Wilson,
Lynx Model 4 Parallax (the shaft and grip are
all made of the same material).
“And an ex-Gympie player from Cooroy
gave up a left-handed Odyssey tri-ball white
steel putter.”
Stuffed croc baffles Scots
IN some countries the discovery of a
crocodile on or near a golf course is, well,
par for the course.
Perhaps it’s why concerned golfers in
Scotland called in animal welfare officers
when they discovered a crocodile, albeit
partially stuffed, next to a golf course.
The reptile was spotted in a creek at
Carnwath Golf Course in South Lanarkshire.
No one knows how the 1.4m long
protected West African dwarf crocodile
got there or how it ended up stuffed, but
the Scottish SPCA’s Heather Lawson is
treating it as a prank.
“I first thought it was a prank when I
received a call saying there had been
sightings of a crocodile but when I
IN recent years, Carbrook Golf Club in
southeast Queensland has copped its fair
share of damaging storm activity.
After the last big wet, the club thought the
large bull sharks that reside the golf course’s
main dam had been washed out but they
are still there, according to the club’s general
manager Scott Wagstaff.
Anyway, Scott gets a little nervous when
storm clouds gather and goes into overdrive.
That’s code for “grab my camera”.
That’s exactly what he did the last time the
wild weather moved in. He took a number
of amazing pictures (see above) and posted
them on the club’s website.
“I always keep a close watch on the weather,”
said the man known as shark whisperer.
Storm chaser might be another moniker for
the award-winning golf club manager.
Shark in commentary box
investigated I found it was real,” she told
Heather Saul from The Independent.
“The crocodile was dead and oddly had
tape wrapped around its head.
“It seems someone has attempted to
stuff the crocodile as it had no insides and
there was straw stuck in its legs.
“We now know it was a West African
dwarf crocodile and it’s a complete
mystery how it got there.
“These are protected animals and
anyone who owns one in this country
would need to have a dangerous wild
animal licence.”
Museum
celebrates
Thomson’s
glory
The National Sports Museum at the MCG
is recognising the achievements of an
Australian golfing great whose success at
the British Open saw him become arguably
Australia’s greatest ever golfer.
Running until August 26, Blazing a trail:
Peter Thomson at the British Open features the
seven medals won by Thomson at the British
Open:
• Five Open Championship winner’s medals
(1954, 1955, 1956, 1958 and 1965)
• Two Ryle Memorial medals as winner of
the Open Championship and a member of
the Professional Golfers Association (1955,
1958)
Unable to keep the perpetual Claret Jug,
winners of the Bri ѥ͠