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Golf / Fancy dress at Ga'ash as golfers scramble for Purim
By Shmulik Futeran

The Texas Scramble Purim competition was held at the Ga'ash Golf Club on Tuesday. A full field of 60 golfers enjoyed a fun day, which ended with a cocktail and prize-giving ceremony at the Albatross restaurant.

The serious aspect was the golf in the "Texas Scramble" format, which means that both players in the team tee off and then both players play from the best position the ball landed in. A limit of 10 drives is the maximum one player can hit, so they need to give thought to the tactics. The players are also limited to 25 percent of their combined handicaps. To lighten the atmosphere before Purim, all the players played the Scramble in fancy dress costumes.
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The pair of Shai Brosh and Dan Schwartz had an excellent score of gross 67. They played the first nine with seven pars and two birdies giving them a total of 33 shots and came in the back nine with three birdies, four pars and two bogies, giving them a total of 34 shots. Playing off a combined seven handicap gave them the Ga'ash Purim 2008 title with a net-60.

In second place were Yuval Harari and Dudu Tor with a net-62. On net-65 were both pairs of Gil Bianco and Itzik Edelman and Nissim Levy and Rony Zyc, with the former pair winning on the count-out.

The Wine Center at Ga'ash's "Nearest to the Pin" prizes went to Shai Brosh on hole four, being only 75cm from the pin. On hole nine, Yuval Harari was 2.4 meters from the pin, while on the difficult 14th hole, Ezer Yaacobi was 1.57 meters from the pin.

The Ladies' 2008 knock-out competition was won by Ariella Halkin, who beat her close friend, Aliza Ophir, two-up with one hole to go. Playing in the local Ladies' Day tournament, Esther Malka had a hole-in-one on the three par fourth hole, playing 104 meters.
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