Player Profile

If you ever consider joining The Redpost Golf Society I would like to introduce you to some of our members. 
We have members from all walks of life and of differing ages from young whizz kids of 40 to players past pensionable age. Some of our members could be said not to be in the best of physical condition. We have one who was a well respected economist who decided to have a career change to a scaffolder and has now done extensive damage to himself in his new occupation. More later. We also have a member who is well past collecting his pension but has again not played recently. His reason for us not having seen him  is because of  cricket injuries which he sustained whilst still playing at 60. Other members believe it was injuries sustained running to The Railway ( no not to catch a train)

The Curly Wurly Classic Follow Through

Our first player is a past captain Dave Rance. according to his facebook profile his username is Dive so we will in future call him that. Dive is supposedly an auditor but some of us believe he is up to other dodgy dealings. As far as golf is concerned Dive plays off 15 and his greatest claim to fame is that he is a master of the Curly-Wurly drive.

Classic Golf Shot

Our next ex captain is the current secretary and as you can see has a classic golf swing. Having suffered a few eye problems recently his handicap has quickly risen from 18 to 27 as he does not have much of a clue where his ball has landed. Hopefully this is now sorted and his handicap will rapidly go down to 26 The secretary is a brilliant organiser of events and looks after the 60 year old children most admirably.

Bill putting nodding off

Bill Needs of the Railway fame is another past captain and we look forward to seeing him again in the near future when he has bought his wheelchair incorporating  space for a golf bag. Bill is a past master of handicap protection and is currently studying for a PhD in the subject.He never seems to win competitions but is always in contention for Nearest the pin and Longest drive competitions knowing he cannot be cut for winning these.

I'll cut these b......s

The most feared member is Jeff Miller the Handicap secretary. Jeff is also disliked as he works in the B.....g industry for the bank founded by the Banker who went down with the Titanic.Jeff is punctilious in checking scorecards and takes pleasure in cutting handicaps as long as it is not his own. His other claim to fame is his driving technique, he is usually 10 yards in front of the ball after the first 10 yards of his drive. This technique will be included in our instructional video along with the curly wurly drive which will be posted later.

What the best dressed golfer is wearing

The father and son team the Davis's are the next to players profiles. Brian the father is awell respected business man and is exceptionally talented in retrieving other peoples lost balls. He is able to direct his shots towards the best spots for collecting balls and he is about to publish a course guide for courses in Dorset showing the best places. At Bulbury Golf Club he was seen in a ditch and came out with 20 plus trophies. One word of warning if Brian loses a tee watch out!

Russel making out he can read

Russel the son is one of our better golfers and has great talent in sarcastic comments usually directed towards the secretary. He has a degree in fashion and is considered by some but not many as a fashion icon. Russel is also president of the Redpost fashion group He usually wears shorts   when playing even when it is snowing and 10deg below.and when joined by father in simuilar attire many members say that it puts them off of their games.Is this a Davis ploy to win. Not a pretty site.

I wonder if Trick needs any scaffolding

 Dexter Bree-yes it is his real name is our scaffolder but unfortunately has not been able to play in 2012 due to the injuries he sustained whilst refurbishing a large house overlooking the sea in Boscombe and turning it into a Boutique Bed and Breakfast. It will be opening shortly and if you want a preview go to www.Chalfieldmanor.co.uk Dexter is another big hitter and has won the Longest drive on a few occasions.

"20 balls in one game"

Paul "Shiner" Francis another big hitter who has won the Longest drive a few times. The only problem with Shiners big hits is that 99% are in the wrong direction. Whilst playing at Barton on Sea golf club he scored 20+, no not points but lost balls. On the first hole he hit his ball into the rough and whilst looking for it an adder was discovered basking in the sun. that ball was quickly declared lost and when the next ball was misdirected shiner had the painful decision to look for it himself or take a drop. The latter was the preferred option.

No picture of Trick available

Coffee machine seller turned Game Keeper turned Bill Needs business partner turned some sort of builder- Paul" Trick" Trickey is another of our members. He can always be relied on to keep us amused at our apres golf dinners although the stories about how he and bill fleeced people into buying coffee machines must be nearing being repeated. Trick is anot bad golfer his only problem being that his hearing is not brilliant so although he does not hear his putter falling to the ground, the person putting does and usually misses even from 2 inches.Luckily we do not have any pictures of Trick available so we hope you will put up with his substitute.

Ken mending a tee or praying for a good tee shot

Ken Hann is one our newer  members and can always be relied on to play. So far he has won several of the competitions but his biggest problem is that he plays the wrong way round He is also the Head Greenkeeper of Blandford Bowling Club and as you can see here he is repairing the tee at Ferndown Forest. Since playing there they have contacted us asking us whether we can let Ken help them rebuild the rest of their course.

" These flowers ain't much of a winners prize""

Nick Read is another member we haven't seen since October due to his current driving ban. Hopefully it will end soon and he will return to play with us.You will notice that the phone is permanently affixed to his hand but the police din't believe him. Also to be included in our instructional video we will be showing you how to get a unique set up like Nicks. You will either need to get extendable arms fitted or get a driver possibly available from 

with a 8 foot long shaft to 

enable you to stand 10foot from the ball.

Nice Hat Mike

Our last grumpy old man that we have a picture of is Mike Powell. He is a sneaky golfer who keeps posting good scores but says he is not much good at the game.  It might be that he  camouflages himself with flowers on his head so nobody can see hoe good he actually is

or he could just be a member of the Redpost fashonisters and likes to look good in his matching floral design hat. 

These are not all of our members but the newer ones who we do not have pictures for will be caught soon and be posted on the blog