Aldwickbury Park Early Birds

Weather was mainly dry with a few showers towards the end of the round and a bit chilly to start with. Course was playing quite difficult due to the greens having been hollow tined, they were quite bumpy and many felt the holes were crowned, quite a few near misses with the ball turning away at the last moment. A few dropouts and two playing in the Valentine Pairs otherwise a good sized field. A very good round by Richard today with a score of 36 points, Tony had a great front nine but collapsed somewhat on the back nine but took second which allowed Martin Deery to take the front 9. Roger Small, after a poor start, finished well and took the back nine. Headline : Martin Deery had a swathe of pink scores mainly due to him not playing much this year. The average gross score today was 93.80 points and the average Stableford score was 29.60. Best gross of the day was from Richard Hyne with 82. There were 0 Eagles or better today. There were 2 birdies today. James Miller with 1 on hol...

A low Stableford scoring day today even though the weather was kind to us. The rain only came on the last two holes and the course was playing well.  The average gross score today was 94.38 points and the average Stableford score was 27.92. Best gross of the day was from Richard Hyne and Pete Laurence with 84. Not much news today although Paul had a good run from holes 3 to 5 with a birdie followed by two pars. This was exceeded by Richard who additionally pared the sixth and seventh holes. Paul hit a great shot into four with his ball landing 9 inches from the hole before it rolled away to four feet or so, Jason proceeded to chip on, with his ball ending up in Paul's pitch mark. We had three players tied on 34 points, Roger Gibbs, Richard Hyne and Paul Gardner. There were 0 Eagles or better today. There were 3 birdies today. Roger Gibbs with 1 on hole 7. Richard Hyne with 1 on hole 3. Paul Gardner with 1 on hole 3. Our winner today with 34 points was Roger Gibbs. In seco...

Weather today was cold and overcast with no rain. The new bunkers are now in play as well as most of the others. The course was looking great after the frozen conditions of late. A few dropouts today with four people playing in the Winter Knockouts, unfortunately Roger and Richard lost but the Miller brothers won. We started with 8 players but unfortunately lost Stevie B on the first tee with an injury sustained before the golf, this preventing him from swinging the club. Took the wise decision to withdraw. This meant the new 5 to 7 player rule came into action. This meant that normal monies were taken and prizes for 1st, 2nd and F9/B9 awarded. No POTY points are awarded but handicaps are adjusted by half points and eclectics are updated. Who would have thought the first week after it was introduced it would be used. Scoring was quite low with the winner only scoring 32 points, well done to maestro Peter Laurence. Lucky Tony coming second on 30 points. Paul looking to beat Andy's l...

So we start the year with all the POTY, RTDB and Eclectic tables reset. We do not reset handicaps nor reset the winners' penalties they just roll on from last year.  A very frosty day today but no wind. The ground was hard making it difficult getting tees into the ground and many an erratic bounce. The field today was depleted by CBL players and one dropout due to the weather. I think most players found the conditions challenging, with players scoring around the 28 point mark. I good win for Steve B with a commendable 34 points a good start to the season. Dan Smith is now able to win as he has completed three games, this being his fourth and he starts with a back 9 win, well done Dan. Not many reported highlights today except my group, Roger S, Jock and Jason all scoring a par four on the second, a great team score if there was a team score which there isn't.  The average gross score today was 95.09 points and the average Stableford score was 27.27. Best gross of the day was ...

Today was the last swindle game of the year so it brings a close to the competitions we run during the year. Player of the year Race to de Bar Gross Eclectic Stableford Eclectic We had a good turn out of twelve players today with a few drop outs due to illness. Hope you all get better for the New Year.  Weather was good with no wind to speak of and also no rain. The course was difficult as worm casts meant even landing on the fairway was a lottery this making it difficult finding a good lie. A few notable moments from my group, Coenraad on the 1st moving between the two greenside bunkers narrowly missing Peter C on the way and James birdying the 1st. James scoring an Eagle on the 12th with a great putt then followed with a chip in on the 13th for a par. Coenraad also chipping in on the 10th from the right hand side of the green, a fast moving ball bounced once and then hit the flag and dropped in the hole.   Our winner this week was Peter Creighton who has had a great yea...

A few admin tasks to start with. One, would all members of the swindle please inform us in good time that they are not playing, one group was left with only two players after a member failed to turn up, we could have gone out as two four balls had we known. Two, please don't send messages on WhatsApp and 05:59 just as the bookers are attempting to book. We missed one tee time today because of it. On the golf course we were down to eight players due to illness, no shows and weather watchers. The weather was actually really good, a bit winding at times but no rain to speak of. Well done to Steve Brewerton who put in a solid round to win on 34 points. Pete Laurence also had a great round going but stuttered over the last three holes. Great front nine by Steve Brewerton with 19 points but as he won 15 points took it. Peter Creighton taking the honours there. Back nine went to James with 17 points well deserved as it contained three birdies. A great chip in by Roger Gibbs on the 5th and...