Aldwickbury Park Early Birds

For Day 2 we once again had good weather, no rain but windy conditions. A late start at 12:56pm meant a lot of sitting around after breakfast, very similar to last year. The golf was played on the Championship course which was looking splendid. Plenty of water to contend with and we played off Swindle handicaps. Again we were 14 players as unfortunately Dan Smith was unable to join us. Prizes were the normal swindle money for 1st, 2nd, front 9 and back 9. Winner today was Paul with 34 points with bridesmaid Steve Reynolds missing out with 32 points after having a nil score on the eighteenth. unlucky Steve. No longest drive or nearest the pins today. High for Paul at least was his first hole where he hit a seven wood 107 yds into gale force winds to come up 1ft away for a knock in birdie. Well done Paul. Final words from Duncan the JJ Cup winner this year "Thank you to Roger for organising and sorting the prizes, Paul for doing the cards and last minute adjustments. John James for ...

This year we started on the Signature course and ran the JJ Cup first so we could present the trophy as on the Saturday people are keen to leave as soon as they have finished, therefore no warm up game. The competition was run, as normal, with WHS handicaps. We had fourteen starters and all finished. Unfortunately no John James this year. John was however kind enough to donate his deposit of £57 to swell the prize fund, thank you John. The weather was mostly kind to us this year although it was very windy and we had a few light shows during the round today.  Some great golf by Duncan today with a splendid 40 points following on from his win last Saturday, obviously the inform golfer. Shot of the day to Steve Reynolds, tee shot on the twelfth goes into ditch on the left near the driving range, he takes a drop then hits his third shot into greenside bunker, then holes his bunker shot for a par. Clapping ringing out from three guys in the car park.    Steve Reynolds forever ...

The weather brought us winds, rain and plunging temperatures, unlike the middle of the week were we saw temperatures of 26degC on Wednesday. The course was looked splendid after the Clutch Tour visited during the week with a lot of run on the fairways and fast greens. The scoring this week was not as good for the winner as last week with Dan's mammoth score. This week we had a tie for first with Duncan and Steve B on 35 points. Duncan scored 20 points on the front nine, none of his playing partners noticed and felt there was an invisible golfer in their midst. Steve B had a solid round and Duncan must rue his two blobs on 16 and 17.  Duncan on the 12th took a 5 iron off of the tee and his ball vaulted over the hedge like a runner in the Grand National. More drama and Duncan hit a massive slice on 15 nearly going out of bounds on the 16th, he hit a great recovery to make his par. Next week is the JJ Cup at the Nottinghamshire Golf Club, also our first major of the year, so good luck...

What a day of Golf! Weather was set fair with a few spots of rain and course looking splendid. The day was all about Dan, Dan scored his best every Gross score of 79, his first time in the seventies and won with a massive 46 points. This is the highest score we have had since records began in 2017. Dan won by 10 points from Martin Deery. Almost certainly the biggest winning margin we have had. All off a respectable 17 handicap. Dan had spent the week with his school's sports lads and lasses in the Netherland, they also missed the Ferry back delaying their return. Obviously that trauma didn't hinder his performance. Second place was Martin Deery with a score that would normally win. Well done Martin. Front nine went to Jason with 18 points followed by a bit of collapse on the back nine. Back nine went to Peter Creighton with a commendable17 points. Neither of these were anywhere near Dan's scores of 24 points and 22 points respectively. Stories from the course Peter L and Ro...

First Swindle game for a month, the course is looking much better, the fairways have been cut and the greens are much faster. The latter causing many a missed putt. The weather was cold and windy, no doubt, adding to our problems, James had problems resitting his ball on the 14th as the wind kept blowing it away. James had a great run from the 9th to the 12th with three birdies and one par on his way to a narrow win from Richard beating him by one point. All the ropes are now gone, Duncan was pleased, and I am sure we are all looking forward to moving onto the white tees soon. Good to see Peter Laurence back after his op and manging to get two birdies today so it clearly hasn't affected his game. The first Major of the season, the John James Cup, is coming up in a few weeks time I am sure we are all looking forward to that. The average gross score today was 93.50 and the average Stableford score was 27.64. Best gross of the day was from James Miller with 80. There were 0 Eagles ...

Weather was kind to us today with no rain and little wind, it looks like we are heading for some dry and warmer weather in the coming days. This is the last Swindle game for a few weeks as we have the Yellow ball, 3 clubs and a putter and the rescheduled Captains drive in competitions over consecutive weeks. The course is still quite muddy and this is reflected in the scores today. A winning score of 32 points from Coenraad winning on countback from Martin Lythgoe. A good recovery from Martin after a poor Saturday last weekend. News from the course Paul had a close shot into the second with his third shot landing an inch from the hole. He managed to sink the difficult putt for a par. The average gross score today was 91.33 and the average Stableford score was 28.53. Best gross of the day was from Steve Reynolds with 84. There were 0 Eagles or better today. There were 7 birdies today. Duncan Miller with 2 on holes 12 and 15. Coenraad Fourie with 1 on hole 9. Martin Lythgoe with 1 o...