Scores for Saturday 25 July 2020

Overcast, humid and warm conditions for today’s golf and the wind was  a feature. This resulted in some low scoring with an average stableford of 28.75. Still, it could’ve been worse, as I wright this report it’s raining very hard and I’ve had to close my office door.

 

We trialled the new scoring spreadsheet this week and as expected there were a few teething problems. I will continue to tweak the sheet but it certainly helped with score capture and I’m happy to say that it worked mostly except the back 9 winner was not calculated correctly. I will continue to check the scores by entering into the tried and tested excel sheet until we have all of the functionality transposed to our new google sheets. Having a near real-time leaderboard is definitely a step up. Thanks to the scorer trialists, appreciate your patience and diligence. Feedback was that it’s a bit fiddley but it works ok…. Maybe we just need some bigger phones!

 

Before we get into winners etc., a philosophical question. If Peter Creighton drives the ball off the tee of the 10^th hole to within 100 yards of the hole and nobody bothers to watch him do it, did it really happen? Pete reported this is what happened but did it? Discuss.

 

Last week we asked the question how will Martin Lythgoe do with his new single figure handicap. Well we don’t need to ask the question any more as his new handicap lasted just one round before being bounced back to double figures. Never mind Martin, it was good while it lasted, you now have a target to aim for.

 

Birdies this week for Andy Simpkin (9^th) James Miller (2^nd and 4^th) Pete Laurence (16^th) Roger Gibbs (9^th) and Richard Hyne (17^th) Well done guys. James birdie on the 4^th was courtesy of an outstanding put and a big helping of that low handicapper luck that Tony is always banging on about. He hooked his shot over the trees and bounced over the bunker, placed his shot at the back of the green then looped an outstanding put. Well done James.

 

Our winner this week with a solid 36 points was Richard Hyne. Richard joined James and I on the back 9 last evening and today’s golf was a step up from yesterday, clearly the lie-in this morning suited you. Well done Richard.

 

In second place with 34 points is Pete Laurence. Pete was the leader in the club house for a while as our last group was some way behind our first group with over an hour separating them. Congratulations Pete.

 

The front 9 goes to Roger Gibbs with 19 points. Roger had a wobble on 6 with an uncharacteristic topped drive to just  past the ladies on the left. He recovered nicely on the next hole with a sandy par a bogey and a birdie to finish. Well done Roger.

 

The back 9 goes to Jock Hunter with another solid 18 back 9. Well done Jock.

 

Have a great week gents, hopefully some better golf next week.