Scores for Saturday 15 August 2020

 What a difference a week can make. Constant rain over recent days with showers forecast for the day. My forecast was 25% chance of light showers, what it didn’t say was 75% change of heavy showers! It was wet, wet, wet!!

 It was so wet, our back-up manual card nearly didn't survive



With standing water on the greens and squelchy ground under foot we were in for some pretty poor scores today. The average stableford score was just 29.27.

 

I saw a first today, two birdies scored by two players on the same hole, both with 30ft+ puts and both perfectly executed. This happened on the 3rd hole where Richard sunk an amazing 30ft+ put which was perfectly weighted starting out right and looping gradually in to drop into the hole, any less weight and it would have been a near miss. “You’ve seen how to do it now Roger, you just need to do the same.” He had and he did, another perfectly weighted put. Well done both, that was worth writing about.

 

Two more birdies from yours truly on 8 and 17. 8 was a 5 pointer and I had a chance at a birdie 5 pointer on 16 which sadly slipped past the hole leaving me a tricky up-hill which I missed. Peter Creighton did manage to birdie this tricky pin today, the last of our 5 birdies.

 

Three of our number failed to complete a round today. Steve didn’t want to get his holiday off to a bad start by rushing around in wet clothing to get on the road. Tony and Martin D also ducked out.

 

Well, thanks to 22 points on the front 9 and a more average 16 points on the back 9 today, the top prize goes to yours truly. My 5 pointer on 8 and 4 pointer on 17 made all the difference today. I wobbled a bit on the back 9, blobbing 10, 12 and 15 but pulled myself together to seal the deal. Well done me.

 

Paul “The Champ” Gardner managed 37 points to take second place today. A more consistent 20 and 17 would’ve taken the prize had I dropped one more point on the back 9. Well done Paul.

 

The front 9 goes to Richard Hyne with a solid 18 points despite a doughnut on the first. Well done Richard.

 

The back 9 goes to Peter Creighton. Peter has found comfort in his sub 20 handicap and is determined to stay there. Well done Peter, nice work!

 

Martin Lythgoe, you’ll be happy to know that you’re getting two shots back and will be playing of 12 next week. Congratulations!


Happy holidays for those of you on hols this week. Have a great week all. See you next Saturday.

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