Aldwickbury Park Early Birds

Well lockdown continues until at least 19 July but at least we're able to play golf! A dull overcast morning with a heavily watered course with light winds made for a pleasant morning of golf. 4 of our number were off CBLing so we were down to 12 starters off 3 "normal" tee times. This meant that for the first time in many months we all met on the patio for drinks and were able to announce the result. The results report therefore is more for those who couldn't make it on the day. The scores were good today with an average of 30.58 stableford and 95.7 gross despite one of our number failing to make 20 points. In fact 9 out of 12 players were above 30 points today so well done to all. Birdies today for Pete Laurence and Peter Creighton (9 and 17) and Duncan Miller (16)  Our winner today with 35 points was Martin Deery. Martin had a steady 17 out and 18 in with only a few dropped points on the card. Well done Martin. In second place yours truly with 34 points. I struggle

Ole ole - ole ole / Ole ole - ole ole,   Feeling hot hot hot - Feeling hot hot hot ! Yes it was hot! Thankfully we were playing on Saturday and not Sunday as Sunday forecast shows 27-30 degrees which is just too hot for walking around looking for balls in the rough! Of course it's that time of year when the green keepers are making sure that play is slow and stableford scores are low by letting the grass grow and rolling those greens. We had some respite with the rain in recent weeks but I think we're in for concrete fairways for the next few weeks. Still, life is great when not on the course so best not complain. This week I had the pleasure of playing at 7am on an unsurprisingly empty course in a 3 ball with only two of the original 4. I was initially very unhappy that I'd volunteered for the switch due to being up late drinking beer the night before but as it warmed up found myself feeling rather smug as I exited the course at around 11am, all be it light on points (sorr