Scores for Saturday 24 July 2021

In anticipation of rain and thunder Tony thought he'd turn up sporting a new look today, known in the trade as "Hammer-Tone" this new look has really taken off with the St Albans East-Side Massive. Tony kindly posed for me this morning before stepping out, I didn't realise he'd brought a friend!


When asked about Tony's new look, popular fashion consultant Gok Wan confirmed that Tony was rocking it!

We got away with the weather with only a short rain shower all morning and no thunder/lightning to contend with and Tony clearly found the new outfit heavy going judging by the scores. At least he didn't have to walk the course with all that bling, John's buggy was clearly struggling by the 18th! A 5 shot deduction for use of a buggy was discussed but Tony threw in the towel instead. 

Welcome to Stephen Brewerton today who joined us for the first time. Stephen posted a solid 91 gross today and scored 28 points on his provisional 12 handicap. 

The scoring was pretty good today with 2/3 players scoring 30 or more. Average gross score was 92.83 and average Stableford score was 30.83.

Birdies today for Duncan Miller (5) Andy Simpkin (17) John James (3 and 9) and Stephen Brewerton (16) - It's worth mentioning that Duncan was aiming to improve on his eclectic for 5 needing eagle to do so, he very nearly managed it with a fantastic approach shot from about 110 yards. 

The win today was taken by yours truly with 39 points. Steady golf was the order of the day and encouragement from my fellow golfers was a big factor. 

Second place taken by Duncan Miller who thanked Andy for hitting his ball out of bounds on the 18th leaving Duncan with the prize. Well done Duncan. 

The front 9 goes to John James with 22 points. Well done John.

The back 9 with 19 points goes to Roger Gibbs who while complaining about his 13 handicap, very nearly played to it with 34 points overall. Well done Roger.

Have a great week gents!

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