Scores for Saturday 20 August 2022

 


Well today it was all about sand! It is the holiday season and to make us all feel like we're having a holiday in the sun, the green keeping team dumped a whole load of sand on the greens this weekend to make us feel like we're not missing out! 

Back to the normal August weather this weekend. Some sunshine, some clouds, some wind and a hint of rain in the air. Personally I found it a relief after the recent heat although my golf didn't really reflect that. 

Birdies were scarce today, probably as a result of the difficult greens: Pete Laurence (9) and Tony Froud (8) well done both!

Our winner today posts his first win of the season. James has managed a second and a couple of back 9s before today but his first numero uno came today courtesy of a solid round of 78 resulting in 37 points, beating Martin Deery on countback. Well done James!

Of course Martin Deery managed second place with a solid 37 points, failing to drive home his advantage on the last hole. Well done Martin, a winning score on most Saturdays!

The front 9 went to Tony who posted 20 points on the first 8 holes before falling apart and only managing 8 points on the next 10 holes!!!! That's an average of 2.5 points for 8 holes followed by an average of 0.8 for the next 10, quite a contrast. Unlucky Tone, just not your day I guess but well done on a fantastic 8 holes of golf!

The back 9 goes to our most decorated back 9er in recent history! You have to go back to 2018 to find someone who's won more back 9s in a season (Peter Creighton with 7) and the season's not even finished yet. Yes Roger Gibbs won the back 9 AGAIN with 19 points missing out on that elusive first place finish by 1 point! If only one of those nearly puts had actually gone in today Roger! Anyway, well done Roger, a really good round that deserved more!

Have a wonderful week gentlemen, see you next week for some bank holiday weekend golfing!!



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