Scores for Saturday 27 August 2022

 


Yes, it's a long weekend and as the days shorten and mornings start to have a welcome chill in the air, we have the last swindle of August 2022. 

Conditions were near perfect today, a light wind with sunshine and some cloud cover. The recent rains have started to bring a bit of green back into the course and the fairways were a lot more receptive than the last few months. 

All this resulted in some average scoring perhaps caused by a little recalibration being required. 

Just two birdies today for Richard Hyne (3) and Martin Lythgoe (17) Well done gentlemen. 

Birdies were a sore point for me as I missed birdie chances on 10, 12, 16, 17 and 18!

Our winner today managed was Richard Hyne with 37 points. Richard hadn't managed to finish in the last two weeks, in fact last week he barely got going. He had a wobble on 2 but steadied himself and went on to shoot +3 on the front 9 and +5 on the back 9 to take the top prize. Well done Richard.

In Second place with 34 points is Martin Deery. Martin had a steady front 9 but picked up the scoring on the back 9 to net 19 on the back 9. Well done Martin.

Jock Hunter took the front 9 with 18 points courtesy of 5 pars. Well done Jock.

I took the back 9 with 22 points courtesy of 6 pars. Well done me.

Hopefully the course will continue to recover over the coming weeks and we will be in for a nice end to the summer of golf.

Have a great week all, enjoy the bank holiday weekend.


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