Well the forecast was quite accurate, rain would set-in around 7am and stay for most of the day..... that's exactly what happened. Despite Martin Lythgoe's constant assertion that "it's getting brighter" and Paul's assurance that it would stop around 10(pm?), it carried on raining all morning. On the plus side, the course was empty apart from a few die-hard's, 8 of which were starters in the Early-birds.
We started as 8 so it does count as an official swindle according to our rules. Controversial perhaps as two didn't finish and one only lasted a few holes.
Scoring was very difficult indeed and the average scores reflected this, Gross 96.3 and Stableford 27, some of our worst scoring. Despite that 3 of our party managed 30 or more and given the small field, they all get prizes.
The winner with 34 points is Roger Gibbs. 34 points would normally not be enough for a win but in those conditions it was a truly excellent score. Well done Roger.
Richard managed 30 points, scoring exactly the same out and in as Pete Laurence but taking second on countback. Well done Richard, a close call indeed.
Martin Lythgoe took the front 9 with 16 despite 2 blobs and 2x1 pointers. His 4 pars were enough to take the front 9 from Pete! Well done Martin.
Pete Laurence took the back 9 with 15 points. Steady golfing from Pete was enough to get him over the line. Well done Pete.
Hopefully we'll have some better weather next week, that was truly unpleasant!
Have a great week all.
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