Scores for Saturday 20 January 2024
Well it was quite cold this week and that made for some quite random golf. The first hold didn't bode well for Duncan and I as he did his usual grass cutter to the top of the fairway and I sliced into the trees on the right, clearly we both needed to warm up. We found my ball in the leaves with no real back swing. Foolishly I tried to take a shot but managed to bury the ball somewhere directly in front of me. Sadly Pete Laurence didn't follow me in this week to find my ball. Hey ho.
Only one birdie this week and it goes to Peter Creighton on 3. Apparently he chipped in from the bunker, clearly preferring that shot to taking relief for the out of play bunkers. Still, no pictures on the scorecard hey Pete? Well done!
Scoring was very difficult in the conditions with good shots being punished for accuracy (hitting the green) and some middle of the fairway shots bouncing unkindly left or right to finish in the deep rough. Average gross score was 95 and average stableford was 27.69, quite unremarkable.
So our winner this week was metronomic, he swung and hit the ball down the middle of most fairways and managed to come up suitably short of most greens leaving a chip on or the ball bouncing nicely onto the green. Martin Deery managed a nice round 36 points to take the prize. Well done Martin.
Next up was Paul Gardner on countback from Pete Creighton with 33 points. Both great scores given the conditions but PG was always expected to make an appearance when it's frozen. Well done Paul.
The front 9 went to Coenraad Fourie with 19 points. Well done Coenraad.
The back 9 went to Pete Creighton with 15 points (!) on countback from Andy Simpkin. Well done Pete.
A break for a couple of weeks as we see off one captain and welcome a new one. Enjoy the drive-out/in gents. See you soon.
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