Scores for Saturday 30 March 2024

 


This image was inspired by Pete Laurence commenting on the 16th hole this Saturday - "It's like there is a goalkeeper stopping the shots going in the hole" - This after my put veered 2 inches to the left as it reached the hole. Yes this was generated by Adobe Firefly, a generative AI program which I have had a play with and this is the best I could manage to muster, a goalkeeper saving shots with golf balls!!

The conditions were still a bit challenging this week and the greens were awful but without the wind the scoring was far better than last week. 12 turned out to register average gross score of 94.3 and average stableford score of 29.25. Still not where we'd expect it to be with such a talented group but far better than the performance last week. 

There were 3 birdies this week: Pete Laurence (18) and James Miller (11 and 17) Well done gentlemen!

3 x 33 this week and prizes to all 3. 

First place goes to Pete Laurence with 33 points on countback from Andy Simpkin and Martin Lythgoe. Pete started slowly by his standards but turned it on on the back 9, finally getting the measure of the greens on the 18th. It should have been more but the greens were a big factor. Well done Pete. 

Andy Simpkin managed second beating Martin on countback, Martin starting slightly stronger on the front 9 and fading before the end. Well done Andy.

Martin Lythgoe did manage to win the front 9 for his troubles with a solid 18 points. Well done Martin.

James Miller took the back 9 with another solid 18 points. His approach shot on the 15th was spectacular but a birdie chance went begging. Well done James.

Hopefully next week the greens will have settled down a bit, however we will be dealing with some new handicaps. 

Roger Gibbs and I did have a good go at Andy's worst 18 score but it proved to be just too difficult!

Have a great week all.


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