Anyone up for a game in Sussex over the next couple of weeks?

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I am about 25 miles away from the course and there are clear skies, no wind and it looks like a nice day for golf. Forecast is less optimistic mind.......
 
Well, it turned out to be a cracking day weatherwise. Not too cold, the wind got up on a few holes but was certainly bearable. Nice to see some familiar old faces, and to meet some new ones for the very first time.
Had a great game with JustOne, Pieman and Snelly, really enjoyable, good banter and some good golf played at times.
The course was in fantastic condition for the time of year, the greens in particular were superb. East Brighton really does soak up the bad weather well, my shoes are as clean tonight as they were when I put them on this morning.
Well worth the £15.00 green fee. Absolute bargain.

We all put £5.00 in the kitty and played a Stableford competion with £40.00 first prize, £25.00 second and £15.00 third.
Snelly won the day with a very impressive 36 points playing off 4 handicap, counting out Chris (Golfmmad) who also had 36 points but not quite so good a back 9. I was particularly pleased to see Chris play well today, especially after his recent health issues. Well done Chris...
Ewan came 3rd with 35 points. But his scorecard was a bit unusual to say the least. Playing off 16 handicap he went out with 9 points, but shot 26 points on the back 9!!
Somebody needs to sort out his handicap!

The full list of results are as follows.

SNELLY 36 POINTS
GOLFMMAD 36 POINTS
EWAN PORRIT 35 POINTS
MURPHTHEMOG 32 POINTS
JUSTONE 31 POINTS
LEFTIE 30 POINTS
SMIFFY 30 POINTS
RAY TAYLOR 30 POINTS
PIEMAN 28 POINTS
GREG LINDLEY 28 POINTS
ALAN BANNISTER 28 POINTS
THEROD 28 POINTS
NORMAN PORRITT 27 POINTS
SyR 26 POINTS
VJSWING 18 POINTS
REDWOOD....Don't know 'cos I can't find your card!!!

As I say, a superb day...thanks to Snelly for suggesting it in the first place, and hopefully we'll arrange a return visit in a month or so.
Rob
 
Um, I had 33.

Still out of the money though.

A nice afternoon really. Cheers to Leftie, Norm and Ray.

Pity the draw came out so I didn't get to meet any new people today. Maybe this needs looking at for future events, so that those who have played often together can't get drawn in the same 4 ball? May be need two stacks of cards, those who are regulars, and those who aren't, and a third stack of Smiffys mates, and take one ard from each pile?

This format would work for other meets too. Not just Southern ones.

Today we could have had Smiffy, JustOne, Leftie, me, Golfmmad and Pieman in one pile, Smiffys mates in one pile, and the others in a pile. It would have mixed it up a bit.

I enjoyed it anyway, and I hope others did too. Just a thought.
 
Like they said.

Great day out in great company (as always).

And that's a few more newbie's to Forum golf meets well and truely blooded. Nice to meet you guys.
 
Really enjoyed the day as always. Good to meet up with regulars again and of course meeting the first timers.

Thanks to (Syr)Simon,Alan and Greg for the company and banter. :)

It's nice to be in the money too:cool: and thanks for the kind words Rob, also to yourself and Snelly for organising.

Golfmmad.
 
Rob,

Sorry, 30 points for me. 14 front, 16 back.

Great to see some new faces, and thanks to Nick (TheRod), Ewan and Khalid (sp? - VJSWING) for a great round.

Ewan played some great golf on the back nine, possibly the highlight being a nearly sunk bunker shot for an Eagle on the par 4 13th.
 
It was nice to attend a forum meet for me so that I could put faces to names.

It was an superb day too with cheap golf, good company and surprisingly dry weather.

The highlights of the day personally were first, seeing Smiffy's delight in winning our match against JustOne and Pieman.

Secondly, Pieman's perfect 3 iron to the 11th - those MP-60's make a lovely sound at impact!

Thirdly, JustOne's 357 yard drive down the last was pretty awesome to behold.

It was slightly embarassing to be in the winner's enclosure having suggested that we get to gether for a game in the first place although in my defence, it wasn't my suggestion to all put a fiver in to play for a pot!

Other than that, my playing partners hit some superb shots between them and I had a very enjoyable day in their company.
 
I was expecting a crap day weather wise, some crap golf, and crap company............so nice to see that I got 2 out of 3 right - the weather was grand for golfing in January!!! :D :D :D

Thanks to the Snelly / Smiffy combo for arranging the day. Was great to see everyone, especially the 'newbies' - hope we all haven't put you off from attending other forum meets! :D

Thanks to Dave, Rob and James for your excellent company, and well done Dave for taking the honours - you played some cracking stuff. Grudging ongrats :mad: to Dave and Rob on their victory over myself and James :D We'll have that old git next time pardner :D

Good idea Murph on future draws.
 
Cheers Gents, really enjoyed my first forum meet.

Ewan's back 9 was a thing to behold.

Lee (Redwood) and Khalid were great company.

My golf was patchy but the gentle breeze Smiffy described felt like a stiff wind to me, especially on the front 9
 
Thanks to Chris(Golfmmad), Alan and Greg, it was an enjoyable round, despite my dubious short game! Thanks also to Smiffy and Snelly for arranging the meet and therod for the lift!
I'll have to work on my putting for the next game. East Brighton was in great shape today and great value too. The weather wasn't too bad although the wind did add to the challenge for the front 9. I enjoyed my first forum meet, everyone was very friendly and welcoming and I look forward to going to more in the future.
 
Thanks for the game guys, friends, associates. Great to see the familiar faces and the not so familiar, hope everyone had a good day/round....! Well, at least it didn't rain!! :D

Just remember it could have been worse... you could have lost a match against Smiffy! :( :( :(

Congrats to Snelly, Golfmmad and Eweeeey for their 1st,2nd,3rd place finishes, well played guys.

Some nice golf played, mostly by Snelly, his 352yrd drive down 18 was a beauty....it would take a feckin' good golfer to out-hit that kind of drive!..... unlucky mate! LOLOLOL :D Solid performance though..... even carrying Smiffy.

Pieman you're a ledge!!

Smiffy, that 3-wood to the 13th was a peach, you really should learn to convert those chances! :rolleyes:

Cheers guys... until next time!
 
Smiffy, that 3-wood to the 13th was a peach, you really should learn to convert those chances! :rolleyes:
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That one pissed me off.... :( :( :(
Drove the green, putting for an eagle and walk off with par.
Should have made birdie at least and felt gutted.
But the way I threaded that 3 wood through the eye of a needle will stay with me forever
;) ;) ;)

Good idea from Murph regarding drawing of playing partners. I have played with James many times, Pieman only once and had never met Snelly until yesterday so my draw wasn't too bad from the point of view of "mixing" it a bit, but fully understand where he is coming from.
By the way, I had nothing at all to do with the draw. That was Snelly.
;)
 
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