Formby/Hoylake double header results & banter

[Birchy]

Hope everybody got back safe and sound and the ones still travelling have a good journey. Thanks to everybody who came on both days and hope you all enjoyed the golf as much as i did.

First score is for Formby, Second for Hoylake

1st Junior 39 + 38 = 77
2nd Birchy 33 + 38 = 71
3rd Fat Tiger 36 + 31 = 67
4th StuC 31 + 35 = 66
5th Qwerty 34 + 29 = 63
6th Peterlav 25 + 34 = 59
7th Liverbirdie 25 + 32 = 57
8th Fish 27 + 25 = 52
9th 2blue 29 + 23 = 52
10th GJBike 29 + 22 = 51
11th Scouser 24 + 17 = 41
12th Louisea 18 + 18 = 36
13th Thepodgster 18 + 17 = 35

Report & pictures will follow

Special mention Valentino who shot a nice 39 points around Hoylake today. Top bombing Martin :thup:

 

[louise_a]

Good scoring by the leaders, and now they know what its like to play off the reds, no excuse for my poor scoring, but 2 great completely different courses, both great to play.

 

[Liverbirdie]

Thoughts from the two days.

Really good to meet, play, share a few beers, 2 breakfasts and lots of good banter with a few more lads from the forum.

Well done to Junior, top scoring fella. Shame about your back nine today, after scoring 24 points on the outward half.

Well done Birchy for staying over and coming on the beers, I'm just spraying room freshener, to get rid of the smell of your "wild stallion" aftershave. Smokey Moes is a bear pit isn't it?

Well done to Fat tiger, fighting the good fight for the seniors section.

Very nice to have a good chat with GJBike, Fish and 2blue in an opulent Liverpool boozer.

Peterlav - put that £2 in cellotape, I'll take that back off you next time! A pity my 6 iron to 3 foot on 17 didn't get me a birdie , sadly followed by a blob on 18, to give you the victory.

Valentino - good scoring today, pity you couldn't make formby as well, to break up the Manchester stranglehold on recent forum meets. I'm moving across the county border - I think I'll enjoy playing off 12.

Rob2 - shame you couldn't make it. I managed to "sell" hoylake, so will be in touch to get the money to you.

Well done all, hope we may do something similar next year - maybe 1-2 others may organise that one..........

See you all again soon.:thup:

 

[gdc]

Did you guys escape the wind today? How would you rate the greens on the 2 courses?

 

[peterlav]

Cheers Pete & Birchy, good work fellas. A special thanks to Pete, your £2 is sitting proudly on my mantlepiece!

Thanks to Scouser, Podgster and Wabinez for the good company today. Scouser you're going straight to hell for ruining Podgsters whole world for the last 6 holes. Maybe a suggestion for the organisers of the next meet would be to hand out rules books on the first tee!

 

[louise_a]

Did you guys escape the wind today? How would you rate the greens on the 2 courses?

Yeah the wind was really quite light, it did pick up a little bit late on in the round but nothing to write home about. The greens today were a lot better than Formby despite being heavily sanded, the greens at Formby with a bit bumpy.

 

[Scouser]

Scouser you're going straight to hell for ruining Podgsters whole world for the last 6 holes. Maybe a suggestion for the organisers of the next meet would be to hand out rules books on the first tee!

:mmm:

 

[thepodgster]

Cheers Pete & Birchy, good work fellas. A special thanks to Pete, your £2 is sitting proudly on my mantlepiece!

Thanks to Scouser, Podgster and Wabinez for the good company today. Scouser you're going straight to hell for ruining Podgsters whole world for the last 6 holes. Maybe a suggestion for the organisers of the next meet would be to hand out rules books on the first tee!

Pete, was a great day today. Rule book has gone straight to the top of my shopping list on Amazon, and with a 1 shot penalty for playing out of turn, it actually works out i've beaten Scouser as the amount of times ...................... what a load of bo$$ocks, i'm just looking for excuses!

Can't say i will read any rule book any time soon, but one thing i would say for all you "experts" out there is this: If you are going to penalise someone or highlight something to them it may be best served telling them there and then and not 10 holes later

Anyway it was a fantastic day made all the better for the money taken of Scouser and after paying for the next breakfast i think i may still be in credit thanks to Pistol Pete ripping it up!!!!!

 

[Qwerty]

Huge thanks to LB and Birchy for organising the last two days, Great job pulling all this together on what I thought were two Stunning courses. Really enjoyed it Fellas...

Thanks again to Junior, Fat Tiger, & Birchy for the great company today and Well done Junior on sealing the deal, Stunning golf on the front 9 mate (24pts) :thup:

Good to see everyone again. See you all soon .

Edit-Birchy, If I can sort my act out, I'll be fancying our chances in that Pleasington Open after watching you play today mate, I can see that handicap of yours tumbling this year :thup:

 

[Birchy]

 

[bluewolf]

Glad to hear that everyone had a great time, and well done Junior for really ripping it up out there. As well as Val for a great score today. It's also good to see Scouser carry on his habit of not quite finishing bottom of the pack.

As an aside, I might look at arranging a "Flat Cap" away day to somewhere special later in the year. Maybe Royal North Devon or Saunton Links for a couple of nights. Would probably be in September so that we could take advantage of some decent day rates. Let me know if you're interested and I'll start looking when I get back from Ireland...

 

[Scouser]

It's also good to see Scouser carry on his habit of not quite finishing bottom of the pack.

As an aside, I might look at arranging a "Flat Cap" away day to somewhere special later in the year. Maybe Royal North Devon or Saunton Links for a couple of nights. Would probably be in September so that we could take advantage of some decent day rates. Let me know if you're interested and I'll start looking when I get back from Ireland...

Cheers honey xxx

Also my flat cap made an appearance so I could be interested in this

 

[Junior]

Thoughts from the two days.

Really good to meet, play, share a few beers, 2 breakfasts and lots of good banter with a few more lads from the forum.

Well done to Junior, top scoring fella. Shame about your back nine today, after scoring 24 points on the outward half.

Well done Birchy for staying over and coming on the beers, I'm just spraying room freshener, to get rid of the smell of your "wild stallion" aftershave. Smokey Moes is a bear pit isn't it?

Well done to Fat tiger, fighting the good fight for the seniors section.

Very nice to have a good chat with GJBike, Fish and 2blue in an opulent Liverpool boozer.

Peterlav - put that £2 in cellotape, I'll take that back off you next time! A pity my 6 iron to 3 foot on 17 didn't get me a birdie , sadly followed by a blob on 18, to give you the victory.

Valentino - good scoring today, pity you couldn't make formby as well, to break up the Manchester stranglehold on recent forum meets. I'm moving across the county border - I think I'll enjoy playing off 12.

Rob2 - shame you couldn't make it. I managed to "sell" hoylake, so will be in touch to get the money to you.

Well done all, hope we may do something similar next year - maybe 1-2 others may organise that one..........

See you all again soon.:thup:

Something similar next year or even at the end of the Summer sounds like a plan !! I dont mind helping to organise !

 

[Birchy]

Thoughts from the two days.

Really good to meet, play, share a few beers, 2 breakfasts and lots of good banter with a few more lads from the forum.

Well done to Junior, top scoring fella. Shame about your back nine today, after scoring 24 points on the outward half.

Well done Birchy for staying over and coming on the beers, I'm just spraying room freshener, to get rid of the smell of your "wild stallion" aftershave. Smokey Moes is a bear pit isn't it?

Well done to Fat tiger, fighting the good fight for the seniors section.

Very nice to have a good chat with GJBike, Fish and 2blue in an opulent Liverpool boozer.

Peterlav - put that £2 in cellotape, I'll take that back off you next time! A pity my 6 iron to 3 foot on 17 didn't get me a birdie , sadly followed by a blob on 18, to give you the victory.

Valentino - good scoring today, pity you couldn't make formby as well, to break up the Manchester stranglehold on recent forum meets. I'm moving across the county border - I think I'll enjoy playing off 12.

Rob2 - shame you couldn't make it. I managed to "sell" hoylake, so will be in touch to get the money to you.

Well done all, hope we may do something similar next year - maybe 1-2 others may organise that one..........

See you all again soon.:thup:

Thanks for putting me up pal and sorting out transport to the course etc. Had a cracking few days especially having a beer and a good chat with people on the night out.

Thanks also to Louise for lift there and back too, was a big help :thup:

Cracking set of people and im sure we will have some more cracking meets in the future

 

[Qwerty]

I'll certainly help out organising something towards the end of summer.

Maybe another Double header...with definately a night out involved :thup:

Hillside/S and A? Caldy/Wallasey? St Annes/Fairhaven? Or maybe something inland?...

 

[Hooker]

Looks like a great course and you had decent conditions looks very tough indeed though! Shame I couldn't make it up there, just found out that my brake caliper has seized up and landed with a £400 repair bill. To top it off chart hills meet is off....

So originally I was going to play formby Sunday, hoylake Monday, then chart hills Tuesday. Now all those gone and a massive repair bill to boot. Bummer indeed!

 

[Val]

Gents it was a pleasure today, thanks to Pete, Stu and John today for the company and letting me witness a four putt with a phone in your lug

Thoughts on the course today are being discussed elsewhere :rofl: and I stand by my thought

Great meet organised by Scott and Pete and joining in on Sunday would have been a step to far for my Mrs, he'll knows I could be frequented those sites Fat Tiger does.

Really looking forward to the Gmnwoom flat caps party tour, should be a laugh

Good shooting over 2 days Andy, keep the form up fella, you too Birchy.

 

[Liverbirdie]

Gents it was a pleasure today, thanks to Pete, Stu and John today for the company and letting me witness a four putt with a phone in your lug

Thoughts on the course today are being discussed elsewhere :rofl: and I stand by my thought

Great meet organised by Scott and Pete and joining in on Sunday would have been a step to far for my Mrs, he'll knows I could be frequented those sites Fat Tiger does.

Really looking forward to the Gmnwoom flat caps party tour, should be a laugh

Good shooting over 2 days Andy, keep the form up fella, you too Birchy.

Same here, Martin.

A good 39 points, I'll have to get up and play that goat track, Manurefield, it can't be that hard.:whoo:

 

[Deleted member 1740]

A superb weekend of golf at 2 very good courses although Royal Liverpoolwas a little bit of a let down imo.

Thanks to Karl,Matt and Nick for the round on Sunday. Also Martin,John and Pedro for yesterdays company it was a good laugh. And scouser for being my chauffeur for 2 days.Ta

Well done to Birchy and Pedro for sorting the 2 days comps and weather apart from the crazy 10 mins at Formby we couldn't have had much better.

If Junior doesn't drop 4 shots this year he'll need a new horse! Well in mate 2 cracking scores deserved to win it.

 

[Fish]

After an early rise at 5am I set off at 6am on Sunday and had the motorway to myself for the 2.5hrs drive to Formby.



A brilliant 2 days of well organised golf on 2 of the toughest tracks in the North West followed with a tour of some gay pubs in the back streets of Liverpool to add to a truly entertaining and enjoyable meet amongst excellent company.

Formby Clubhouse was a truly beautiful building



The course I thought was stunning. The greens were a little soft and bobbly in places but you could see they had experienced some very wet weather recently. The fairways ran well and the pine tree's and heather added to the whole the visual and playing experience for me.



You know they've had some serious wet weather when the ducks occupy the bunkers



No boring bunker shots for Qwerty (Dave), they don't just trickle in, he nails them into the front face!



Dave was just a bit short of driving between the tall mounds for a view of the green and Peter keeps an eye on his ball as he lofts it over.



Another tidy tee shot from Dave, 20 points with a blob on the front 9, but what happened on the back Dave!



2 stunning memorable holes back to back. Formby's signature hole which was followed by their Si1



We saw the curtains twitching as we arrived at Royal Liverpool, lock up the silver quick, their here!!!



Stunning clubhouse steeped in history and all on display.



The first 4 tee off and then walk off imitating a Red Arrows formation team



Some great views and tough narrow tee shots but the good company made it a day to remember



Thanks for an excellent 2 days of golf, I've cancelled everything this week as I'm playing in an AM-AM on Friday and need to get that little pull to the left that's crept in worked on at the range.

Doing nothing today, my Golf Monthly was waiting for me so the settee's getting my attention coupled with some good reading.