Kent winter meet up

What have I done!!!! It's flippin' baltic out there! Froze just getting the clubs outta the shed :mad:

Oddsocks I'll be there at approx 6.30.. see ya'll at Princes.... put me dowm for 16pts :mad:
 
Just back from the Kent meet at chilly and fairly breezy Princes Golf Club a great day largely sorted out by Sandy - so many thanks to her (what a great lady golfer by the way)

Its always nice to meet the "faces" from here Oddsocks, Scott, Murph Justone, Richardc and Mashley but really great to play some holes with Cookelad, a pretty decent golfer I have to say, and to meet Wookie who made a long trip to join us. Sandy's other half, Chris, makes a home pairing of 4 and 5 handicap, no bad mixed pair that! and I enjoyed watching Chris compile a decent score on a really tough day.


If you are ever tempted to come and do a meet, you should, cos these guys are a delight and its different from playing with your crowd at your club, although you might have a fair cost for therapy!
 
Great day yet again!!

Thanks to Chris (chrisd), Chris (murph) and errrrrr Chris (sandy's husband) :D for the fantastic company for the main 18 and Murph and Wookie for our super paced 7 extra holes.

Thanks to Ashley for the original post and to Sandy for the organising.
 
I'm really glad I signed up to that. It was almost fun!

Thanks to all I played with.

Despite the temperature, I never really felt cold, and at least it didn't rain.

Well done sandy for organising.

My driving was dreadful (until the last 7, when I rediscovered the lost art), and my putting sucked, but heck, you can't have it all.

Fun? On a golf course? Unheard of.

Gibbo, you missed a good un.
 
Really enjoyed the game - thanks guys - shall we have a re-match? March-ish or April? We can play Himalayas and Dunes. What did you think of the Hims? I LOVE that nine.
I thought the course was lovely. Where they've put in the new bunkers, and re-built some, the grass around them is like a blooming carpet; it's perfect. In fact the fairways generally were really good. They hadn't cut the greens because of the heavy frost so you didn't see them at their best - usually roll really well,(you'll see that in Spring) but pretty good today. Be warned, the wind is usually much more of a feature.
And things are very peaceful in the GoKart household with a tie. I should have won though :mmm:
 
Great day (but then I would say that!) - looking forward to the next outing

Good to put faces to names and posts!

Thanks Sandy, Ash and Simon for the main 18 and Ash, James and Chris for the rapid bonus 7!
 
Sandy, thanks for organising that (and anyone else who helped), a bit of golf in December isn't easy to get sorted... glad it wasn't foggy or raining.... or too windy! Couldn't have been better weather for it so I've no excuses for my lame score... or those of my playing partners ;)

Enjoyed it, a bit too cold for an old git like me though...must get some of those gay running tights that everyone seemed to be wearing under their troos!....and a flouncy neck ruffle :mad:

Well played Cookelad... and Wookie (no flippin' surprise there!!!) for 1st & 2nd place.

Cheers to Oddsocks (excellent bunker player by the way!!... taught me some new techniques!) and Scottjd1 for the company :D enjoyed it :thup:

Now for a hot bath..............................
 
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Really enjoyed the game - thanks guys - shall we have a re-match? March-ish or April? We can play Himalayas and Dunes. What did you think of the Hims? I LOVE that nine.
I thought the course was lovely. Where they've put in the new bunkers, and re-built some, the grass around them is like a blooming carpet; it's perfect. In fact the fairways generally were really good. They hadn't cut the greens because of the heavy frost so you didn't see them at their best - usually roll really well,(you'll see that in Spring) but pretty good today. Be warned, the wind is usually much more of a feature.
And things are very peaceful in the GoKart household with a tie. I should have won though :mmm:
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I'd be there and was impressed by the Himalayers, there was a really stiff breeze by the time we started on the extra bonus holes, and i certainly played better than I did on the other 18. It would be great to continue with a Kent meet.
 
JustOne said:
Sandy, thanks for organising that (and anyone else who helped), a bit of golf in December isn't easy to get sorted... gald it wasn't foggy or raining.... or too windy! Couldn't have been better weather for it so I've no excuses for my lame score... or those of my playing partners ;)

Enjoyed it, a bit too cold for an old git like me though...must get some of those gay running tights that everyone seemed to be wearing under their troos!....and a flouncy neck ruffle :mad:

Well played Cookelad... and Wookie (no flippin' surprise there!!!) for 1st & 2nd place.

Cheers to Oddsocks (excellent bunker player by the way!!... taught me some new techniques!) and Scottjd1 for the company :D enjoyed it :thup:

Now for a hot bath..............................
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The flouncy neck ruffle is a wonderful invention. Highly recommended.

I hear that ladies tights make a good insulating layer under the trousers, but couldn't comment, as I was just wearing my much derided under armour cold gear trousers, which were very impressive, despite them being made from something akin to neoprene. Like a wet suit.
 
As above - thanks very much to Sandy for organising that and my playing partners for the day.

Lovely course in good condition and an absolute bargain (although as Murph pointed out the two of us could add £50 on for fuel but nevermind.)

The wind got stronger as the day went on and am glad it was fairly calm for the bulk of the main 18 holes. 31 points winning shows that its pretty tough even without a proper gale blowing!

Would be up for another visit sometime without a doubt but trying to keep next years away days in check a bit as spent too much time (and money) away from the Army this summer really.
 
Well I had the neck fluffle, under armour base layer, manly hh leggings plus all normal attire - in addition extra socks, beenie, mitts, and still froze my tits off even after adding a ash worth wind stopper.

A great day indeed, but it's become very apparent why the jocks are so stroppy...... Poor sods are frozen and depressed!
 
Oddsocks said:
Well I had the neck fluffle, under armour base layer, manly hh leggings plus all normal attire - in addition extra socks, beenie, mitts, and still froze my tits off even after adding a ashd worth wind stopper.
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So the Michellin Man appearance was all about layering up, and not about about looking for membership of Weightwatchers as a Chrissy pressie!

Question ........ if you had enough layers on to make you look like Michelin Man how come you and Scotty woosied out of playing the extra 9???
 
Oddsocks said:
You know why.... Made the decision today that I'm going under the knife for acl reconstruction next winter...:thup:
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I had that about 10 years ago and don't regret it for a min Baz. Can I just say, there is a strict regime to get back to fitness and ban on golf. When I had it done, the repair time was about 6 months, please please dont be tempted, as I was, to return too soon as the worst thing is that you ruin the good work of the surgeon due to impatience.

It was great to see how happy you were yesterday after a very up and down year, but very much on the up now!
 
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