HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Just back from a very enjoyable day with some of the guys from the forum plus Mike Harris, Neil Tappin and Paul O'Hagan from GM. There was bacon rolls and coffee before play and goodie bags for everyone. After a welcome from the RA vice-captain the day started in misty conditions with MikeH hitting the first shot.
The course was set up perfectly and in really good knick especially the greens which included some real tricky pin placements. Everyone had their picture taken on the first and on the way round.
I hope everyone enjoyed it and found out what a challenge the course is especially the par 3's. There were the ususal great shots and the odd disaster. I managed to hit the ball 5 times on the par 3 6th and still scored 3.
In the end, GM plundered most of the prizes (and then generously gave them back). Neil Tappin (GM) actually had the best score (39 off 5!!) and won nearest the pin (which he kept). Mike H won longest drive with a booming 265 yards verified on 3 separate SC machines. He relinquished the prize which went to Tony Monk (harrymonk).
The top three was pretty close especially between 2nd and 3rd and was decided by count back. Both Alison Bacon (AliB) and Robert Smith (smiffy) tied on 33 points but smiffy just edged it with 17 points on the back 9. The winner was Chris Kissane (murphthemog) who playe dfantastically all day and scored 35 points. Royal Ascot also put up a prize for the best cumulative score on the par 3's which I won with 11 points along with Neil Tappin but we gave the prize up and it was shared by Royal Ascot member Rob Soutar and Hywel Lloyd (HTL).
The weather for the back 9 was glorious warm sunshine which made the course look a picture. The day was rounded off with a decent roast beef and yorkshire pudding and apple pie & custard meal.
All in all it was a great success. I hope this will be a regular fixture in the diary for the first week of April next year so if you fancy a good day out with fellow forummers make sure to book. Thank you for everyone who came for making it a great day and here's to next year.
The course was set up perfectly and in really good knick especially the greens which included some real tricky pin placements. Everyone had their picture taken on the first and on the way round.
I hope everyone enjoyed it and found out what a challenge the course is especially the par 3's. There were the ususal great shots and the odd disaster. I managed to hit the ball 5 times on the par 3 6th and still scored 3.
In the end, GM plundered most of the prizes (and then generously gave them back). Neil Tappin (GM) actually had the best score (39 off 5!!) and won nearest the pin (which he kept). Mike H won longest drive with a booming 265 yards verified on 3 separate SC machines. He relinquished the prize which went to Tony Monk (harrymonk).
The top three was pretty close especially between 2nd and 3rd and was decided by count back. Both Alison Bacon (AliB) and Robert Smith (smiffy) tied on 33 points but smiffy just edged it with 17 points on the back 9. The winner was Chris Kissane (murphthemog) who playe dfantastically all day and scored 35 points. Royal Ascot also put up a prize for the best cumulative score on the par 3's which I won with 11 points along with Neil Tappin but we gave the prize up and it was shared by Royal Ascot member Rob Soutar and Hywel Lloyd (HTL).
The weather for the back 9 was glorious warm sunshine which made the course look a picture. The day was rounded off with a decent roast beef and yorkshire pudding and apple pie & custard meal.
All in all it was a great success. I hope this will be a regular fixture in the diary for the first week of April next year so if you fancy a good day out with fellow forummers make sure to book. Thank you for everyone who came for making it a great day and here's to next year.
