Royal St Georges - Tuesday 24th February 2015

[User20205]

Top day, loved it. Fantastic course and although a little breezy, sunny and dry. (Smiffy take note, no hailstorms )

The Rod and I were 5 down after 9 holes against Topoftheflop and Richart................the rest as they say is history.

Good company, although I would hazard a guess that the dogging conversation was not the normal topic heard over supper in the dining room at RSG. :rofl:

We need to flesh that story out slightly, being 5 up at the turn was only half the story

It's a great test of character etc etc.

I'll let rich and Craig fill in the rest.

Cheers for the game gents, and cheers for organising Simon.

RSG, what a course and well worth the trip

 

[Blue in Munich]

My thanks to Wookie for organising what was a great day. There were a few concerns looking at the hollow tined practice putting greens, but the real ones were only needle tined. They didn't look pretty but they were extremely true & by God were they quick, making RCP the day before seem quite slow in comparison. Chris D, Simon & Chris K were great company, shame about my golf, the only highlight of that being that the ball I teed off with on the 1st at RCP was the same one that I holed out with on the 18th at RSG.

And my thanks to whoever made the decision to don jacket & tie for the proper lunch. Right up there with The Berkshire & Walton Heath for quality & quantity, topped off by the pint of Master Brew being served in a proper metal tankard! :thup:

Same time next year…….?

 

[richart]

Thanks for organizing a cracking day Simon. You are much better at sorting the weather out than Smiffy. Nick we won the front nine, you won the back. Halved match. Think that sums it up perfectly.

Royal St Georges is a fantastic course. Straight in to my top five, and on a par with Carnoustie. Can not wait to go back. The lunch was not bad either. Probably the best one I have had at a golf club. Hopefully we will be welcomed back, though Therod asking to hold the elderly bar ladies jugs might put that in jeopardy.

Managed to get home in just under two hours, without getting lost.:thup:

 

[wookie]

Wow - what a golf course (And lunch wasnt bad either)!

Thanks to ChrisD, Murph and Blue in Munich for the very enjoyable match. Great suggestion not to score cards after the hammering most of us took at RCP.

Definitely up for a return same time next year and hopefully with a few more spaces but have a feeling it will mean paying in full quite early..

 

[Tiger]

Hey guys could you post up the results and a little bit more info about the day for the magazine piece and if anyone's got any good pics please PM me and I'll give you my email address. Thanks :thup:

 

[richart]

Hey guys could you post up the results and a little bit more info about the day for the magazine piece and if anyone's got any good pics please PM me and I'll give you my email address. Thanks :thup:

No cards Tiger. We agreed before we started it would just be a couple of 'friendly' fourball better balls, after a lot of us got beaten up at Cinque Ports. Shame as I was sure I got 42 points with three blobs.

 

[User20205]

No cards Tiger. We agreed before we started it would just be a couple of 'friendly' fourball better balls, after a lot of us got beaten up at Cinque Ports. Shame as I was sure I got 42 points with three blobs.

I'm sure our gripping match play is worth a mention

I can't do the write up justice so maybe you could recall what happened

 

[richart]

I'm sure our gripping match play is worth a mention

I can't do the write up justice so maybe you could recall what happened

What with my memory ?

 

[chrisd]

I can't do the write up justice so maybe you could recall what happened

We could alttempt a write up on therod's dogging plan!

 

[Tiger]

Any info about the day would be good gents. Sounds like you had good fun so share the banter please

 

[Blue in Munich]

Wow - what a golf course (And lunch wasnt bad either)!

Thanks to ChrisD, Murph and Blue in Munich for the very enjoyable match. Great suggestion not to score cards after the hammering most of us took at RCP.

Definitely up for a return same time next year and hopefully with a few more spaces but have a feeling it will mean paying in full quite early..

When exactly do you want the money…………..

 

[richart]

Any info about the day would be good gents. Sounds like you had good fun so share the banter please

Not sure where you got that idea from.

Lost a five up lead to a couple of chompers, and then had the embarrassment of watch one of them trying to chat up the bar lady. She had her eye on Chrisd anyway.

 

[richart]

When exactly do you want the money…………..

An annual direct debit would seem the way to go. Well done for agreeing to sort out each year Simon.:thup:

 

[chrisd]

F

and then had the embarrassment of watch one of them trying to chat up the bar lady. She had her eye on Chrisd anyway.

..... And her other eye looking at the ceiling!

 

[chrisd]

When exactly do you want the money…………..

You never said that at the end of our game!

 

[Smiffy]

No cards Tiger. We agreed before we started it would just be a couple of 'friendly' fourball better balls, after a lot of us got beaten up at Cinque Ports. Shame as I was sure I got 42 points with three blobs over the course of the two rounds.

Corrected that for you Rich

 

[Tiger]

You guys don't make my life easy do you!!! At the moment I've got wet, windy, challenging and three scores from Cinque ports and no photos for two meets. Mmm crafting a 300 word piece out of that is going to take some doing

Anyone want to throw a dog a bone / a Tiger a leg of zebra?

 

[User20205]

The carvery was excellent.. We started off with a salad buffet. I personally went for pate with a crouton, with a boiled egg in mayo, accompanied with a few leaves and cherry tomatoes.

The carvery came next. The choice was excellent, and too broad to sum up, but I chose; rare fillet of sirloin and rack of lamb. The beef was excellent, the lamb, if I was being picky, was a little over done. Accompanying this, I had roast potatoes, spinach and garlic, cauliflower in a white sauce, a home made Yorkshire pud, with lashings of mint sauce and gravy.

Dessert was treacle tart and chocolate brownie with cream. All washed down with a pint of gunners.

I haven't eaten since

On the golf. Rich and Craig were 5 up at the turn. Rupert and I went on the charge and they crumbled like something from the dessert trolley, maybe an Eton mess

Rupert won a battling half, giving away a shot down 17, sinking a 5 foot downhill right to left snake. I sunk a 15 footer to win 18 and halve the match. The greatest comeback since Lazarus!!

 

[Smiffy]

Richard always collapses like a pack of cards.
Without fail

 

[richart]

You guys don't make my life easy do you!!! At the moment I've got wet, windy, challenging and three scores from Cinque ports and no photos for two meets. Mmm crafting a 300 word piece out of that is going to take some doing

Anyone want to throw a dog a bone / a Tiger a leg of zebra?

Craig took some photos at Cinque Ports, so hopefully he can help you out. Bad news is I think I might be in some of them. He also took photos of us teeing off the first at Royal St Georges. Hopefully he caught me outdriving the powder puffs I was playing with.

Murph managed to have a 'melt' down I believe at Cinque Ports. 18 points in the first seven I think he said, and six in the last eleven. He was still quite upset about it in the pub later in the evening. A lot of muttering into his beer. We did have an agreement though that what went on in Deal stayed in Deal.:thup: