Sunningdale Old and New 23rd and 24th July 2019

[TopOfTheFlop]

Thanks to the wonderful organisers - the best two days of parkland golf I've ever walked.
Shame the golf was a little rough round the edges but more than made up for it with the company over the two days.
Thanks Sam and Matt and today Martin and Claire.
Stepped back in time to another world these last 48hrs and bloody loved it.

Cheers again Glyn & Cam 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Well just finished unpacking and you know it’s a been a great trip when you feel a bit sad

The first day was good fun at Addington - nice course to play , got to putt well round there

Then onto the main course

Sunningdale was stunning as per normal , the New today was a tougher test but for me the Old is the nicer course and the one I would play - the New does have better par 3’s

Cheers to my playing partners across the 3 days , great fun each day and some great golf and some funny moments

If I had a putter that was a little hotter I might have scored well but still loved every minute of it

Last night in Camberly was great fun - the Bee Sting was a nice tipple 😂 great to meet new faces as well as old faces , put faces to forum names and have a great time , the social is a big part of these meets and last night was no different

Finally a big thanks to Glyn and his big oaf of a sidekick, the amount of work Glyn does on behalf of us forumers is amazing and every single one of us appreciate it so much , they are the single reason we get to play these great courses and I hope we continue to support them to make these a success - obviously Glyn does the work and the lump is the face of the operation

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Is he as annoying in real life as he is on here?

Someone had to fill the massive void left by you 😉

 

[94tegsi]

Just got home. Great few days golf! Loved Sunningdale, especially the Old Course. Would love to play the New again though as there were definitely a few holes I would play a different club off the tee with.
Thanks to my playing partners all 3 days for putting up with my belly aching!
My play teetered on the edge of really good all week with just too many loose shots, bad decisions, brain farts, sweaty grips and poor chips to be able to give the Swedish Bandit a game! Summed up by the 18th today. 160y left in after the tee shot, pull left into bunker, splash out to 8’ for a great finishing birdie to play under HC... then a 3 putt!! GREAT play Jacob!

Looking forward to H4H already!

Just to echo everyone else. Many thanks to Glyn and Cam for organising, even if you did try to get me ejected!

Martin

 

[USER1999]

Thanks to the wonderful organisers - the best two days of parkland golf I've ever walked.
Shame the golf was a little rough round the edges but more than made up for it with the company over the two days.
Thanks Sam and Matt and today Martin and Claire.
Stepped back in time to another world these last 48hrs and bloody loved it.

Cheers again Glyn & Cam 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Parkland? Philistine. It's heathland golf.

Played rubbish, loved the courses, well organised Glyn and Cam. Top guys both.

 

[Imurg]

Big thanks to Glyn for organising this...must have been Hell on Toast.
2 great courses and I think the New just shades the Old but there's not a lot in it.
Played ok yesterday, made some decent pars.
Not so good today though. As per the Irritations thread I hadn't slept much so it wasn't the best prep for a second scorchio day.
Started well - level par after 4 with a 40+ foot birdie on the 2nd.
That's when the tiredness started to kick in and the game went south, although I think I took NTP on the 17th.....
Couldn't stay after today's round, it was after 8 when we finished and my body was on the verge of total shutdown.
Try and get some kip tonight, back to work in the morning.
Cheers again to Glyn and to Cam, was good to see new faces as well as the old battered ones.
Had to put up with Fragger, CVG and Homer both days but you can't win 'em all

 

[IanM]

Thanks Glynn for all the hard graft that goes into organising this.... really enjoyable although I played appallingly.

Sunningdale is just fab. Could make a case for either being the better course....and frankly I'm happy with either😁

Enjoyed putting more faces to names... great trip. Till next time!!

 

[Jimaroid]

Great time. Well done all. My only regret is not being able to spend a little more time catching up with friends and acquaintances this evening but I had an offer I could not refuse even though it meant another beating by playing another round of very bad golf.

Naturally thanks to the organisers for everything. It’s been superb. My golf has become dreadful and has spoiled some of my enjoyment of an otherwise perfect few days, so I really need to get that sorted out.

 

[chimpo1]

Firstly, thanks to Glyn and Cam for organising this. For 128 people all in all it is nothing but amazing to manage to get it together.

Secondly, the swear-off competition at Addington was won on TKO by the big man from South Africa. I truly got learnt a lesson there, especially in the sheer quantity of obscenity’s coming out of his mouth. I simply have to dig deep, work hard and get back stronger and angrier in September for H4H.

Thirdly, thanks to all playing partners throughout these 3 days. It was a pleasure to meet and play with you all!

Fourthly, apologies to everyone for having one of the best stretches of golf that I’ve ever put together. My handicap will hopefully be more in line come Tandridge and I look forward to be able to call whoever wins there a bandit.

Fiftly, Sunningdale - Wow. Just wow. Absolutely amazing. I cannot wait to get back there again. It shall require something very special to overtake Sunningdale in general, and the new course in particular, to be considered my new favourite course.

And lastly, thanks to all of the people I’ve met throughout these 3 days, and I hope to see you again soon.

Thanks,
Your Swedish Bandit

Well played mate, thanks for carrying me around Addington. Great scoring around Sunningdale aswell. The heat destroyed me today.
Cam put up a fight with the swearing but multi-lingual swearing wins easily (by the second green aswell) 😀😂

 

[chimpo1]

An amazing 3 days away. My golf was poor but surroundings and company were fab. Played with new people in stunning surroundings. Learnt new names and swear words along the way.
Thanks for sorting this out for us Glyn and Cam, you pulled it out of the bag again. Much appreciated.

 

[LIG]

Bah! It was rubbish and I want my money back! (credit to Richart for supplying that pearler!)

Played like a..... plonker/cripple/novice both days, but still came away with a smile on my face.

Sunningdale is just awesome! Prefer the New course but that preference might have been influenced by the weather...there was more of a cooling breeze today.

Last group out, with one of our four AWOL - Hopefully Chris is OK!

Thanks to all my playing companions - Bernix, DougMcClure, Piece, Swingalot and PCWOX - its the company that makes any round a fantastic experience and although I scored 40 points spread over two days, for me it was the most enjoyable rounds this year! So thanks to Glyn and Cam for all their efforts putting this together and making sure things ran smoothly - You're top, top fellas and Leg Ends of the Forum!

Time for some Zeds!

 

[2blue]

It was a bit of a rushed get off but it did mean we're back in Leeds by 11pm. Hope Jim had time to say 'Bye & thanks to you'se all'
Once again it many thanks to Glyn & Cam for fantastic organisation as usual & also a big thank you to all the playing partners Jim & I had.
Whilst it's said that the New is a much more difficult test (though Rating & Slope says little difference) …. for me the Old flows seamlessly from green to tee & provides a great deal more enjoyment, aesthetically & in the playing... it's in a different class all together. Would far rather play the Old both times.
All the best for the rest of the season

 

[Crow]

What a brilliant three days, huge thanks to Glyn, Cam and all others who helped to put this together and made it run seamlessly.

Many thanks to all playing partners and great to catch up with so many new and old faces and thanks to Dando for collecting and bringing a set of irons to The Addington for me.

I seem to be one of the few who really likes The Addington but have to say the Old Course is by far the most enjoyable of the three for me.

I was even happy with the level of my play for the first two days but have decided that the New Course definitely doesn't like me, it kept stealing my balls.

Thanks again Glyn & Cam!

 

[chrisd]

Cheers Glyn and Cam, its a great deal of graft putting a meet together and this was a biggie, you're a pair of diamonds! I didnt hear Cam swear once - more like 100 times 😁

I'd played the New back about 5 years ago so I was really keen to play the Old and was blown away by how beautiful it was and a wonderful, but not as tough as the New, track. Pieman showed us how golf should be played but, in my case if you cant get off the tee properly its can be a little difficult to play the game 🤔

The New was tough imo and I felt the bunkers were poor, heavy overnight rain left them quite compacted and being fairly deep led me to stay in more than I usually do.

I'd like to thank Swingalot for driving me there and back and apologise to Chris3081for trying to wipe him out on the practice chipping area, a place where a bellowed FORE is rarely heard😣. Great fun meeting up with new and and the old wizened faces 😉 and an enjoyable evening in Camberley

 

[Dando]

Just wanted to say thanks to Glynn and Cam for organising this and to my PP's over the 3 rounds.

Well done to all the winners!

A big thanks to ChrisD and John (Troy McClure) for persuading me to carry on playing yesterday when I was on the verge of walking in after 6 holes as I was struggling mentally.

 

[Deleted member 17920]

Well what can I say after 3 awesome days golfing.

Thought the last 2 days it’s only been average. Golf courses only average at best 😀.

The food was just about passable for a buffet 🤣🤣

I managed one very small starter and a even smaller main and really didn’t bother with a desert 😉

Got home at 2am so completely knackered this morning.

For those wanting results you will have to give me till tomorrow as I am hosting the Troon guys at Woodhall this afternoon 😱😱😱

So it’s looks like we have created a monster. Started with what I thought we would get 60 and it kept going up and up to the point it got over 100 names I just thought holy 😳

So from the original 30 golfers going to Silloth and Southerness all those years ago organised by @Liverbirdie and @Birchy and myself to this massive total of 128 golfers this was the biggest meet I have ever done.

So thanks to you all. Most of you have paid on time. I have only needed to chase a few regularly and that’s not too bad so thanks for making it a little easier. I must have spent some serious amount of time updating my spreadsheet with payments.

Thanks for the gift as well as that was a real surprise. I have put it towards my electric trolley so thanks again.

Thanks for @Region3 for sorting the spreadsheet for results again for me. I will be using it mainly tonight. I had planned to do it yesterday afternoon but never got a second to myself after playing.

I couldn’t do it without help from @Captainron he has listened to me bitch and get stressed regularly so thanks Cam 👏👏

He has done a great job sorting you all out for 3 days 👏👏 it’s a good job he is so quiet and refrained 😱 I am really pleased to hear that he hasn’t sworn for 3 days. He told me he would be on his best behaviour 😳

Well I could but he loves to interfere 😉


Oh and finally I haven’t done the results but we all know @Lilyhawk has won it. He will have a proper handicap soon. 42 points on the new course is a 36 hole round for me.

Well done Jakob 👏👏👏👏


So who wants to go back again in 2 years time 😎

 

[Badger]

thanks to playing partners for their company.

struggled for periods on both days, us big units are not built for five hours in that heat !

sunningdale is an amazing piece of property, my two'penneth on the courses having played both for the first time, a bit like having to choose between your favourite kid but despite me playing much better on the old I think i'd lean towards the new. think it was
phil who said the best par 3's were on the new and i'd agree with that.

another couple of bucket list courses ticked off thanks to this forum and the opportunities it throws up with people like Glynn and Cam prepared to put the time and effort in to organise for us, thanks again chaps.

 

[Papas1982]

Finally back home, seriously need to accept my ginger roots and apply more sun cream.

As has been already mentioned, massive thanks to Glyn and Cam. Can’t wait for 2021!

Had a great time meeting more new people, shame I only managed 9 holes of golf from the 54 we played!
Yesterday was probably the closest I’ve ever come to walking in, if we weren’t at such a stunning course I think I’d have been done by the 9th as it appeared I’d simply forgotten how to play the game.

Having played two rounds with our intl friend from Guadalajara, I can honestly say I’m sick and tired of uttering the phrase “nice par”! The funniest point being stood on the 18th yesterday evening and seeing the sheer panic on @Lilyhawk face when he realised he was already on 39 points. He duly smashed another drive down the middle for the final “nice par”!

I enjoyed the Addington, will play it again sometime soon so I can decide if I think it’s actually quirky or simply poorly laid out.

I remembered more of the Old from the last visit, but think I’m more of a fan of the New. The par 3s are much better imo and even though from 5-11 I amassed maybe 1 point, it was still a pleasant walk.

Re the swearing comp. That’s another title in the bag for Jakob. The way he chastised himself in both English and Swedish was hilarious. I’ve no idea what he’d be like if playing poorly......

Finally @Swingalot and @PhilTheFragger i didn’t catch you during the meet, but @Liverbirdie and his pals were kind enough to handover your winnings. So message me and I’ll send you the £10.

 

[Kraxx68]

What an absolutely awesome few days... Great weather, stunning courses, great company - Sunningdale's team should be well proud and applauded for what they put on, course, food and hospitality wise... Its a long way for us Northerners to come play golf, but worth every traffic jam and piss stop, still amazes me that Khamelion and I have never ran out of things to talk about when we spend so much time in a car... Cheers again to Glyn and Cameron for organising a wonderful event, the 3 balls for nearest the pin, well worth the trip alone for that - thanks again guys and see you all soon either at Coventry or H4H...

 

[Piece]

Brilliant job LQ and the Captain, plus any behind the scenes!! Immense organisation for us 128, very much appreciated.

The courses were excellent, and I'll probably be a lone voice, but I thought the greens were a touch slow...

Thanks to my PPs, mostly in helping me find my wayward cricket shots!!! Stuffingly hot but very enjoyable.

If anyone's asking, it's the 'New' for me easily.