Tiger
Money List Winner
First and foremost can I say a big thank you to all the staff at Thetford, the course is a credit to you.
The day began overcast with glimpses of sunshine throughout. Despite the cloud cover it was a lovely warm, if at times humid, day. The course (like many in East Anglia) had suffered a bit in the drought with some bare patches on a few of the fairways. But that was a minor flaw in an otherwise fabulous golf course. The fairways were guarded by mature trees flanking both sides, the sand was fluffy and some of the bunkers were tough propositions (just ask the guys who found the sand on the 16th).
Longest drive was won by bobmac whose opening salvo was too good to be beaten. Ol' bob rolled back the years giving that drive a little bit of extra welly. Les did manage to knock one past but despite his protestations and use of geometry set, including set square, protractor and ruler, it was deemed to have rolled into the first cut. bobmac's prize a piece of Golf Monthly memorabilia an official, autographed timgolfy 371 prov1x, a mini trophy and some brut cava (mwey macho!)
bobmac's mark set with the first drive taken on the 13th was never bettered
Nearest the pin was snaffled by pontius69 on the 16th. A glorious hole sitting like an emerald amid a sea of gorse and a copse of trees, with a long, curved, stepped bunker protecting the front edge. Despite laying down the gauntlet, particularly to CallawayKid no one was getting inside that.
pontius69 strokes a putt on the 18th
And so onto the final standings. In the end Potor_36, who rumour has it may have been mugged for Haribo in the bar afterwards, came in with 36 points (with two blobs) on a challenging course. Putting was incredibly tricky all day with completely different speeds depending on whether you were up or down grain. One putts were very hard to come by. As well as winning a box of Srixons (kindly donated by CallawayKid) he became the inaugural wearer of the "Sombrero of Success". We hope in similar vein to the golden chipper it will become a tradition for our East Anglian meets to bestow the sombrero on the winner.
Presenting Potor_36 with his hard earned spoils.
The format was yellow tees and full handicap. The overall standings were as follows (the tie for third was resolved via countback):
1. Potor_36 36 pts
2. Tiger 35 pts
3. teegirl 33 pts
4. Callaway Kid 33 pts
5. bobmac 33 pts
6. davec2k2 33 pts
7. viscount17 32 pts
=8. plonko 29 pts
=8. pontius69 29 pts
10. sJoe 27 pts
11. rob2 25 pts
12. flarkey 24 pts
13. Les 23 pts
14. SwingSlow 22 pts
As a special prize for coming in 14th SwingSlow won an idiots guide to the rules of golf. Jan I have a couple of sleeves of soft feels for you.
All in all a fantastic day and hopefully the first of many. Flarkey and bobmac thank you for your fabulous company, though bob your advice on the 18th robbed me of victory
Finally, a big thank you to CallawayKid for his help in preparing for the meet. Couldn't have done it without you fella.
The day began overcast with glimpses of sunshine throughout. Despite the cloud cover it was a lovely warm, if at times humid, day. The course (like many in East Anglia) had suffered a bit in the drought with some bare patches on a few of the fairways. But that was a minor flaw in an otherwise fabulous golf course. The fairways were guarded by mature trees flanking both sides, the sand was fluffy and some of the bunkers were tough propositions (just ask the guys who found the sand on the 16th).
Longest drive was won by bobmac whose opening salvo was too good to be beaten. Ol' bob rolled back the years giving that drive a little bit of extra welly. Les did manage to knock one past but despite his protestations and use of geometry set, including set square, protractor and ruler, it was deemed to have rolled into the first cut. bobmac's prize a piece of Golf Monthly memorabilia an official, autographed timgolfy 371 prov1x, a mini trophy and some brut cava (mwey macho!)
bobmac's mark set with the first drive taken on the 13th was never bettered
Nearest the pin was snaffled by pontius69 on the 16th. A glorious hole sitting like an emerald amid a sea of gorse and a copse of trees, with a long, curved, stepped bunker protecting the front edge. Despite laying down the gauntlet, particularly to CallawayKid no one was getting inside that.
pontius69 strokes a putt on the 18th
And so onto the final standings. In the end Potor_36, who rumour has it may have been mugged for Haribo in the bar afterwards, came in with 36 points (with two blobs) on a challenging course. Putting was incredibly tricky all day with completely different speeds depending on whether you were up or down grain. One putts were very hard to come by. As well as winning a box of Srixons (kindly donated by CallawayKid) he became the inaugural wearer of the "Sombrero of Success". We hope in similar vein to the golden chipper it will become a tradition for our East Anglian meets to bestow the sombrero on the winner.
Presenting Potor_36 with his hard earned spoils.
The format was yellow tees and full handicap. The overall standings were as follows (the tie for third was resolved via countback):
1. Potor_36 36 pts
2. Tiger 35 pts
3. teegirl 33 pts
4. Callaway Kid 33 pts
5. bobmac 33 pts
6. davec2k2 33 pts
7. viscount17 32 pts
=8. plonko 29 pts
=8. pontius69 29 pts
10. sJoe 27 pts
11. rob2 25 pts
12. flarkey 24 pts
13. Les 23 pts
14. SwingSlow 22 pts
As a special prize for coming in 14th SwingSlow won an idiots guide to the rules of golf. Jan I have a couple of sleeves of soft feels for you.
All in all a fantastic day and hopefully the first of many. Flarkey and bobmac thank you for your fabulous company, though bob your advice on the 18th robbed me of victory
Finally, a big thank you to CallawayKid for his help in preparing for the meet. Couldn't have done it without you fella.
