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Thanks again Rob for organising a great day.

Had a good time with our group all of who played some good golf and some bad although Ash was steady pretty much throughout; taking first place am and pm. (Oh and he holed a 7 iron from 140 yards or so but I expect he'll probably mention that at some point:D)

I played very well for 14 holes in the morning but then blew up and only scored 2 in the last 4 holes but nevermind. Played rubbish in the afternoon in the main but still scraped 30 points.

Although I played better in the morning I preferred the Dukes layout and obviously condition wise that was better as well. The Duchess' greens were better than I had thought though after the visit earlier in the week.
 
Thanks rob, had a great day, nice to see some forum folk in person, really enjoyed our three ball, seve112 and tall pail were gents and great company, the fox was a bonus although the little blighted eat my kit Kat.

Well organised and looking forward to your efforts next year.
 
Well....

Yesterday was awesome. Well organised Rob. The whole day ran smoothly without any hitches at all. Thank you for arranging it, much appreciated!

Woburn is a lovely place. 4am was a bit of an early start and I got there in under two hours. I decided to drive around the Woburn estate for a little look round. I saw all the dear and the lakes, even some swans crossing the road. It was very pretty with the morning fogg and sun just rising. On arriving at the club the club house doesn't look much but once you're inside it's lovely, modern and well kept. The changing facilities are excellent and the idea of the walk through with clubs to the putting green is brilliant. Although, I could see everyones bags the other side, but hadn't actually seen anyone walk through so I wasn't sure. The receptionist had a little giggle when I left my clubs at the door and walked in to ask her how do I get round the other side!!

The company in the 4 ball was great. It was interesting to talk to Steve about his job working on the Ping tour truck, it sounds like a job I could do! It was nice to play with Wookie as I'd played with him at Chart Hills, he's definitely a bandit of 17 in terms of skill. He draw with the driver on the 1st 9 in the morning was beautiful. Once he knew he had 20 points he lost his mind a bit! Then there was some fella from Lincoln who claimed to be a 9hcp!!!!

My golf started good, nice drive down the centre of the first on the Duchess course ended with a bogey after missing the par put, then I proceeded to blob the par three 2nd! The golf didn't get much better and only scraped 15 points on the front 9. Mentally I was now saying 30 points would be my target! Next up par 5 10th with longest drive on, cue a spank left into the trees, luckily found it, chip out sideways, then a shot up the fairway, leaving my walking up to take my 4th shot with still some 140 yards to go. Mentally I'm now saying maybe 25 points is more realistic! Well what happened next was sublime, lasered the flag at 142, front right pin just over the bunker but also at the bottom of a left to right bank, Sweet shot bit of draw, one bounce, two bounce roll up and in!! For birdie! my screams of joy echoing round the trees!

From this point on I picked up couple of pars on my shot holes and started to pull together a decent score, I was surprised that I had crept up to 36 points and even more shocked to hear that it was enough to put me in the lead. Lunch was a little rushed, I would of liked another plate of food to be honest it was very nice. I also had work emails and calls to make. Knowing that I was in the lead I wanted to hear if the group behind had beaten me. Someone in the four ball was knocking it very close on several occasions.

The afternoon round started 5 mins late and having the starter their to call us up was a nice touch. I was excited to play this course as everyone had said how good it was. Even on the first hole you could tell the course was in such good nick, the fairways were lush and the greens fantastic. My golf was steady, not amazing just steady plenty of pars and a few two pointers. I knew I was going well so was feeling quite confident. I was concentrating on my own game and trying to stay out of trouble. I still managed to three put a par three after hitting the green in one and then totting up a 7 on the next hole for a blob! I had some serious pulling back to do, luckily I got 6 points out the next two holes.

Overall the day was brilliant and I'm glad I went. My play wasn't spectacular, just very steady. I feel I did I even left a little out there and if a couple of puts had dropped I may of hit 40 points.

Woburn to me is tall pine trees and lined fairways so I preferred the look of the first course and the challenge of keeping it straight. The afternoon course was in much better nick so even though it wasn't as Woburn as I'd imagined it was still good fun. I'd def go back again but to play the course we didn't play this week.

Thanks again everyone. See you all soon.

Ash.
 
3 of the 1st places out of 4 firmly in the Ashford area of Kent - result!

Glad you all enjoyed it as much as us Wed mob!
 
Thoroughly enjoyed both courses. Each had their own pluses and minuses, and yes one was better than the other in cetains areas but I'd gladly play both again.

Great company in Pete, Rupert & Mark... although Mark suffered with me calling him anything from Dave to Mike to Mick before I got the hang. All four of us had some good shots, both morning and afternoon, with Rupert's course mgt reaping good rewards as he often left the driver, and occasionally the 3 wood, in the bag.

I fought a hook all day, not my usual fade, and the hook and the trees won handsomely.

Superbly organised by FT, and many thanks. Woburn's staff did all the right things at the right times.

Top day @ a top venue.
 
Nice one for today Rob,Great day mate, well organised, with good company...Mark,Rupert, and my buggy driver for the day Brian the cripple[Hobbit].Bless!! Well done Rupert...And Mark a top geezer.
Cheers.

Cheers mate.
Loved the day and just to echo the above, huge thanks to Rob for organising the event. Have to say I was expecting woburn to be good, but I thought it far exceeded my expectations. Stunning courses, with some truly memorable holes. Slickly run, good condition, good clubhouse, excellent grub......etc etc. in fact, apart from Hobbits continuous one liners ;-) the only thing I would fault about woburn is that it is not on my doorstep so I can play it more often!
Bring on next years meet and hope to meet up with a few of the guys at the H4h meet.
 
Brilliant day - thanks to Rob for organising. Have now played all three courses at Woburn and have to say that it is a fantastic place to play. Both Duchess and Dukes in great condition. Looking forward to going back next year!

Thanks also to Rick and Phil for their company. We may have played some crap golf, but we had a great laugh all day.
 
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