Round Norfolk Golf Tour summer comp. Round 12 Caldercott Hall

The latest event in the round Norfolk golf tour summer competition took place today at Caldercott Hall. A small field of three turned up for today's round. All players got off to good starts and after 5 holes were all playing to handicap or better. 

Then Suddernly from nowhere the wheels came off Bob's golfing vehicle and he got only one more point on the front 9 including a run of 3 successive blobs each of which also cost him a ball (with Bob written on it). Bob was getting concerned his golf ball marker pen would soon run dry. He finished the front 9 with 12 pts.

Ian also had an unexpected golfing hic up when he also blobed the last two holes (costing two more balls and also 3 lost on the front 9). However despite his handicap being reduced further to 24 he still had enough shots to get 15 front 9 points.

Kevin continued steadily over the front 9 using the same ball for all 9 holes. The only blip was when he took 45 minutes to find his ball on the par 5 7th before insisting on finishing the hole despite his playing partners waiting to tee off on the next. In the end he took too many shots for a point but at least kept the same ball.

The back 9 started badly for Bob as he caught a bunker with his drive on the short 10th and followed up with several putts for no points. There was not much improvement as several more balls (with Bob written on) were left around the course. The only highlight was a par 3 3 on the short 17th. He could only manage 11 more points and finished last with 23 pts.

Kevin and Ian only had a point between them with 4 to play but 2 successive blobs finished Kevin's chances despite a par par finish. He finished with 28 pts which was a slight improvement on his average this year. 

Ian had a steady back 9 and although he was not at his best still got another 15 pts to finish with 30 pts and strengthen his position in the competitions.

With Ian away for next few rounds and Bob starting to falter Chris could still come up on the rails to win the average stableford pts. Bob needs to take the opportunity to make sure he picks up the OOM pts to seal that comp.

Current standings

	Kevin	John	Bob	Chris	Sean	Ian		Prize fund
Average pts	26.70	27.40	31.67	30.67	20	32.67		£12.50
Most pts	36	34	37	37	20	39		£12.50
Eclectic	-7.5	-12.5	-15.5	-5.5	28	-11		£12.50
Order Merit	8	11	23	8	0	21		£12.50
Aug & Sept best front & back 9	36	29	37	35		40		£25
Average blobs	4.2	4.3	3.5	3.0	6	2.7		cup
Number rounds	10	10	12	6	1	9