Round Norfolk Golf Tour summer comp 2015. Round 12 at Sheringham

A lovely hot sunny day saw perfect conditions for Round Norfolk Golf Tour summer comp 2015 Round 12 at Sheringham.

Bob getting us underway on the first hole

Despite the prospect of high scoring things got off badly for Kevin who lost nice shinny pro v1's on each of the first two holes and ended up with no points. A mix of good drives and poor everything else led to a lot of front 9 stomping and swearing, more lost balls, 4 blobs and only 11 points at half way.

Kevin hitting, what many people (or him) would consider drive of the day, 300 yrds with draw on the par 4 5th, however a 5 iorn through the back meant he only got 2 pts.

Ian got off to a solid start but then caught Kevin's disease and took to gentle contemplation (sulking) rather than swearing as he could only get to 12 pts at halfway.

One of several putts Ian had on the 4th for a point

Throughout this both Chris and Bob responded well knocking in 3 pointers for fun. They both mangaged to muck up a hole but despite this had 19pts each at half way.

Good 2nd shot from Chris on par 5 (or 4 depending on gender) 3rd hole and 3 pts

As in previous rounds the back 9 was a different story and as both Bob and Chris started to fade as Ian came with a charge up the field. While this was going on Kevin had decided that it would be pars or blobs only for him and had 4 of one and 3 of the other to collect 15 pts on the back 9. His 26 pts from the 11 hols he actually bothered to score on was quite a good return but still put him in a comfortable last place.

Meanwhile with two holes to play the other 3 players had all got to 27 pts and suddernly upped their game. Bob was first to crack on the 17th where both Ian and Chris made the most of their extra shot getting 3 points each while Bob only got 1 point after going in a bunker. Due to faulty breaks his trolley followed him in. He was let off the 26 shot penalty for grounding all his clubs in the bunker as things moved on to the last with Bob complaining that he can't compete against all these extra shots the others had. Other players could only think about pots and kettles.

Both Ian and Chris decided to putt their drives on 18 before Ian had a couple more duffs and then put a good shot into the green side bunker to finish with no points on the hole. Bob hit a great second shot to 3 foot from the pin for a birdie chance. Chris got on the green and inside Bob in 4 shots. So, if you are still following this, if they both sunk their putts it would be a tie.

With nerves of steel Bob sunk his birdie and the Chris pooped in her putt for a share of the first place prize (£1.75 each).

Bob making critical birdie putt on 18

No new course record today which is currently 35pts shared by Kevin and Chris from 2013 and there are no actual changes on the overall competition board either although after today it has tightened up a bit with Bob taking 4 shots off his eclectic.

Next week is off to Sprowston for the start of the best front and back 9 in July, August & Sept comp before the British open at Thorpeness the week after.

	Kevin	John	Bob	Chris	Ian	John B	Prize
Prize money	£16.75	£4.50	£11.50	£15.00	£8.25	£0.00	£  56.00
Average Stableford points	29.33	27.63	27.73	32.30	29.14	24.00	£    6.00
Most Stableford points	37	33	33	42	39	24	£    6.00
Eclectic	-14	-7.5	-10.7	-9.5	-7.5	20.5	£    6.00
July, August & Sept Best Front & Back							£    6.00
Average Blobs per round	2.6	3.8	4.2	2.7	3.3	3.0	Cup
Number Rounds	12	8	11	10	7	1
Prize fund contribution	£   14.00	£    9.00	£  12.00	£    11.00	£    6.00	£    1.00