Tuesday saw Round Norfolk Golf Tour summer comp 2015 round 15 take place at Barnham Broom Valley course which not only had the most inconsistent golf of the year but real controversy that Bob was still moaning about the next day (and two days after that).
An entry of 4 had turned up on the first tee to see Kevin hit the perfect tee shot; long with just the right amount of left to right to take out the corner. Unfortunately he then clattered a tree, miss hit an iron and three putted to stomp off with no points. His front 9 continued very much in the same way with a mix of very good and very bad shots leading to just 13 pts.
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| Kevin hitting a good tee shot on 6th leading to a par |
Chris was struggling as well and not striking the ball as cleanly as usual, she only managed 14 pts at this stage.
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| Sliced teeshot off the 5th and another scamble for a point |
John was doing better scoring solidly and hitting the pin with his tee shot to par 3 4th for a deserved birdie. However 2 front 9 blobs resticted him to 16 pts.
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| Slightly pushed tee shot on second but still got 2 pts |
Meanwhile Bob was on fire and was only 1 over the course after 7 holes and 21pts. The highlight being a birdie on the 5th. He finished with an incredible 24 halfway points.
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| A miss hit teeshot off the first but good play from there led to a par |
However golf is a game of two halves and Bob very much ran out of steam on the back 9 with 3 blobs and only 11 (later adjusted to 13) more points to post 35 pts (later adjusted to 37). However on the short 16th after the blind teeshots Bob played an excellent chip over a tree and bunker onto the green leaving a good birdie chance. Kevin was too busy looking for his ball to see the shot. However it soon transpired that Bob had played Kevin's ball and the precedent had been set previously that this was a two shot penalty and when Bob did find his ball a few feet away he couldn't repeat the shot and got a blob. (the next day Bob was still whinging about how it was Kevins fault for looking in the wrong place and then was about to play the wrong ball in a comp at Bawburgh before Kevin stopped him getting another penalty, will he ever learn?) (Then on Saturday Bob produced a file of further evidence showing in a previous round this year John H had played the wrong ball and was not penalised. To stop legal action being taken the tournament committee agreed to give him his 2 pts on the 16th back. Hopefully bringing the matter to a close).
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| Bob trying to clear river on 11th but failed on struggled to get his point |
John was again playing solidly but the odd mistake left him with 15 more points and 33 overall.
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| John taking a break |
Kevin started well parring the opening 3 back 9 holes and adding 3 more pars for 19 pts and 32 in total, just enough to secure the £1 second place prize.
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| Kevin's approach to 14th leading to a par |
Chris also picked up her game and parred the last 3 for 18 pts and 32 overall as well to share the 50p 3rd place prize.
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| After playing the hole round the back of the pond she still secured 2 pts on the 11th |
It was noted that Kevin, Chris and Bob all managed 21 pts from their 7 best holes and very few points from the other 11.
The main change on the leader board is that Bob has closed the gap on the eclectic and is just two birdies behind Kevin. He also has equalled Kevin on 41 pts for best front and back 9 in July, August and September and with a half decent back 9 would take the lead.
Tour moves on to the links of Caister next week.
Leader board
| Kevin | John | Bob | Chris | Ian | John B | Prize |
| Prize money | £24.50 | £6.00 | £15.00 | £17.75 | £8.25 | £0.50 | £ 72.00 |
| Average Stableford points | 30.40 | 28.50 | 28.43 | 31.38 | 29.14 | 28.00 | £ 6.75 |
| Most Stableford points | 41 | 33 | 37 | 42 | 39 | 31 | £ 6.75 |
| Eclectic | -15 | -9.4 | -13.7 | -9.5 | -7.5 | 6.5 | £ 6.75 |
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| July, August & Sept Best Front & Back | 41 | 37 | | 41 32 | | 31 | £ 6.75 |
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| Average Blobs per round | 2.5 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.5 | Cup |
| Number Rounds | 15 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | |
| Prize fund contribution | £ 18.00 | £ 12.00 | £ 16.00 | £ 15.00 | £ 6.00 | £ 3.00 | |
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