Wednesday saw Round Norfolk Golf Tour summer comp 2015 round 16 take place at Caister. A field of 4 lined up on a chilly summers day.
There was early controversy on the first as Kevin, John and Bob all hit their teeshots into the trouble on the left. John and Bob both found their balls in the heather but Kevin did not and took a penalty drop near a bush it might have gone into. Whereas John and Bob struggled to get out the heather and failed to score, Kevin was able to put his shot to the edge of the green and secure two points. There was much muttering re genouoros drop rules etc
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| John's tee shot heading for the heather on the first. |
John continued in inconsistent form with good and bad holes leading to 13 pts after 9. Bob got off to one of his typical slow starts and was lucky to have as many as 2 point afters 3 holes when John found his wayward teeshot in the long rough on the second and he scrambled two points. A good recovery on next few holes meant he had 15 pts at the turn.
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| Bob lucky to find wayward teeshot on second hole |
After his controvsual start Kevin played a solid front 9 only spoiled by a badly positioned gorse bush on the 4th and an unexpected shank on the 9th for 17 pts at halfway.
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| Good approach on 3rd leading to a par |
Chris was showing no signs of nerves after having 3 cut from her handicap to 19 hitting the ball sweetly and racking up 21 pts on the front 9 scoring 2 or 3 pts on every hole.
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| Good approach chip on the difficult par 4 (or not so difficult par 5) 4th hole for 2 pts |
The back 9 proved to be a more exciting contest than the front 9 suggested as a couple of 1 pts from Chris, par and birdie from Bob and lots of solid 2 pts from Kevin meant after 12 holes only 2 pts seperated the top 3. Unfortunately John didn't join the party. His back 9 was either very good or very bad and he added another 13 pts for 26 overall and out the prizes.
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| John deciding to lay up with his second on par 5 13 hitting the ball nearly 10 yards |
After birding the 12th to get back into contention Bob cracked and got only 3 points over the next 5 holes to finish in 3rd on 28 pts.
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| Bobs successful birdie putt |
This left just Kevin and Chris to battle it out and they were level on 32 pts with two to play. But with no shot on the 17th Kevin managed only a single point and fell behind.
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| Kevin second on par 5 15th leading to a par |
However Chris finished with a strong par, par for 38 pts leaving Kevin in second on 35.
The comp takes a break next week before a field of 5 line up at Woodbridge for the US PGA.
The eclectic completion hotted up with Bob now just 0.3 behind Kevin
Leader board
| Kevin | John | Bob | Chris | Ian | John B | Prize |
| Prize money | £25.50 | £6.00 | £15.50 | £20.25 | £8.25 | £0.50 | £ 76.00 |
| Average Stableford points | 30.69 | 28.27 | 28.40 | 31.86 | 29.14 | 28.00 | £ 6.75 |
| Most Stableford points | 41 | 33 | 37 | 42 | 39 | 31 | £ 6.75 |
| Eclectic | -15 | -9.4 | -14.7 | -11.5 | -7.5 | 6.5 | £ 6.75 |
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| July, August & Sept Best Front & Back | 41 | 37 | | 41 39 | | 31 | £ 6.75 |
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| Average Blobs per round | 2.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.5 | Cup |
| Number Rounds | 16 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | |
| Prize fund contribution | £ 19.00 | £ 13.00 | £ 17.00 | £ 16.00 | £ 6.00 | £ 3.00 | |
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