It was another new venue for Round Norfolk Golf Tour summer comp 2015 when Round 19 was held at The Suffolk nr Bury st Edmunds. Suspicion should have been raised as it was only £10 on a Tuesday and the course was virtually empty.
The small field of 3 were very confused on the first tee as there was no sign of a green. Two shots later things were no clearer and there was much debate if the green was the one over the ditch on the right or up on the hill on the left. Luckily we chose the correct one (over the ditch) but it didn't help Chris or John who failed to open their account whilst Kevin managed a surprising par.
John had clearly decided on and even hole only strategy as it wasn't until the 9th that he registered a point on an odd numbered hole, albeit a 3 pointer. He therefore only had 11 firts half points.
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| John teeing off on first but as it was an odd number hole he didnt manage a point |
Chris was also struggling with her length as the lush fairways, which would have past as light rough on most courses, restricted the distance of any shots. Despite two pars she only managed 13 pts.
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| Chris approach shot on the third |
Kevin was fairing only slightly better but with the help of a few scrambled points was the early leader on 15.
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| Kevin admiring his approach shot that actual landed on the green |
No one scored a point on the 10th hole and with only 2 pts from 4 holes Kevin soon lost the lead as it all got very close.
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| John teeing off from the worlds narrowest tee box and straight into the ditch |
However with John and Chris blobing hole 16, stroke index 1, there was only 1 point separating the field, which remained the case coming down the last.
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| Chris putting during the exciting run in |
For once the set up was against the lady player as on a par 5 she only had a 9 yrd advantage, a slightly duffed tee shot put Chris out of contention with a blob.
Kevin was on the green in 4 and John in the so called greenside bunker in 3. Sadly for John the green keepers had forgotten to put sand into most of the bunkers so even though John did well to get it out he was only able to get a point while Kevin stole the round with a 2 pointer.
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| Kevin Teeing off on the tight 14th. |
This means Kevin now has an unassailable lead at the top of the money list (possibly as he has played the most rounds) but the other comps are still up for grabs especially as it is double points in the last two rounds (ufford park and Gorlestone) in the race to Gorlestone,
Next week it is off to the races as another new tour course (Newmarket) hosts the competition.
Current leader board
| Kevin | John | Bob | Chris | Ian | John B | Prize |
| Prize money | £31.50 | £6.75 | £16.50 | £21.50 | £12.00 | £4.25 | £ 92.50 |
| Average Stableford points | 30.37 | 28.08 | 28.38 | 30.69 | 29.50 | 29.33 | £ 7.38 |
| Most Stableford points | 41 | 33 | 37 | 42 | 39 | 32 | £ 7.38 |
| Eclectic | -16 | -10.3 | -14.6 | -12.5 | -10.4 | 0.5 | £ 7.38 |
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| July, August & Sept Best Front & Back | 41 | 37 | | 41 39 | 32 | 34 | £ 7.38 |
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| Average Blobs per round | 2.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.0 | Cup |
| Number Rounds | 19 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 3 | |
| Prize fund contribution | £ 23.00 | £ 16.00 | £ 18.00 | £ 18.00 | £ 10.00 | £ 5.00
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