Round Norfolk Golf Tour summer comp 2016. Round 2 at Royal Norwich

Tuesday saw Round Norfolk Golf Tour summer comp 2016 round 2 take place in damp conditions at Royal Norwich. A decent field of four lined up on the first tee hoping to improve on the very low scores achieved at last weeks opening event at Hunstanton. It was good to see Ian making his first appearance on this years tour and pop his £5 subs into a very happy golf pig.

Kevin was first on the tee and full of confidence for what he expected to be an excellent round. A sliced  tee shot, shanked chip and poor putt later led to a no point start. Things didn't improve over the next few holes and after a 3 putt, 4 putt and 3 putt run at the end of the back 9 he lost the plot kicking his ball off the green and sulking off in the rough as he looked for where it had gone as it fly further then any drive had that day.

Kevin hitting a rare good tee shot on the 7th before at start of his 3 putt, 4 putt, 3 putt run

Chris started promisingly parring the first hole before also developing putting problems taking 23 on the front 9 but avoiding any blobs. She proudly pointed out she had taken more putts than Kevin without throwing any clubs or kicking any balls, which some thought was her loss.

Chris's second shot on the 2nd at the start of a run of five 1 point holes

Bob too started with a struggle and just 4 points from 4 holes. He too joined in the temper tantrums with an uncharacteristic outburst after duffing a tee shot into the bushes on the third but he recovered well to have 15 points after 9 with the help of points on his shot hole.

Bob missing a 2 point putt on the first

Ian was going along nicely ignoring the sulking and stomping going on all around him with 3 pars in the first 5 and posting 19 first half points.

Ian's good approach shot to the 5th leading to another 3 pts

For Chris the back 9 was much the same as the front as she scored on every hole but it took her to the 18th to finally get her second parr of the day and 28 pts.

Chris's second shot to the 18th and her second parr of the day

Kevin finally came to the party on the 14th with a run of 3 pars and a birdie putting him back in the game until another 3 putt and blob on 18 left him on 30 pts but with the 50p third place prize tucked into his back pock..

Kevin's approach to 16th during his mini good run of holes

After starting the back 9 with back to back blobs Bob started one of his legendary Bob charges as he made the most of his shot hole (again) with a 4 pointer plus another par meant he was only one point behind Ian with 3 to play.

Bob Teeing off on 17th when he thought he had gone in the bunker only to find he couldn't hit it that far

Ian kept his cool matching Bob shot for shot until they came down the 18th.

Ian (minus the top of his head) hitting it into the trees on 14 but still getting his 2pts

By this time Bobs yardage gadget had died so he foolishly asked Ian for the distance of his approach shot to the green. It is not altogether clear on what the yardage Ian gave actually represented but Bob claimed to have hit the right club perfectly only to find himself in the green side bunker short of the green. After much muttering both players then scrambled a point with Ian therefore coming out on top 34 points to 33. Bob will be making sure his yardage gadget is fully charged in future. 

Despite not adding to her winnings Chris still leads the Money list on the race to Sheringham.
The tour now moves on to Thetford next week to see if players can close the gap further.

Competition leader boards will now be shown on the side of the blog plus the honours board for previous years winners. Course records and other interesting facts will also appear shortly.