Round Norfolk Golf Tour summer comp 2016. Round 23 Season climax at Sheringham

Tuesday saw Round Norfolk Golf Tour summer comp 2016 Round 23, season climax, take place at a windy Sheringham. There was a good turn out with the attraction of double prize money and with all the season long completions still up for grabs.

The groupings were decided and Kevin was first to the tee knowing a good round could still see him snatch the average stableford prize. However his drive was right of the heel and with the crowd trying their best not to snigger too loudly, he huffed and puffed off after it. A 20 foot putt secured an unexpected point but he found fairway bunkers on the next two holes which he struggled to get out of and had to confiscate the camera to stop each attempt being recorded. A Basil Fawlty style breakdown followed as he gave the bunker on the third a damn good thrashing and any chance of winning had gone. The rest of the 9 was played to handicap as he finished with 13 pts.

One of many attempts to exit the bunker on the second

John had flown in specially from his Spanish Villa for the day but was more used to sunny Mediterranean conditions than windy seaside UK courses and managed a mishit on each of the first 6 to only average a point a hole however things picked up over the next few holes to also end on 13 points. However his unusual calmness meant Kevin had opened up a big lead in today's effing and jeffing competition.

Johns teeshot on hole 6 finds the long rough just to the left of the tee

Meanwhile Chris had got into the zone as she ignored all the non golfing nonscence going on around her. If it hadn't been for bunker trouble on the second hole she would have had more than the 18 pts she did at halfway. Her driving was particularly impressive.

Chris getting up and down on 4th for 1st of run of 3 pars

In the group behind David's main focus was to avoid recording 5 blobs which would guarantee him the average blobs prize. He also needed just 32 points to claim the average stableford comp as well. When he opened proceedings with a tidy par it was looking good however with only 4 pts on the next 4 holes things weren't looking so great. His first blob came on the par 5 7th which he conjured up from nowhere after looking good after two shots. He struggled to 12 points at the turn.

Davids approach to the 1st

Jill was making a welcome return to the tour and hoped to put in a good showing. Sadly things didn't start well as she struggled to come to terms with the conditions and could only muster 8 points over the first 9.

Jill teeing off on 18

Bob also took a while to warm up and needed back to back pars on holes 5 (hardest on course, as he kept pointing out all evening) and 6 to account for over half his points on the way out as he too ended on 13 points.

Bob teeshot on to green at 11

Kevin's back 9 was much improved and with some better putting would he could have scored highly. However as a result his profanity count dropped and claimed  another14 points and 27 in all.

Kevin missing another putt this time on 12th

John decide to go for an all or nothing approach with pars and blobs being his scoring approach on the back 9 before he faded over the last 3 holes. As such his swearing count shot up and it was hard to separate him and Kevin for the profanity cup as he finished on a disappointing 24 points .

John in the bunker on 10

After an opening blob Jill started to find her game and her scoring picked up over the second half climaxing in an impressive closing par on 18. It left her tied with John on 24 points but out of the prizes.

Jill first to exit the bunker on 16 which proved popular with her group

Bob's back 9 continued much as the front with some good shots and bad ones. The 16th was particularly impressive as all three players managed to end up in the same bunker with some interesting pitch work. However Bob still managed two points there which proved vital as he piped Kevin by 1 point to claim the £2 second place prize with a score of 28.

Bob putting up on 12 on the way to a point

Davids focus remained on blob avoidance with only the bunker action on 16 costing him a blob as he easily avoided getting the 5 that would let Chris in. However his poor score of 26 meant Chris only needed 34 points to win the average points comp.

David putting on 12

This never looked in doubt as faultless play from tee to green saw the points mount up and with a bit tidier play round the greens could have seen Chris get a much higher score however the 37 points she did get not easily saw her win on the day but claim the average stableford points comp as well.

Chris putting for more points

So with the season over it just left golf pig to had out the prizes. Golf Pig allocated £15 prizes for each comp and was surprised that he still had £8.50 left so the auditors will be required. However it was agreed to donate this money to charity.

Cups and prizes

So here are the final competition winners which were spread over a number of the tour players.

Kevin was top money earner for the season which saw £112 of prize money handed out of which he collected £32.80

Chris won the average stableford points comp averaging 31.94, although 4 other players were all within a single average point

Bob won the eclectic with -15.8 as birdies seemed to dry up for everyone over the last month of the season.

Kevin had the highest scoring round with 40 points at Woodbridge when winning the US open which was a surprisingly low winning total.

David's blob avoidance strategy and tidy play round the greens meant he won this easily with only 5 blobs in his 4 rounds.

Ian won the best front and back 9 in July, August and September with 41 points. Sadly absent on the day Golf Pig was able to present his prize via satellite.

It only goes to thank everyone on tour for playing this year with a special thanks to Bob for his tee booking work. The tour will be back on in the first week of April 2017 with a venue voting system being introduced early in the new year.