Round Norfolk summer golf tour round 7 at Bungay

The South Norfolk North Suffolk Classic at Bungay

After the recent large turnouts it was a more low key event as the RNSG tour arrived at Bungay for round 7.

Only 5 tour members had enetered on what was the best golfing day of the year to date.

Money list leader, Vince, got things underway but the pressure of being top of the rankings and the size of his enormous handicap weighed him down as he started with a blob. However he then put his handicap to work with 5 3 pointers in the next 6 holes. Then, with playing partner John starting to offer some motivational advice, the wheels came off big time as trees and gorse bushes kept getting in the way of his ball. He could only gather 8 points over the next 10 holes until a surprise par on the 18th gave him 28 pts and as it turned out 25p more winnings to add to his lead in the race Sheringham..

Vince gets his round underway with a blob

John was having a typical John round with some good holes and bad holes. As the home player better things were expected but although he only had 2 blobs in the round it wasn't until the 17th hole that he got a par. In the end he shared 3rd place with Vince on 28pts. He has decided to return to the European tour for the next couple of months before we welcome him back in July.

John's opening teeshot

Up ahead Kevin was the most errectic player mixing blobs and pars in equal measures as his current run of poor form continued. His 26 pts had him out the prizes.

*Let's play trees or fairway with this drive on the 5th (answer at bottom of post)

Bob was producing some of the finest scrambling ever seen on tour as a series of long putts and neat chips somehow kept him in each hole despite his ball spending much time in the undergrowth. It was only when his ball ended up in farmer Giles field on the 8th that this outrageous display came to a halt.

Bob gets out of the fairway bunker on the 2nd

His only other blob occurred when he got stuck in a bunker (never to reappear from) on par 3 15th. Not surprisingly a lack of pars restricted his total to 30. However this was still enough for 2nd place.

Bob once again in the long grass and gorse this time on the 10th

Chris proved to be by far the most consistent player without a single blob and was not put off by the large amount of ball searching she had to undertake.

Chris two putting on the 3rd.

Her tidy round of 33 was plenty big enough for victory today but still a long way off Jo's 41 course record set last year.

Good teeshot on the 23th for yet more points

After 4 rounds in Suffolk the RNSG tour returns to Norfolk next week as we visit Swaffham.


*Answer to tress or fairway was surprisingly fairway as Kevin played up to the cameras