Round Norfolk summer golf round 18 at Great Yarmouth and Caister

The Gold Cup at Great Yarmouth and Caister

Round Norfolk summer golf round 18 took place at Great Yarmouth and Caister on Tuesday. There was a small field of 5 with Kevin being the only player left from last weeks British Open at Cromer and kept up his consistency finishing in the same place.

Bob and Ian had to leave early so went off first. Bob had a very solid opening 9 scoring on every hole for a very tidy 18 points. 

Bob gets his round Underway

Ian was a little more erratic with 2 blobs and 3 pars in 5 holes but still leaving him on 17 points.

Followed by Ian

The ground was like concrete so anything slightly off line often had a gorsey outcome. Kevin set the tone when he pushed his safety first tee shot on the second and it trickled into the out of bounds. 

Kevin is fortunate to make edge of green on 4th with a low running rescue

This was much the same for all of his round with a few good pars (including a couple of birdie chances) more than made up for by his 7 blobs as his balls were eaten up by the gorse. His 23 points left him in charge of the wooden spoon (again).

Kevin's birdie putt lips out on the 12th

David wasn’t fairing much better as he also struggled to get to grips with the course on the front 9 and after losing a couple of balls only had 12 points, although that was all about to change.

DAvid Teeing off down the 4th

After some recent high scoring rounds away from the tour then Chris was the hot favourite coming into today and lived up to this billing with a birdie on the second. She continued to play solidly but after helping to look for Kevin’s ball on the race course (before it was found by the green) on the 7th hole she let her concentration slip as she blobed it. However her 16 pts at the turn kept her in the running.

Chris on the 3rd tee

This didn’t last long as she took 4 to get down from the edge of the 10th before she too started to find the gorse a little too often and only managed 10 points on the back 9 with her 26 total well short of the prizes.

Chris in a bit of trouble on 13.

Up front Ian and Bob were matching each other with no more than a point between them. When Bob hooked his tee shot off the 15th tee then Ian must have sensed an opening only for the ball to hit the race course railings and end back in the middle of the fairway, nothing new really as we have all got used to Bob's ball doing this sort of thing. They were tied after 16 holes and both felt they missed an opportunity after double bogeying the 17th before each getting two points on the last to both finish on 32 points. 

David isn’t leading the average competitions for nothing as he came to life on the back 9 with 5 pars and 19 points for a total of 31 but not quite enough to snatch another win.

David hits the green on 11 for the start of his charge

Next week we return to the parkland courses of Suffolk with a trip to Ufford Park. Sadly David isn’t playing in case anyone asks him for a free round of crazy  adventure golf.