Round Norfolk Golf Tour summer comp. Round 13 Caister

Yesterday saw Round Norfolk Golf Tour summer comp round 13 take place at Caister golf club. It was good to see a 7th player join this years tour as Matt was welcomed aboard. A field of 4 was assembled and golf pig was expecting payment. However in a controversial moment Matt claimed he had come out with no cash and was unable to put his pound into our green friend. It was agreed that he could owe the money and pay up at next weeks event.

The front 9 turned out to be a close knit and low scoring affair as none of the players were able to string a good run of holes together.

Despite poor drive Bob recovers with a good second shot on first hole

Once again Chris came armed with the excuse, for the second round running, that she hadn't got used to her new clubs and they once again produced mixed results. We are looking forward to hearing the same story next week.

Chris miss hitting her new driver on the 3rd

Matt making his only good putt of the day to get a par at the 3rd.

At the end of the front 9 Matt and Bob had 14 pts, Kevin 13 pts and Chris 12 pts so it was set up for an exciting back 9.

Kevin's tee shot on short par 4 6th which ended up on the 4th fairway

The back 9 got off to very different starts for the players with Chris and Kevin getting 3 pts each on the 10th and Bob and Matt both scoring none. This put Kevin into the lead and Chris up to second. This position was maintained until the Par 5 13.

Bob hacking out of the Dunes on the 11th but thanks to his generous handicap
 he still got 2 pts with a 6!!

Chris putting on 11th hole who also got 2 pts with a 6!!

The 13th was a near reverse of the 10th seeing Kevin blob, Chris struggle for a point while Matt and Bob got good pars. Chris never recovered her game and only managed 2 more pts in the last 5 holes to finish last on 21 points.

Kevin also struggled from here but got 13pts to match his front 9 total for overall 26 pts.

Kevin putting for par on the 15th. He missed

Bob was also struggling to keep up with Matt but a 4 for a ridiculous 4 pts on the 16th secured him second place while putting the pressure on Matt.

Matt tee shot on the 10th which just made it into the gorse in front of him.

Matt was playing to a generous set of golfing rules. First dropping on non race course side of fence on 15th (admittedly on the advice of the other players) to secure 2 crucial points before spending 20 minutes looking for his ball on the 16th and insisting on finishing while the other players were teeing off on the next. Somehow he managed 2 pts on this hole as well. This meant the gap for Bob to catch him was too big. Despite the worse display of putting seen on tour this year he ended on 30 pts to Bobs 28pts and a win on his first Round Norfolk Golf Tour summer comp outing.

Next week its on to the Valley at Barnham Broom with the same field expected to turn up.

Current standings

	Kevin	John	Bob	Chris	Sean	Ian	Matt	Prize fund
Average pts	26.27	27.40	31.38	29.29	20	32.67	30	£13.00
Most pts	36	34	37	37	20	39	30	£13.00
Eclectic	-7.5	-12.5	-15.5	-5.5	28	-9.8	14.5	£13.00
Order Merit	9	11	25	8	0	21	3	£13.00
Aug & Sept best front & back 9	36	29	37	35		40	30	One off £5 entry fee
Average blobs	4.1	4.3	3.6	3.4	6	2.7	3	cup
Number rounds	11	10	13	7	1	9	1

Round Norfolk Golf Tour summer comp. Round 12 Caldercott Hall

The latest event in the round Norfolk golf tour summer competition took place today at Caldercott Hall. A small field of three turned up for today's round. All players got off to good starts and after 5 holes were all playing to handicap or better. 

Then Suddernly from nowhere the wheels came off Bob's golfing vehicle and he got only one more point on the front 9 including a run of 3 successive blobs each of which also cost him a ball (with Bob written on it). Bob was getting concerned his golf ball marker pen would soon run dry. He finished the front 9 with 12 pts.

Ian also had an unexpected golfing hic up when he also blobed the last two holes (costing two more balls and also 3 lost on the front 9). However despite his handicap being reduced further to 24 he still had enough shots to get 15 front 9 points.

Kevin continued steadily over the front 9 using the same ball for all 9 holes. The only blip was when he took 45 minutes to find his ball on the par 5 7th before insisting on finishing the hole despite his playing partners waiting to tee off on the next. In the end he took too many shots for a point but at least kept the same ball.

The back 9 started badly for Bob as he caught a bunker with his drive on the short 10th and followed up with several putts for no points. There was not much improvement as several more balls (with Bob written on) were left around the course. The only highlight was a par 3 3 on the short 17th. He could only manage 11 more points and finished last with 23 pts.

Kevin and Ian only had a point between them with 4 to play but 2 successive blobs finished Kevin's chances despite a par par finish. He finished with 28 pts which was a slight improvement on his average this year. 

Ian had a steady back 9 and although he was not at his best still got another 15 pts to finish with 30 pts and strengthen his position in the competitions.

With Ian away for next few rounds and Bob starting to falter Chris could still come up on the rails to win the average stableford pts. Bob needs to take the opportunity to make sure he picks up the OOM pts to seal that comp.

Current standings

	Kevin	John	Bob	Chris	Sean	Ian		Prize fund
Average pts	26.70	27.40	31.67	30.67	20	32.67		£12.50
Most pts	36	34	37	37	20	39		£12.50
Eclectic	-7.5	-12.5	-15.5	-5.5	28	-11		£12.50
Order Merit	8	11	23	8	0	21		£12.50
Aug & Sept best front & back 9	36	29	37	35		40		£25
Average blobs	4.2	4.3	3.5	3.0	6	2.7		cup
Number rounds	10	10	12	6	1	9

Round Norfolk Golf Summer Comp. Round 11. Royal Norwich

Round Norfolk Golf Summer Comp round 11 took place at Royal Norwich on Tuesday. With only a few rounds to go most competitions seem to be a 2 way fight between Bob and Ian but there could still be some surprises.

The field today finally settled on 4 players who teed off under sunny skies. Chris was trying out her brand new clubs for the second day having had driver issues the day before. However she started with three solid 2 point holes before the driver once again packed up and she struggled to get to 11 points at halfway.

Chris duffying her new driver on the 2nd hole

Ian also got off to an uncharacteristic shaky start with only 7 pts from the first 6 holes but he more than doubled this over the next 3 to have 15 pts on the front 9.

Ian's Tee shot on the first leading to a blob.

Meanwhile Bob was also having problems with his driver with tee shots disappearing into several of the wooded areas on the course as he only averaged 1 pt per hole for the first 8. This would have been worse if a two point penalty had been handed out for playing Chris's ball on the 3rd with Chris then playing Bob's ball. However they had such sad faces the other players couldn't bring themselves to enforce the penalty and John 'rulesworth' Herring wasn't there to act as referee.
Then from no where Bob birdied the 9th hole to end with 12 pts at the turn.

Bob sheepishly playing the correct ball on the 3rd after originally playing Chris's ball

For once Kevin had not only got off to a decent start but maintained it over the front 9 ending it in the lead with 17 pts.

Kevin's not exactly text book drive

The back 9 proved better for everyone but the round split into two matches. Chris and Bob were fighting for the final OOM point and were both on 25 pts coming down the last. However with Bob losing his drive in the trees and Chris playing a solid hole she was the final winner by two points with 27.

Chris teeing off and getting a point on the long par 3 12th.

Bobs approach to the hardest hole on the course, par 4 13th,  were he got a 5 and 3 points

Meanwhile Kevin and Ian were both going along nicely. With 3 to play Kevin was 2 points clear but tragically got his only blob of the day on the 16th while a par from Ian took him into a one point lead. Roles were reversed on the par 5 17 with a blob from Ian and Par for Kevin. Kevin also pared the last to give him a comfortable 3 point win in the end with 36 pts. This was the first time he had played to his handicap in two years on the round Norfolk tour.

Ian putting out on the par 4 11th for a 5 for 3 points.

Kevin putting out on the par 4 13th stroke index 1 for a 5 for 2 points

 A reduced field of 3 will be at the next round at Caldecott Hall next Wednesday.
Current standings

	Kevin	John	Bob	Chris	Sean	Ian		Prize fund
Average pts	26.11	27.40	32.45	30.67	20	33.00		£11.25
Most pts	36	34	37	37	20	39		£11.25
Eclectic	-7.5	-12.5	-15.5	-5.5	28	-11		£11.25
Order Merit	6	11	22	8	0	18		£11.25
Aug & Sept best front & back 9	36	29	37	35		40		£25
Average blobs	4.2	4.3	3.3	3.0	6	2.5		cup
Number rounds	9	10	11	6	1	8