Round Norfolk Golf Tour summer comp. Round 2, Cromer

Friday saw the second round of the Round Norfolk Golf Tour summer comp which took place at Cromer. The day also included the NUGS annual medal competition. That was all to take place in the afternoon after a better ball warm up in the morning.

View of Cromer Golf course

Chris and Kevin teamed up as did John and Bob but neither team really got going and coming down the last both were tied on 32 pts. Unfortunately Chris sliced her tee shot never to be seen again and Kevin, who had just smugly announced that he hadn't lost a ball, proceeded to do so with his second shot and a team blob. John and Bob collected 3 pts on the hole but neither team threatened the prizes.

Johns approach to second green which he shanked over Chris's head (and swore loudly)

John and Bob hacking through the trees on the third

Kevin about to tee off on to the wrong fairway

Bob about to start going through his pre tee shot routine giving
Kevin and John plenty of time to discuss the crisis in the middle east

Kevin teeing off and amazingly not putting it on the beach

Bob tee shot into the bunker on the 8th

Chris teeing off on the 12th from the ladies tee which is just in front of the green

In the main event in the afternoon the pairs were separated into different groups. Golf pig was very happy to receive 4 entry fees for the competition. Chris and Kevin only played 3 holes before Tony, their 3rd member felt too ill to continue and went home. 

John and Bob preparing to tee off on the first
 with Mark who was only playing the NUGS comp

Disaster soon struck Chris who had spent all day whining about the NUGS comp being a medal. Thanks to going in the same bunker twice she score 14 on the second and thanks to tree issues a 10 on the 3rd. This meant she could stop worrying about the medal comp and just concentrate on the Round Norfolk Golf Tour summer comp, which is stableford. 

Kevin teeing off on the 4th before a bunker ended his medal hopes too

Kevin got off to a solid start over the first three holes and was looking good on the 4th until catching the lip of the bunker and taking 4 to get out. Despite some excellent ground thumping with his clubs he never recovered and his round got worse and worse mustering a pitiful 22 pts, although he still managed to post a net 94 medal score to secure last place of the completed NUGS rounds.

Chris putting for points as the shadows lengthened

Chris got her game back together and after getting only 4 pts on the first 5 holes played to her handicap from there on in for 30 pts.

Mean while up ahead both John and Bob had given up on the medal competition and John was having a particularly difficult timing scoring only 7 pts on the front 9. The highlight was a masterful display of rake throwing after getting into difficulty on the bunkers on the 9th. He recover well on the back 9 to also get a total of 22 pts for a share of last place.

As normal Bob got out his huge handicap to have a run of 25 pts in just 8 holes and again score 35 pts. As at Bungay he failed to score on the last in order to claim he wasn't playing to his handicap.

The competition moves to Weston Park were it is rumoured there maybe 5 entrants which will make golf pig very happy.
Latest competition standings with Bob leading all categories.

	Kevin	John	Bob	Chris	Current prize Fund
Average Stableford pts	24	26	35	30	£1.75
Most Stableford pts	26	30	35	30	£1.75
Eclectic	11.5	5.5	4	39	£1.75
Order Merit (1st/2nd/3rd pts)	1.5	2.5	6	2	£1.75
Aug & Sept best front and back 9					One off entry fee
Average blobs per round	4	6	3.5	4
Number of rounds	2	2	2	1