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