Tuesday saw Round Norfolk Golf Tour summer comp 2015 round 6 take place on the Hill course at Barnham Broom. After the rain of last week at Costessey park the field were treated to gale force winds to buffer them about instead.
It was a bumper field of 5 so golf pig was pleased that his coffers would be growing nicely once again.
Chris, John and Kevin went out in the first group. Despite the wind and light rain Kevin started strongly with 11 points from the opening 5 holes. However as the rain stopped the wind speed increased and he struggled over the next 4 holes with only 4 more points and 15 in all after 9.
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| Kevin Teeing off on 3rd being blown over by the wind |
John was distracted over the early holes as he started to wrestle with his bag and trolley to get them set up correctly for the conditions. When he did eventually turn his attention to the game he picked up a couple of pars and 14 mid way points.
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Good second shot by John over the river at the 5th hole.
Sadly the 3rd, 4th and 5th shots weren't so good |
Chris was also struggling with her golf attire and also started slowly. However a par 5 for 4 pts on the 9th hole shot her into the lead on 16 pts.
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| Chris tee shot at first that unfortunately only just cleared the path |
Meanwhile in the group behind neither Bob or Ian seemed to have adapted well to the windy conditions and racked up 8 blobs between them in the outward half. This gave Bob 10 pts and only a par 5 on the 9th got Ian up to 8 pts.
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| Ian on the 1st on the way to first of several nil points |
With the wind increasing things did not improve on the back 9. John lost his way (and a couple of balls) as he could only add another 8 pts to finish on 22.
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| John par putt on 11th, he missed |
Ian improved somewhat and repeated his trick of paring the last hole of the 9 to record 22 pts as well.
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| Ian chipping to 16th green on the way to a blob |
Bob also improved and was more consistent in adding another 13 pts for 23 in all and 3rd place.
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| Bob's chip on to 18th green to secue the points needed for 2nd place |
Chris had the game in the bag after 16 holes with 26 pts she had two more than Kevin who would also be giving her a shot on the straight forward last two holes. However at this point Kevin was accused of playing phsycoligical mind games by telling her she had already won.
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| Chris wrestling with her bag, again. |
To prove the point that she hadn't won Chris appeared to deliberately shank her tee shot over a nearby hedge for a blob meaning only 1 point now separated them on the last. After slicing his teeshot on to the 1st fairway Kevin somehow scrambled a par leaving Chris to fully make her point by duffing her second shot and getting only 1 pt to only tie the competition. This left her with the moral high ground to be able to moan about unsporting behaviour.
The overall outcome of the round was to tighten up the championship standings leaving all competitions open to everyone. Next week its off to Halesworth where hopefully there will be some better weather. Not surprisingly the Hill course record was not threatened and remains jointly held by Bob and Kevin on 35 pts. Halesworth record stands at a massive 42 points by Ian last year so good luck beating that.
Leader board
| Kevin | John | Bob | Chris | Ian | Prize |
| Prize money | £3.75 | £1.00 | £8.75 | £7.75 | £6.75 | £ 28.00 |
| Average Stapleford points | 27.00 | 26.33 | 27.17 | 31.40 | 29.20 | £ 6.25 |
| Most Stapleford points | 27 | 33 | 33 | 40 | 39 | £ 6.25 |
| Eclectic | -7 | 0.5 | -5.7 | -5.5 | -4.5 | £ 6.25 |
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| July, August & Sept Best Front & Back | | | | | | £ 6.25 |
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| Average Blobs per round | 3.0 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 | Cup |
| Number Rounds | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | |
| Prize fund contribution | £ 7.00 | £ 3.00 | £ 7.00 | £ 5.00 | £ 6.00 | |
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