Round Norfolk Golf Tour summer comp 2016. Round 16 at Kings Lynn

Round Norfolk Golf Tour summer comp 2016 round 16 took place at Kings Lynn yesterday.  A field of 4 had entered all of which wanted to add to their seasons earnings as the road to Sheringham heads towards its climax. After a few weeks away from the tour Chris made a welcome return with her handicap having recently been cut by two.

In a Carbon copy of the US PGA at Purdis Heath Ian charged into an early lead with 4 pars in the opening 6 holes before In-explicitly getting into trouble off the tee on seven and failing to score on the next two holes, ending the 9 on 18 pts.

Another par for Ian early on the opening holes

Kevin was still struggling off the tee but was scrambling well to stay in touch before a run of 5 1 pts in 6 holes restricted him to 14 pts.

Kevin putting up short on the 4th

Whereas Kevin's driving may have been a little wonky, as he skirted the edge of the woods on several occassions, then Bob was taking no risks in his mission to win, who can hit the ball furthest into the trees, for the second week running as he buried his opening drive (and then several more) into the woods however when he did keep it on the fairway he scored well and had a respectable 15 at the turn.

Bobs opening drive on the first was straight into the left hand woods never to be seen again

Chris's reduced handicap didn't seem to be impacting her as she got off to a flying start including back to back birdies on 5 and 6. Her putter was red hot and she had a clear half way lead on 21 pts.

Good approach to awkward second green

As he saw today's title slip away Ian decided his best chance for glory was to make sure he retained his, who can go in the most bunkers, title with a magnificent display going in bunkers on virtually every back 9 hole and on the 17th even managed a fairway and green side double. This tactic restricted his points total to 34 and left Kevin and Bob a chance to catch up.

Oh look, Ian's in the bunker on 11.
 (note the same one Kevin was to hole out from moments later)

Chris started the back 9 as she played on the front with two more pars. It looked like this years current 'most points in a round' comp of 40 pts would be shattered until a poor teeshot on the easy par 3 12th bounced off a tree into a small pond followed by another blob on the next as well, which stalled her progress. However with 36 points after 17 holes she could not be caught so decided to put in two entries to the 'who can hit the ball furthest into the woods' comp which were good, as they were never seen again, but the judges felt the consistency Bob had shown hitting into the woods made him the winner.

Another good tee shot on 10 led to a par

Bob fell away at the start of the back 9, including back to back blobs on 13 and 14, before a birdie on 15 put him back in the hunt for 2nd place. However only 5 pts over the final 3 holes left him just outside the money on 30 pts.

Bobs tee shot to the par 3 12th.

Kevin put an end to his long run of single points when he holed his bunker shot at 11 for a birdie. This seemed to spur him on as he was only player to score on all back 9 holes but some untidy play over the last 3 holes restricted him to 32 points and 3rd place as Ian's final hole par meant he collected the second place pound.

Kevin cant believe his teeshot on 13 has bounced back off a tree and not in the woods.
 Bob then showed him the proper way by burring his ball deep in the woods never to be seen again. To prove it wasn't a fluke as he repeated the trick with his second shot with his second ball on the hole.

There were no changes on the competition leader boards so it's on to round 17 at Barnham Broom next week where a bumper entrance is expected. Mike returns to see if he can keep his lead at the top of the average stableford points and lowest blobs tables.