Dear All
I chickened out because of the forecasts and paid the price, I was there in spirit, I phoned both Mike and Richard, secure in the knowledge that Richard ALWAYS answers his phone on the course. The photos to prove it are on this site. Well, not this time...
I am delighted that the competition took place, devastated that I made the wrong decision and didn't go.
I hear (on the howl-vine) that Kevin is champ! Congratulations, it's about time he paid some atention to his coaching.
Regards penalties and fines, I understand the price of letting one's friends down, gulp, look forward to wearing the hat, what exactly is a piggy hat Richard?
Regards to all
David
Friday, 26 March 2010
Thursday, 25 March 2010
Handicap Update
These are the latest handicaps, officially approved by Statto. They are of course inaccurate as I am missing a few cards from recent weeks, but they are too late to be included in these calculations.
Charlie 16.5
David 22.5
Harry 11.4
Kevin 15.1
Martin not enough cards to count but we wiil give him 15 for the time being
Malcolm 18.1
Mike 12.9
Richard M 20.3
Richard T 12.3
See you in the morning.
Charlie 16.5
David 22.5
Harry 11.4
Kevin 15.1
Martin not enough cards to count but we wiil give him 15 for the time being
Malcolm 18.1
Mike 12.9
Richard M 20.3
Richard T 12.3
See you in the morning.
Malcolm Makes His Move
Only two of us made it to the starting gate on Monday morning, Mike cried off with a sore arm, Harry never made it out of bed. They missed a very pleasant, and pretty swift 18 holes which were actually played in the correct order.
Malcolm had clearly decided that he needn't protect his handicap ahead of the Masters as he struck the pin with his third shot on the 1st to open with a gross birdie. A bogey on the 2nd was followed by another gross birdie on the par 5 3rd leaving him a net 4 under par after the first three holes. Things returned to a relatively normal state after that but not without him completing a front nine of 44 shots and 20 points. The back nine produced a rather disappointing two pars and a birdie on the 18th. Overall, a personal best gross score of 89, 37 points and a lot left in the tank following a lacklustre middle period. He finished the day with a handicap cut by 1.2 shots to 18.1 and a growing reputation as a player with a big future. Perhaps we should be pleased he cannot be there on the first tee on Friday.
Meanwhile, I plodded around in my old style. Nothing particularly noteworthy but just 86 shots and a small handicapp reduction to 15.1. Could be worth an outside bet for Friday?
Malcolm had clearly decided that he needn't protect his handicap ahead of the Masters as he struck the pin with his third shot on the 1st to open with a gross birdie. A bogey on the 2nd was followed by another gross birdie on the par 5 3rd leaving him a net 4 under par after the first three holes. Things returned to a relatively normal state after that but not without him completing a front nine of 44 shots and 20 points. The back nine produced a rather disappointing two pars and a birdie on the 18th. Overall, a personal best gross score of 89, 37 points and a lot left in the tank following a lacklustre middle period. He finished the day with a handicap cut by 1.2 shots to 18.1 and a growing reputation as a player with a big future. Perhaps we should be pleased he cannot be there on the first tee on Friday.
Meanwhile, I plodded around in my old style. Nothing particularly noteworthy but just 86 shots and a small handicapp reduction to 15.1. Could be worth an outside bet for Friday?
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Apologies where due
PG Wodehouse once said " It is a good rule in life never to apologise. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them".
That said, it has been brought to my attention that I maligned our highly esteemed President in an earlier email by suggesting he selected David's handicap. It appears that, in fact, David determined his own handicap. Consequently, I can do little more than humbly apologise to all concerned and hope that any hurt was temporary and not long lasting.
That said, it has been brought to my attention that I maligned our highly esteemed President in an earlier email by suggesting he selected David's handicap. It appears that, in fact, David determined his own handicap. Consequently, I can do little more than humbly apologise to all concerned and hope that any hurt was temporary and not long lasting.
Saturday, 6 March 2010
Stray Dog !
David, very sorry to have missed your bash ! Congrats on finishing your 'Front Nine'
(So if 9 = 50 then a DOG year is worth 5.5555 Human years so another big bash in September 2015 for your 10th Birthday !)
The bumps no less ! The lads could probably have done with another pair of hands on that one !
(So if 9 = 50 then a DOG year is worth 5.5555 Human years so another big bash in September 2015 for your 10th Birthday !)
The bumps no less ! The lads could probably have done with another pair of hands on that one !
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
50 Years Young
David hosted a party on Saturday night, a round of golf Monday morning, comedy and curry on Monday night and a quiet lunch out with the wife on Tuesday to celebrate his half century. According to our actuarial expert, Mike, if you are under the age of 50, there is a 90% chance of you reaching your 100th birthday. Given the fact that David was told this on his last evening in his forties, this obviously bodes well.
So, to the golf, and clearly David is entering a purple patch. For a long time, the big quiet man has struggled to bring his scores down to two figures. It took quite a while to drop below a round of 110. And then, the drives got longer and the scoring improved dramatically. 108 in September, 100 in December and now 95. He claims he is only playing about once per quarter but there was a suggestion that such an improvement cannot be put down to age alone. Richard has initiated an investigation and will be contacting all the Cornwall based driving ranges and teaching professionals over the coming weeks.
So, on a foggy spring morning three of the scheduled four stood on the first tee at Tiverton (Kevin had dropped out to engage n a little nursing). After nine holes, Richard too had dropped by the wayside, leaving the two Titans - Mike and David - to battle it out over the final nine holes.
As usual, the back nine was played first and the front nine second. Mike shot 44 over the first nine holes to David's 51. The last nine holes saw a dramatic turnround with David shooting a gross 44 to Mike's 43. They were all square after eight of those nine. Final gross scores: Mike 87, David 95.
The talk that evening at the Comedy Club was how mny stableford points David had scored and how much his handicap would drop. It is at this point I can reveal that David was, in fact, playing off a handicap that was three below his official D.O.G.S. handicap of 26. The graphologists have inspected the scorecard and deteremined that it is clearly Mike's writing suggesting an attempted subterfuge. Hard luck. It failed.
Having recalculated the point scores, it can now be revealed that the true scores were Mike 33 points, David 39 points. New handicaps are Mike unchanged at 12.9, David slashed from 25.5 to 22.5.
The only questions that remain are: has David peaked too early for the Spring Masters? will Richard's injury present an adequate excuse for any disappointment at the Masters? will Mike's subterfuge be allowed to go unchallenged?
Only time will tell ...
So, to the golf, and clearly David is entering a purple patch. For a long time, the big quiet man has struggled to bring his scores down to two figures. It took quite a while to drop below a round of 110. And then, the drives got longer and the scoring improved dramatically. 108 in September, 100 in December and now 95. He claims he is only playing about once per quarter but there was a suggestion that such an improvement cannot be put down to age alone. Richard has initiated an investigation and will be contacting all the Cornwall based driving ranges and teaching professionals over the coming weeks.
So, on a foggy spring morning three of the scheduled four stood on the first tee at Tiverton (Kevin had dropped out to engage n a little nursing). After nine holes, Richard too had dropped by the wayside, leaving the two Titans - Mike and David - to battle it out over the final nine holes.
As usual, the back nine was played first and the front nine second. Mike shot 44 over the first nine holes to David's 51. The last nine holes saw a dramatic turnround with David shooting a gross 44 to Mike's 43. They were all square after eight of those nine. Final gross scores: Mike 87, David 95.
The talk that evening at the Comedy Club was how mny stableford points David had scored and how much his handicap would drop. It is at this point I can reveal that David was, in fact, playing off a handicap that was three below his official D.O.G.S. handicap of 26. The graphologists have inspected the scorecard and deteremined that it is clearly Mike's writing suggesting an attempted subterfuge. Hard luck. It failed.
Having recalculated the point scores, it can now be revealed that the true scores were Mike 33 points, David 39 points. New handicaps are Mike unchanged at 12.9, David slashed from 25.5 to 22.5.
The only questions that remain are: has David peaked too early for the Spring Masters? will Richard's injury present an adequate excuse for any disappointment at the Masters? will Mike's subterfuge be allowed to go unchallenged?
Only time will tell ...
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