David's Day

Without doubt, Tiverton GC witnessed the finest display of Stedman golf ever seen. Opening with a par on the 10th, he romped around the first nine holes played (10 through 18) in 45 shots and a princely 22 points. The second half saw no let up with a score of 47 and a further 21 points notched up. It was the consistency that most impressed together with a revised handicap of 24. Well done David.

In other news, Richard T broke a ton but only just retained the trousers from Harry, who sank a tricky putt on the last hole for a par. Kevin played inconsistently, almost keeping pace with David on the first half but then the introduction of some novel driving technique didn't help matters in the second half. That said, he did win plaudits for a remarkable shot of the day: a putt from off the green on the 6th hole that went like an Exocet at the pin before dropping in.

Revised handicaps are David 24.2, Harry 16.4, Kevin 16.7 and Richard T 17.4.

And, just for the sake of completeness, Charlie's handicap is 19.9, Martyn 17.9, Malcolm 17.9, Mike 18.1 and Richard M 22.6.

Dream Rounds

Haven't posted for a while but yesterday's round has prompted a return to the keyboard.

I think we set a new D.O.G.S. record with five birdies recorded between Malcolm, Mike and myself. Also, enjoyed a race to the wire with Malcolm pipping Mike on the last hole to win Bolly and to lose the orange shirt. I brought up the rear and collected the 14th hole shirt along the way.

Anyway, there was some discussion of dream rounds, so I thought I would give you all an update. A dream round is the one where your best score is taken for each hole.

Charlie - dream round of 66, 5 birdies
David - 73, 2 birdies, 4 bogies
Harry - 58, 13 birdies
Kevin - 59, 12 birdies
Malcolm - 61, 10 birdies
Martyn - 70, 4 birdies, 3 bogies
Mike - 64, 7 birdies
Richard M - 71, 4 birdies, 4 bogies
Richard T - 58, 2 eagles, 9 birdies

The D.O.G.S. dream round is 52, 2 eagles (1st and 5th), and only the 10th has never been birdied.