DAFT MARCHES INTO SINGLE FIGURES

With the buggies fully juiced, pairings decided, Horsy still on the A46 to Newark..... (sure Southwell is round here somewhere....!) and the rest of the party lost in the car park debating the whereabouts of the first tee, another evenings entertainment got underway.

The holes were very poetically named, Minster, Pear Orchard, Maythorne, Lily Pond but perhaps naming them after the greens would have been more appropriate..... Matterhorn... Eiger, Everest... K2.. Approach play below the pins a necessity!

Young guns Frame, Daft, Vin & Tommy were first to the plate, Tommy's mind games catered for yet another. Pre tournament favourite Frame, alleged to have 'gone' whilst approaching the first tee. However, Tommy expecting to find another whirlwind drive up the left half of the 9th fairway was left 'ball less', disappointed and unable to regain composure...... 'gone'. With just 4 points separating the quartet down the last, nerves/cold/hunger/dehydration/Star Trek got the better of them and 9 balls were dispatched in all directions off tee! Daft kept his composure to oust Frame by one and have the early clubhouse lead.

Team Tuckwell took on the might of Jenkinson & Hepburn in a big money match but were left having more adventures than Tintin. Snowy was definitely needed to retrieve many errant balls from flora, fauna, water, bunkers, bunkers and a bunker... Team Tuckwell one up at the turn and coasting, couldn't have expected the back 9 onslaught especially from 'softhands' Hepburn, very at home around the green, who turned the deficit into a win, 1 up. Jenkinson hit the shot of the day from the elevated 178 yard, par 3, 12th. Jenko escaped with a 2/3/4 (delete as applicable!) after a majestic 7 iron to 2 feet.

The 'navigators': Horsburgh, Hefter & Dobson put the carts through their paces to ensure that they kept up with the group in front and played the holes in the correct order. They consistently produced an array of spectacular drives leaving them well placed in the percentage of fairways hit. Hefter lead by one at the turn, but once again the lightening fast mountainous greens lowered the back 9 scoring. Hefter hung on to sneak home by one and impressively returned with the ball he started with.
A low scoring but compact leader board saw Daft (32) take his second victory of the year (and a march into single figures!) Hepburn (31) and Frame (31) made up the medal places, with the chasing pack very close behind