Icy but sunny conditions prevail with Duke’s still closed.

Women

The winning team was Susan, Ali and Jenny who pipped Sheena, Caroline and Sali on the back 9 & courtesy of having one more shot to play with – 13 rather than 12.

There were 3 birdies across the teams, 2 shown on the results sheet as they were on par 3s and one on the 7th for the winning team. The other team failed on that score but were the only ones to have nothing higher than a 5 on the card.

It was definitely an interesting day to play, with memories of the summer run coming back as the ball skittered along over the ice. Certainly making club selection a challenge along with putting. But the blue skies were glorious once the sun had burned off the remnants of fog. Having teed off on the 5th by the time we reached and found our balls, the green had disappeared in the fog and we wondered if we’d be called off, but 5 minutes later the sun had done its work and it was sun the rest of the way round.

The results show that Bridget played with Katharina and Lia but they were in fact a 2-ball. On amending the info, HM gave them a mere 4 shots which hardly seemed fair, so the sheet has the result as them being in 3!

Men

There were a few drop-outs but attendance (42) was good for the icy conditions (nudged 3C) that created bounce and putting difficulties. Overall the PCC calculated was +3 – much more difficult than expected and first time on Prince’s since November 1 per attached.

Anyway, there was some really good golf played.

In the Senior division victory and medal for an excellent round went to in-form Richard Back 72 (but a 7 on 10th offset by 2 birdies on back 9).
Richard was chased by 4 37s from Pete M, Peter G, Russell and Joe G. For Pete and Peter it really was a game of 2 halves [Pete M 50 out 38 back, Peter G 43 out 38 back. Richard shared front/back honours and birdie scored with Ross Hood.

The Junior Division was dominated by a superb 60 from Paddy Stone – a WHS career best 84 (consistent 42s out and in) and an ESR of -1.0 resulting in a cut from 24.0 to 21.5. Gregory had a super 63 and Julian 66.
There were 13 NRs and I’m sure there was some excellent play therein nevertheless.

Course closed – sheet ice, safety reasons.

Sunny but windy coditions greeted competitors.

Div1

Richard Back played a solid round of golf. His front 9 was decent (17pts). After a wobble on the 10th hole he steadied the ship and ended the back 9 with 19pts. Susan torched the first 9 holes for 20pts. 3 softer holes (11, 12 and an unfortunate 7 on the 17th) on the way in translate into 16pts. Therefore the countback rule awards 2nd place to Susan. Yours truly recorded his first competitive round in a while. If only he hadn’t recorded those 3 DB’s …

Div2

Mitch Cohen went out early and walked off the mud as leader in the clubhouse with 37pts (19pts out and 18pts out). That mark proved too high a hurdle for the rest of the field. Richard finishes second thanks to an excellent back 9 (20pts). Paul takes 3rd place with 33pts.

A few shockers: Hole 17 played as SI 4, Hole 1 as SI 1 and Hole 6 as SI 16.

MW Winter Comp Standing

Tamas (107), Richard (101), Alvaro (94)

MW Princes Eclectic

Pete Goodall (65), Tamas (67), Richard O (70)

Some heavy rain from about 12:30 added to the already muddy and unpleasant conditions and the return of some soggy scorecards. The PCC of +2 reflected this. 1 temp green on the 3rd.

Women

What a fab set of results! The most that can be said for it is Deb & Pat both got a birdie (18th & 7th respectively). On the face of it Gina’s card looked pretty darn amazing – lots of 4s and 5 pars, but 10 shots don’t go very far across 18 holes in the mud, but it was still plenty good enough to win with 31 points, 1 better than Deb on 30.

Probably more surprising is that Cheryl & Sheena leapfrogged Joan in the eclectic but remain behind Susan who also improved her score – all improvements were marginal!

Men

Sporting some new clubs from golfbidder, Peter Goodall shot 38 points to win the senior division from Tamas, Pier and Brian McMahon. Peter’s h’cap reduced to 8.0

Suhail claimed the junior division with a similar 38 but 3 clear from Cuneyt and a further 2 from Gunnar 33. A drenched Gunnar treated himself to a new dry Glendale top afterwards.

Still early days but in the overall Winter Comp after 3 rounds played, Will B leads Senior division 108 from Ray 106; Giovanni leads Junior division from Julian 99.
The associated Prince’s Eclectic sees Kerry our leader 63.3 from Richard Back 64.0

Not really the best conditions to play golf. 2 temporary greens were an expected but unpleasant extra challenge. The 5th hole played as SI7. And the 11th hole was the 12th most difficult hole of the day. Scoring was not too shabby.

Mike changed his routine and didn’t tee off early. Things didn’t kick off in the best way (blob on the first hole). Despite that he recorded 16pts on the front 9. The extra hour(s) of sleep worked wonders on the back 9. Mike torched the last 9 holes for 23pts. Clear winner of the day and may be improving your golf may be just as simple as teeing off 90min later than usual.

Pat lost out twice today: 1) first she was informed that her excellent score (37pts) wouldn’t count towards her HI and 2) to make things worse she didn’t sign up for the sweep. So her 2nd place will only get rewarded with a mention in this report. Chris Newman laid the foundation for his 3rd place with an excellent 20pts on the front 9. Gina also teed off later than usual (not as late as other usual early bird Mike J). But it didn’t affect her results today (4th place – Signing up for the sweep wouldn’t hurt next time?). Tamas and Stephan end up in the money spots thanks to Pat/Gina not entering the sweep.

Women

Men

There were a few dropouts but attendance (42) was good for the ic conditions (nudged 3C) created bounce and putting difficulties. Overall the PCC calculated was +3 – much more difficult than expected and first time on Prince’s since November 1 per attached.

Anyway, there was some really good golf played.

In the Senior division victory and medal for an excellent round went to in-form Richard Back 72 (but a 7 on 10th offset by 2 birdies on back 9).
Richard was chased by 3 37s from Pete M, Peter G, Russell and Joe G. For Pete and Peter it really was a game of 2 halves [Pete M 50 out 38 back, Peter G 43 out 8 back. Richard shared front/back honours and birdies scored with Ross Hood.

The Junior Division was dominated by a superb 60 from Paddy Stone – a WHS career beet 84 (consistent 42s out and in) and an ESR of -1.0 resulting in cut to HI from 24.0 to 21.5. Gregory had a super 63 and Julian 66.
There were 13 NRs and I’m sure there was some excellent play therein nevertheless.

A good turnout for New Year’s Day [44] with the gates opening 09:00 . It remained dry although due rain previous day(s) 2 temporary greens on 5 and 11 meant the round non-qualifying for handicap.

As with last Sunday, a clear leader emerged to win the plate -Rannesh with 42 points – 24 out and 18 back [with a ‘blob’ at par 3 10th so could have been even better] – well done indeed.. Will and Peter G challenged with 38s, then 34 from Adrian and 6 33s including best woman Gina.

A small field didn’t really enjoy the best golfing conditions. The apocalyptic rains didn’t materialise. But the wind created a serious chill factor.

Chris Newman is the runaway winner today. A blob on the 7th didn’t prevent him from recording 19pts on the front 9. His back 9 was even better. His score could’ve been outstanding had it not been for a bogey-bogey-bogey finish. 39pts in these conditions was a remarkable result. Only Alan finished within reasonable distance. An excellent front 9 (21pts) was followed by a more volatile back 9 (16pts). Thanks to an excellent score on the way in Susan is first lady today. Unfortunately she didn’t sign up for the sweep. Julian was able to increase his purse a bit thanks to a 4th place. Ray is the last to earn some credits.

Please find attached a PDF report of the results, Sweep payouts, Best Score Analysis, Competition Scoring Analysis (Today’s shockers: hole 14 played as SI 5 and hole 16 as … SI 3) and final 2022 rankings for Birdie/Eagle Tree.

Happy New Year

20 players took advantage of tee-times from approx. 09:00 negotiated with Glendale for a festive Boxing Day round.

Conditions proved more difficult to score with PCC settling at +1 – but this didn’t seem to impair the runaway winner Pier Maria Micucci with 39 points – 20 out and 19 back with 9 level pars; 3 33s chased with Oz leading on countback from Adrian Mancebo and Pat Barbour (all had 3 or more ‘blobs’ [so much in reserve].

Queen of the par 3s was Cheryl – 13 points for the 5 of them.

The club had placed a tab behind the bar which it is hoped was taken advantage of for a festive tipple.

After a week of polar temperatures and occasional snow the Duke’s course re-opened for the MW Pairs comp played as US Greensomes stableford, with 2 temporary greens (5th & 11th) on a wet course.  It was an enjoyable romp in mild, dry conditions with the bookies favourites posting a clear win (by 3 points) with drinks and mince pies in the clubhouse afterwards.

Cheryl/Richard took full advantage of the “generous” shot  allowance afforded all the teams with women (3 extra shots). On the 4 holes that they had 2 shots, they recorded a total of 10pts. Zoom out and we learn that they scored 23pts on the front 9 and 22pts on the back 9. An unbeatable target for the rest of the field. Gina/Jon Cooper had only one blemish on their scorecard. Both of their tee-shots on the 3rd ended up in quite a bit of trouble. But they still posted a solid score on the front 9 (20pts). An excellent score of 22pts made up for those soft opening 9 holes. Despite a couple of very close putts on the last 3 holes they were able to hold off 2 other pairs who also ended with 42pts.

Peter/Brian are the last pair to finish “in the money”.