This past week saw 16 golfers from the scratch section grace the fairways of Amendoeira in Portugal in a bit of bonding to celebrate the end of the competitive golf seasons. Messrs Birn, Musikant, Tonge, Crotty, Begley, Findley, Wells and Bamford took on Gorman, Verbeek, Skogland, Hunt, Hamilton, Truman, Conlan and Hamilton in a ‘man on man’ Ryder Cup style match.
Played off scratch, every match went to the last putt and the glory of delivering victory to ‘Team Gorman’ 10.5 – 9.5 went to Will Major with a stunning last hole victory over Alex Tonge.
Finally, as conditions get ever softer can we all be vigilant for pitch marks on greens. Through the winter even the lowest shots leave pitch marks and many of us are simply not used to looking for them! The received wisdom is to look for your own mark, repair it and then repair two others. If we all do this, we will keep magnificent surfaces into next season.
Keep it straight!