Formby Golf Club

Well I’ve just read Josh’s write up for his win at Prestatyn looking for inspiration and immediately wished I hadn’t…….a tough act to follow!!

Like Josh, my society trip started on Saturday – sometime after 2am Saturday morning when I got home from a golf dinner, strangely enough with Josh. Mental note, don’t try and keep up with the young fellas!!

That put me off kilter for Saturday and still wasn’t feeling the best come Sunday morning, although a couple of hair of the dog Saturday night probably contributed to that!

On to the golf, going off in the 6th group of 7 on a cold Sunday morning isn’t the best preparation, and screaming ‘he’s 280 yards and waiting for the green to clear’ probably isn’t how Rory would prepare for his round.

That certainly didn’t help my start as I blobbed the 1st and somehow scrambled a 6 for 1 on the 2nd…..no idea how!! It also meant I was now 2 down after 2 in my matchplay and giving 13 shots, more of that later.

As we all know, golf is a strange game and I stood on the third tee and knocked one down the middle, four shots later I was tapping in from two inches for par. Three pars and a birdie helped finish off the front nine for 18 points.

More of the same on the back 9 until the 17th when I blobbed the shortish par 5 from nowhere after a good drive……it’s definitely a strange game.

Thought I might have missed my chance of a win but finished with 19 on the back 9 for 37 and took the honours. Taking the money and applause was almost as good as seeing the face on Si who was leader in the clubhouse for quite some time…..Computer Game Nello strikes again 😀

Oh, nearly forgot, did I mention the matchplay?? Managed to beat the Mighty Col Davies who was a recent winner at Berrington Hall.

Looking forward to Fairhaven and hopefully the handicapping gods will be kind to me……

Thanks and congrats to our winner, John Nelson

For full schedule see; Formby

Long Drive – Dan Foode

NP – Lee Hardy

NP2 – John Nelson

2’s – Steve Waddelove, Dan Foode, Paul Foode

For current League and Helix standings see Current Season.

See you all at the next event