Fairhaven Golf Club

I arrived at Fairhaven off the back of a mid table finish at Formby therefore it was fair to say I wasn’t really in a confident mood, that being said  FFGS competition days are always something to look forward to so I was raring to go.

With the announcement that two holes were closed and another was on a temp there were a few groans around the clubhouse, mainly those in the Matchplay who were trying to figure out handicapping adjustments.

I’d been fighting a big slice with my driver for some time, so stood on the first tee I was considering changing my grip, backswing take off, elbow position, tee height, face angle and aim, amongst other things, in an attempt to correct it. Thankfully whatever I did my drive went pretty straight upon which I realised that I’d gripped down the club a few inches, so I decided that was the new reason that I’d been slicing it and went with it. 3 shots later I’d birdied the first hole to the delight of an onlooking Simon Davies on the next tee, where we subsequently found ourselves waiting for what felt like the next 4,000 years.

Whilst waiting, Josh had been carefully planning his next tee shot and decided he’d take a bold line 30yds right of the flag and swing one back in; his next shot was a 30 yd approach from the right hand rough. Having not played with the big man for some time I was excited to see where he’d taken his game, but 4 holes and 2 points later I turned my attention to his Matchplay with Steve Stuart which was intriguingly close and went all the way to the last putt.

Pace of play was slow so it was difficult to get into rhythm, but I kept plugging away and with the flat stick doing some good work, kept putting points on the board (pun intended). Having come in a couple ahead of handicap I was pleased with my days work and thought I might have an outside chance of a win, fortunately I found myself on the right side a 3 way countback to take the victory.

Lowlight of the day was reaching the long drive hole having been striping my drives all day and proceeding to fully fat one about 100yds. To rub salt into the wound Josh managed to outdrive the marker with a contact that sounded like a wet fart and somehow held onto it to take LD, shame on us.

Cheers to Jonesey, Steve and Josh for a good days entertainment.

Thanks and congrats to our winner, Andy Davies

For full schedule see; Fairhaven

Long Drive – Josh Hadden

NP – John Nelson

NP2 – Simon Davies

2’s – Derek Dreaves, John Nelson

For current League and Helix standings see Current Season.

See you all at the next event