Ingon Manor

We almost beat the weather, well most of the golfers did. It started off a lovely sunny day, but after a couple of hours turned windy and cloudy which managed to hold off until the penultimate group got to the 16th when the heavens opened. Luckily it only lasted for a couple of holes and not too much damaged was done.

Ingon manor ended up being an all blue affair. James Little (Blue team member and Birmingham City Fan) taking top spot from the fast improving Andy Leitch taking second (Blue team member and Rangers Fan) James took it by two shots shooting a seven under par 43, made up with 7 pars and 2 blobs of which one was on the 18th. Andy L 41 points was his best ever all and a good result form all his hard work around society days. He shared the Captains Combo Competition with Gez, moved to top spot in division 3 and claimed the league knockout. Back in third was the societies lowest handicapper Paul Newsome, who's two under par round and lowest gross of 80 moved him into our first single figures handicapper, although it being exact not playing. His blobs on 9 and 18 could have turned the 9.9 into a single figure playing one. The front nine proved to be good grounding for many golfers and must have thought they where on for a big score. unfortunately for half of them the wheels came off (Jeff right) 8 golfers returned 20 points of more after nine holes;

                                           - 23 pts Andy Leitch, James Little                                                     - 22 pts Jeff Winters

                                           - 21 pts Mark Beswick, Brian Dudley, Gez Newsome               - 20 pts Pete Shaw, Dave Thompson

A clutch of golfers 11 golfers then battled it out over the next 3 Stableford points. A missed putt here, a wayward drive there, a fluffed chip could have been the difference in a handful of places and some needy "Grand Prix" points. It was the same for the next 9 places, all very tight. A couple of division one golfers will want to forget this venue notching their worst scores for many a year. Craig W off 23 stuck at the bottom and Steve W two shots better on 25 (This after a dress code violation on the first tee)