Perton Park

An eventful day at Perton saw many good rounds of golf. But top society golf Gez Newsome had a round where he had to work hard for every one of his 30 points, none harder than the 11th where he ended up 40 feet behind the tee after hitting the ladies tee marker with his drive. But in typical Gez fighting fashion he managed to recover to muster a point. It was a day for some welcome good scores that have been threatening to come. Dave B finally put together a round better than his handicap. His score card is the best we have seen in the society to date, there was no gross score over a 5 on any hole for his round of 80 shots. Another welcome round from Dave T saw his first score of the season better than par while Whitt also strung together his 2nd round out of 3 better than par these should give them both some confidence for the last 3 events. A few golfers are putting a run of consistency together, Wiggy has played his last 4 rounds (39, 38, 36, 41) better than par to be in second place in the Eagle League just behind today's winner who has done the same with 39, 40, 37 and 44. One blob on the second hole was the only negative on a day where he ended up with 26 points on the back 9 made up of a couple of net eagles. Dale and Steve W also continue to improve both keeping the pressure on Brain D. After Gez's slip up Mark P and myself are tied at the top of the Albatross League, but will both have our work cut out to hold on now we have both been cut to 14. Birdie League leader Graham S continues his good run of form with another better than par 37 to keep him three points clear of Sean A who has closed the gap after his excellent round of 44 points made up of no I points or no blobs. (2's and 3's all the way) Greg W had a solid round of 34 not bad considering he only returned from holiday the night before and a welcome score after his previous round of 26. Bez has put together back to back good scores to consolidate his position in middle table. Blunders has give himself a glimmer of hope in the Birdie league after a good round of 41 which leaves him in 3rd place. Chris Shaw is threatening to make a move soon with another encouraging round of 30. Some silly shots, a few to many putts which need to be ironed out to give him a chance of some silverware by the end of the season. Oh I don't suppose I can get away without mentioning my howler on the 4th. After a previous birdie and par I lined up the launch my tee shot down the fairway ready for an approach to the nearest the pin in two hole, but I topped it with it ending up short of the ladies tee. My next shot (not a good lie) I also topped and after two I was still short of the ladies tee, but as Gez did with his howler I managed to salvage a point. Please let me know if you have any other stories that need reporting for the archive.