Organiser Trevor Darrington reports
On a hot and humid summer's day, the intrepid band of Seniors eventually found their way to Leighton Buzzard Golf Club. With the road closed in Woburn, some had to turn around and take a major detour.
I have to say at the start that we had 69 shots to their
121. The course has some unusual holes and definitely home advantage was key.
Some of our players never having played the course before will welcome a return
next year to know where they should be hitting the ball.
Captain David Barlow was giving me 10 shots, Graham their Captain 14 and
their obvious ringer Tim, 18. Nevertheless, ours was a very tight game with 15
of the holes played out in real pars or better. David didn’t stand a chance. We
started well with two pars to start to go up by 2, only to lose the third and
fifth to go back to all square. By the eleventh hole we were 4 down and
wondering how bad this was going to be. Never underestimate the JOG Senior
though. By the 15th we were only 1 down, but that 16th
hole is really one you need to have played many times to understand it. Yes, we
lost it but birdied the 17th to take it down to the final hole.
Sadly, Graham parred it while I was in the trees and David didn’t have a shot.
Final scores on the day:-
David Barlow and Trevor Darrington – Lost 2 Down
Michael Newstead and Dick Cobb – Lost 4&3
Chris Saunders and Oz Osman – Lost 4&2
Richard Westergreen-Thorne and Jonathan Lean – Lost 2&1
Paul Life and Tony Goodson – Won 2 Up
Barry Donovan and Gavin Little – Won 5&3
Algy Grimes and Paul Hammond – Lost 5&4
Steve Luckman and Roy Brown – Lost 1 Down
Final score Leighton Buzzard 6, JOG 2.
Congratulations to Paul Life, Tony Goodson, Barry Donovan
and Gavin Little for saving our blushes.
The Leighton Buzzard Captain advised us afterwards that
their team has won all of their home games this. Little wonder!!
The hospitality and friendliness at the Club was first
class. Bacon rolls before the start and chicken supreme with profiteroles for
desert afterwards was most welcome. The course was in good condition generally,
as they have fairway irrigation, although apparently used quite sparingly. All
in all, I think we were very well looked after on the day.
Running tally for JOG:
Won 7
Lost 9
Drawn 1
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