4 Putters Retain Weybrook Title

We all arrived expecting the sun to be shining and temperatures to be climbing to a sultry 15 degrees C, to an overcast and what felt like 5 degrees C, so it wasn’t long before Steve Grey was covering up his summer shorts with trousers and a wind sheeter!

The defence of our Spring title started slowly with a disappointing score of just 2 points secured on the first hole, but this picked up with 5 points on the 2nd and 8 points on the first of the four par 3’s where all scores counted and we closed the first 9 holes with a respectable 49 points, after a 7 point score on the 8th par 4 hole, where Brian W achieved a 4 point birdie following a 264 yd drive to the edge of the green and both Rob L and Steve G scored 3 pointers!

The back 9 holes saw the team get to grip with the very slow greens (compared to Drayton’s) and we put down some some good scores, with Dave B scoring another 4 pointer on the 12th and especially with the whole team contributing on the four par 3’s where all players scores counted, where an 8, 9, 10 and 11 points were secured, forming the bedrock of a final score of 104 points and only one short of our winning score last year.

Although we thought we might be in with a good chance again, we were still apprehensive as the presentation began with the TOFS sister team (Alex Fraser, Derek Copson, John Smythe and Dick Capel Davies) announced in a credible 10th place out of 16 teams, with their struggles on the par 3’s hindering their team score of 89 points, followed by several teams on 90 points, then 92, 94, 95 and 100 points for 2nd place, finally we relaxed as the “4 Putters” team (Dave Bolus, Rob Lindley, Steve Grey and Brian White) were announced as the Winners!