As already indicated, we got lucky with the weather on Sunday. It was a little bit squally as last September's champion teed off at Grantown:
We had a couple of showers, but, generally, the afternoon was pretty good. Here's Jas playing off a tricky lie at the 5th hole:
The next hole was interesting for our fourball - Ian McRae pulled his drive left at the 6th hole and was approaching his ball in the rough when he was dive-bombed by the most aggressive Oystercatcher I've ever seen. Ian was understandably a bit nervous about playing his shot, fearing it might attack again. Here he is looking round for it, whilst it lurks innocently behind his back:
The inevitable then happened - Ian duffed his shot in to the burn ahead and the Oystercatcher seemed to take great delight in this as it squawked overhead:
Bill Whyman made his debut this time and was playing behind our group. Bill's still recovering from his Achilles tendon repair and was sharing a buggy with Dan. We had plenty of time waiting on the 8th tee (again!) and so I thought I would check out exactly how big a bandit he was, playing off 23, and so I watched as he played his approach shot to the 7th. Unfortunately, Bill lived up to his handicap on this occasion as he thinned the ball through the green and his next action was therefore:
Back to Mr. McRae again - tree trouble at the 9th:
At the 13th hole, the Oystercatcher nests were well signposted but Ian still ended up near them, although he did try to give them as wide a berth as possible this time:
Scores were generally pretty good, despite some complaints about poor greens. The Maestro topped the charts again:
- Freeman 39
- Grigor 37
- Stewart 36
- Corbett 36
- Street 36
- Whyman 34
- Cook 32
- Gray K 31
- Taylor 27
- McRae 26
- Bhagrath 24
- Simpson 19
Winning team on the day, naturally, was Syd's group, with Dan, Dick and Bill sharing the spoils. Nearest the Pins were Keith and Malcolm, and Longest Drive was Dick.
Then we all scurried off to the Ben Mhor for some lovely pints of Wildcat and to watch Man U outclass Chelsea and all but seal the Premiership.
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