We all enjoyed the return of the Fife outing last year, when, after a few years' absence, we decided to play the Eden course, and we enjoyed it so much then that we decided to return there yesterday.
It was an absolutely glorious day, but we noticed the tide in the basin was well out before the start, which could only mean it would soon be on its way back in, and, with it, the wind, which built up steadily as the round went on. Here's our band of 8 at the start:
I was in the 2nd group with Peter, Les and Ken and it was very soon apparent that Les was having a bad swing day, and Ken, as usual, had been skipping his PMA classes again. Here's the first of Ken's lost balls from the short 4th hole tee:
Yes, you've guessed - it went right!
Next up was Les - on video this time:
This one headed left towards the gorse. Note Ken stepping up to play his "provo"!
Two holes later and this time the estuary is on our left, but Ken's ball was like a magnet again. Here he is climbing back up from the beach after a vain attempt to recover his ball:
Next hole, it's Les' turn - his balls were attracted to gorse - note the look of horror and disbelief:
We got there in the end, but I'm sure you've gathered by now that we didn't win the team competition! Harry, Dick, Keith and Bill had a best 3 stableford points at each hole total of 117 - 10 more than us.
Harry also got the nearest the pin at the 5th and the longest drive at the 16th, but Ken stole his clean sweep with a superb 4 iron in to the wind at the 15th to claim the other NP prize.
Best individual score on the day was me (again!) with 40 points, with Bill next best on 37, and Harry 3rd on 35. Regrettably, the Fife outing is not currently one of the 12 counting events in our Order of Merit - something we might put right next year.
We had some fine ales and did the prize-giving in Whey Pat afterwards:
(Photo courtesy of Jenny).
We then walked round to the Balaka for a curry before driving home. An excellent afternoon/early evening out.
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