Monday morning brought the next casualties - firstly Dan's Powacaddy, then Keith, who had to stay in bed with a dickie tummy. Pity for Keith, but there was a slight upside for the rest of us as we were able to play in 3 fourballs and those with no interest in the outcome of the individual competition could at least have a little match to play for.
The first (Keith-less) team photo of the weekend:
We were back on the Hunting course again today - I'd negotiated this with the hotel as we were originally due to play the Priestman, but we were so disappointed with the work going on on the bunkers there, that we insisted they change our booking. It meant setting off a bit earlier, but this would at least mean we would all get home a bit earlier too.
At the 12th hole, Peter and I carved our drives right towards the pond. I finished up a yard or two short of the hazard, but Peter was inside the yellow posts with his ball perched precariously on the wooden sleeper lining the deep water:
He played a super recovery shot and could have made his par - but for some characteristically poor putting.
We were all pretty tired after walking 3 long courses and our group decided we would have a little rest at the 18th tee:
Jas got the nearest the pin at the 6th hole and Rob (!!!) got the longest drive at the 12th. Nobody hit the 17th green.
Today's winner was John again - he just pipped Syd on countback with 30 points. I was next with 28 points, So, what did this mean for the overall competition? Syd was clearly 3rd on 88 points, but John and I both finished on 94 points. John, however, took the trophy - on 2 counts - firstly, he had the better final round, and secondly, he had 2 daily wins to my one.
All that was left was for me to hand the trophy over to John:
This was John's 2nd win of the Summer Tour - his previous win coming in the first year the trophy was donated by Bob - Herefordshire in 2004. In the 10 years since 2001, I've won it 3 times, Peter twice and Jas, Dave and Syd once each. The mystery years are the first two outings in 1999 and 2000 - Ayr and the Highland tour - anyone know who won them?
Super outing - nice and relaxed - and not half as hard on the system as the week long Desert Classics and Iberian Cups! A few suggestions have already been made for the venue for next year's event, but there's plenty of time to decide - we can shop around for good deals. We don't normally book until nearer Christmas time anyway - unless, like this year, we get an exceptional offer from somewhere.
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