The big day had finally come and our 50th weekend at Boat of Garten in the 25th year of the trophy started in bright breezy weather at Grantown - a course we had played many times before, but not for a few years.
Here's the first group out, posing for the camera:
Gary drove the green at the 1st hole, but just missed out on his eagle putt - unlucky again!
Team 2 consisted of our elder statesman, flanked by Bob Cooper, who had made a special trip up from Herefordshire for this event, and Rob Pollard. Poor Syd looks like a midget between them - although definitely not in golfing terms:
Eschewing formal line-ups, most of teams 5 & 6 gathered in front of the clubhouse:
Team 3 did the honours, however:
as did team 4:
The manager of the Grant Arms Hotel, where we were staying, made a special trip round to the golf club to present us with a bottle of malt whisky to celebrate our event. The first group took it out and left it at the 10th tee for everyone to have a tipple. I never got a chance to photograph anyone else enjoying a dram, so it fell to Jas to do the honours and pose for the camera:
My playing partners and I put our tee shots at the 13th about 100 yards apart. I went right, whilst Archie and Jas went left towards the woods. I chipped on to the green and two putted for par, then sat down for a while, whilst they continued to search for their balls:
Archie got his OK, but Jas never found his one, and, judging by the glare he is giving Archie here, Jas seemed not too pleased when Archie eventually gave up the ghost and went to play his shot:
Scoring on the day was pretty mixed - there was a 17 point spread between first and last. Keith continued his recent good form, winning with 40 points, and also getting one of the nearest the pin prizes. The other NP was won by Dan, whilst Les got the longest drive. The team event, with all 3 scores counting, was won by Keith, Malcolm and Dan with a total of 108 points.
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