The Princes course was rather muddy but not too bad given the conditions from previous days. The greens were slow and putting long distances was a real lottery. Only three players equalled or bettered par of net 68 so there maybe a WHS adjustment to be made overnight – but there wasn’t!

Women

After ‘playing’ in the mud before Christmas the women decided to book slots on Prince’s and I think we can safely say that we enjoyed our day a lot more than the men did on Duke’s – brutal was one word heard, but of course they had to do it all on their own whereas we could share the good & the bad outcomes. The ball of course hopped and skipped in any direction with the frozen conditions.
The team of Jenny, Joan & Sali didn’t need their 4th player, who had cancelled, to beat the other 2 teams easily by 6 shots with all 3 teams playing in 3-balls.
Between us we had 28 pars and most intriguing was that the winners were the only ones to have birdies and double-bogeys – 2 of each.
In a scramble everyone plays their part, but Jenny said she was putting like a demon.

Men

A cold frosty day for the January Plate. Variable bounce and stuck pins due to icy conditions.

Well done to the winner of the day – Tom Laybourn. Tom scored 30 points with 18 on the more difficult back 9. Lee Frost came 2nd on countback from Giovanni Caboni, both 29.