Archives for July 2018

Arriving at Teignmouth GC it was of course no surprise to find the course in the same condition as most other courses at the moment. Dry and arid fairways punctuated with green greens desperately kept alive with expensive watering and good husbandry from greenstaff. Therefore it was no surprise to hear of the many birdies in some matches and, the odd eagle which my partner Stewart and I were to suffer on 13 with drive, rescue and one putt from our opponent Grenville. On the second hole one of our opponents, Brian Marns, holed out for an ace and subsequently bought everyone in the match a drink, very generous thank you Brian!  The most … [Read more...]

  An early start was needed for the long journey to almost the most northerly point in Wiltshire for this match taking place at Wrag Barn GC. It turned out to be well worth the journey with us enjoying superb facilities in the clubhouse, a wonderful golf course that I would highly recommend to anyone, which have been even better it had the benefit of some substantial rain, followed with excellent food and hospitality from our friends from Wiltshire. Unfortunately, their friendship didn’t extend quite so much out on the course with them retaining the trophy with a 51/2 to 21/2 victory. Our Captain, Ben, maybe not so ably … [Read more...]

Jason Bradbury - Hamish Marshall - Ben Lynch - Jim Langworth Arriving at St Pierre it's always a pleasure to enter along the manorial drive and glimpse the first hole and the pin position. As often the first person to greet the Devon boys Arnie Pigeon, the golf secretary for members, this time however 'hors de combat' with a bad back. This was in some way balanced by the presence of George Lowe, the gentle giant, who has been struggling for several years with a serious leg injury and nowadays playing off  understandably 10 handicap, he used to play off 4 ! Amongst the St Pierre team many regulars and familiar faces including Eric Brown, John … [Read more...]

We all arrived bright and early and were surprised by the dull skies and the cooler temperature in North Cornwall compared to what we were used to of late. Equally surprising was that the initial main topic of conversation wasn’t about our upcoming match or even about the England match taking place later that evening, it was about the various routes our Satnavs had used to get us to The Point at Polzeath. Upon seeing the teams we saw that 2 of our DGC colleagues were playing for the opposition, Tim Aggett and Mike Penlington, it was especially pleasing to see Mike as he had been missing for some time due to family issues. The matches … [Read more...]