Monday, September 25, 2006

Oxdisc player does well out of town, shock!

No golf for me, this weekend, I was up at Burnlaw where I reaped the rewards of much golf over the summer and an absurd amount of putting practise in my back garden.

I came second in the Ams! Yay! And what was great was that I came to the end of the tourny and could look back on four rounds + a final and only identify a handful of duff shots, so it was a pretty satisfying result.

Great course and venue, too. Lots of fun.

Meanwhile, South Park and Headington kept people happy at home. George is solidifying his number two spot, and has been playing some good golf in the last couple of weeks. Not sure I'll be able to catch him, but I'll see what I can do!

Here's your standings:


FirstName: LastName: Points Num rounds Par: Avge HH Avrge HH Best SP Avrge SP Best
Jonny Morris -36 33 39 38.67 37.94 34.00 39.44 35.00
George Aslett -23 40 40 40.40 39.58 37.00 41.14 38.00
Neal Graneau -22 28 43 43.04 42.33 40.00 43.85 40.00
Andy Cotgreave -18 38 40 41.53 40.75 36.00 42.39 38.00
Mike Ekers -17 34 39 39.91 39.22 35.00 40.69 38.00
Steve Pearce -15 27 43 45.07 43.79 38.00 46.46 42.00
Bud Tilton -10 27 38 39.04 38.15 35.00 39.86 37.00
Pete C -5 24 47 48.42 48.71 43.00 48.00 45.00
Dean Harvey 18 10 43 44.80 44.00 42.00 45.33 41.00

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

No more summer :-(

George and I struggled in fading light tonight to finish a round by 7.30. That's it then, no more golf on a Wednesday evening. Not that can count for the summer league, anyway.

But what a round we had. Mainly because it became a wonderful example of psychology. I led early, but stumbled a little in the middle. George played well and steadily, and after hole 10 on HH was on par. A fine position to be in.

On the 11th tee (easiest hole in the park?) he mentioned how great a two would be. Because that would set up the final hole (the hardest) well, and give him the cushion of an easy ride on the last hole to still get a good score. Fair enough - it's a fine statement, but really, don't say such things when you're stood on a tee!

The first bit went well enough. The drive on the 11th went very well, and George set up for an easy 2, which he got, to put him one under on the 12th tee. It's all going to plan.

Only to see him drive into a tree about 15 foot from the tee on the 12th. I have never seen anyone hit that tree, and you couldn't really throw a shorter drive. The next shot was no better, ending up in a ditch with no view of the hole. Third shot? A roller which started well but turned away from the hole and ended up behind a huge oak. Fourth shot was great, and he took an acceptable, but OH SO FRUSTRATING five for a 37. 37 is still great, but the lesson is: NEVER verbalise what you're thinking. You curse it!

Anyway, I'm back from holiday. Thanks to Jonny for taking the helm while I was away. George's 37 has done him some good, but Neal can easily pip him. Here's the standings:

FirstName: LastName: Points Num rounds Par: Avge HH Avrge HH Best SP Avrge SP Best
Jonny Morris -36 31 39 38.68 37.94 34.00 39.57 35.00
George Aslett -23 38 40 40.42 39.58 37.00 41.26 38.00
Neal Graneau -22 28 43 43.04 42.33 40.00 43.85 40.00
Andy Cotgreave -18 38 40 41.53 40.75 36.00 42.39 38.00
Mike Ekers -17 34 39 39.91 39.22 35.00 40.69 38.00
Steve Pearce -15 26 43 45.15 43.79 38.00 46.75 42.00
Bud Tilton -10 26 38 39.04 38.15 35.00 39.92 37.00
Pete C -3 23 47 48.52 48.92 43.00 48.00 45.00
Dean Harvey 18 10 43 44.80 44.00 42.00 45.33 41.00


And I have uploaded the new version of the database and spreadsheet for you all to enjoy.

Andy

Friday, September 15, 2006

League update

Hello everyone and sorry for the lack of posts over the past week or so. I have moved house and amazingly Orange are unable to reconnect my home broadband for 2 to 3 weeks! Surely it just involves changing one setting somewhere! Very tedious.

So anyway I'm doing this from work, having first reassembled my home PC to update the database. Quite a few scores to add in, and I am pleased to say that most people have made some progress. I'm also unhappy to say that I haven't! )-:

There's a real scrap on for 2nd place with George and Neal currently level on -22. Steve has also had a useful score or two and could well nip in front of Mike and start to challenge Andy with another decent round. Bud, Pete, Dean - come on guys! Time to step up a gear! Not much time left....

FirstName:

LastName:PointsNum roundsPar:Avge
JonnyMorris-36313938.68
NealGraneau-22284343.04
GeorgeAslett-22374040.51
AndyCotgreave-18374041.57
MikeEkers-17343939.91
StevePearce-15264345.15
BudTilton-10263839.04
PeteC-3234748.52
DeanHarvey18104344.80

Congratulations to Pete who has this week made it into negative points - nice one!

That's all from me, editorial control goes back to the Cotgroover next week. I don't expect many people will be out on Sunday - although I think Bud is planning to be there. Neal is in the U.S. and George, Steve, Andy and probably Jonny will be at the Abergavenny Food Festival ..... yum yum!

Sunday, September 03, 2006

A very windy pair of rounds

Very challenging today but great fun. Given the conditions, an excellent 37 from Mr Tilton in South Park was clearly the round of the day. However, in terms of the league check out Dr Graneau in the ascendance! Neal's 40 in Headington Hill toady earning him a very handy three points.

It should be noted that the table below incldes three rounds of Neals which were not included in my last post. Also Pete I have had to change the two scores you gave me verbally for Sunday 27/8 as they were slightly different to Neal's recorded scores for you (of SP49 & HH52).

Apologies Andy for the poor HTML here!

FirstName:

LastName:PointsNum roundsPar:Avge
JonnyMorris-36303938.70
NealGraneau-22284343.04
GeorgeAslett-20334040.73
AndyCotgreave-18374041.57
MikeEkers-17343939.91
StevePearce-12244345.33
BudTilton-8223839.14
PeteC1214748.76
DeanHarvey18104344.80

I won't be around on Wednesday this week. Text or email me the scores and I'll update the table.

In case you want to know, you need to equal or better the following scores if you want to earn league points as of today: Andy [39], Bud [38], Jonny [36], George [38], Steve [43], Dean [54], Pete [47], Neal [41].