Today was to have been the occasion of the playing of the annual PGA in Surrey Dinner Pro Am - normally to hosted by Woking, Worplesdon and West Hill (the three Ws).Burhill always enters strong teams and has been successful in the past, so this is looked forward to with some anticipation: what more could you want? An afternoon's golf at a top quality Surrey course followed by a dinner and prizes at the Epsom Downs racecourse: perfect.
The first indicator that all was not well was the announcement that West Hill had to withdraw as a host course this year as a result of the bad state of the course after the winter, and would be replaced by West Surrey. Not quite as prestigious, but does at least start with a "W".
Burhill had entered 6 teams: one each with a Pro and three members, comprising four Men's teams and two with a Pro plus three Ladies. Expectations were high...
Then came the news that recent rains ("What rains?", Editor) had so damaged the courses at both Worplesdon and Woking that neither of them were now able to hold the event. Given that the Burhill courses are both playable at the moment, this was a great disappointment to all. All credit to our green keeping staff!
The event has been rescheduled to 30th March but this may not be easy to make work...
This meant that an empty afternoon loomed. What better way than to spend it than with the Vice Captain discussing the year ahead and some of the complexities of on-line golf management? And as we sat looking at the cold grey and damp weather outside, maybe we had had the better of the bargain...
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