Day 48 - Hospital Cases

Today was the first Medal of the new season: the Hospital Cup, open to both Man and Ladies, and where all the entry fees are donated to Walton Hospital.  This year there was a special bonus in that the best two Men and two Ladies (subject to a handicap filter) will be asked to form a team representing Burhill in a competition being run by England Golf. This is the Club Team Championship - see here for more details.

I had the "Captain's Slot" at 08:40 and got there in time... just...  My playing partners were Peter and Jan-Willem and we had a very convivial round: we were a bit slow out of the blocks, then hunted for a ball on a couple of holes so were forced, according to one of my partners, to jog around the rest of the course.  In fact, we played our 18 holes in a tad under 4 hours, which is not bad given the breezy conditions and the fact that it was medal scoring.  None of us will have troubled the leader board, but our game was played in good humour and I enjoyed the company.

We had an interesting discussion on one hole about whether or not a player who had hooked their ball into the boondocks could "declare it lost" and opt to play their provisional ball.  For those, like me, for whom the rules of golf are a fascination, there is an explanation of how this works here.

I had to rush off afterwards as we always head to my mother's for Easter and, after a very clear run, we arrived in Suffolk ready for a good dinner and an evening playing cards: Newmarket, Sevens, the Racing Game were all on the agenda. It was great to see my brother, family and cousins: all we were missing was my Dad who used to enjoy these occasions so much...