Day 84 - M&Ms

Today was the second day of the Spring Meeting. After the medals of yesterday, today was the turn of the Frank Harrison Trophy, a foursomes medal competition. That's Alternate Shot, for my transatlantic readers.

I was partnered with another Martin, and we also were aware that there was a team of two Brians out there (or more accurately, a Bryan and a Brian). It was therefore with some amusement that I noted that my playing partner had marked our ball with an red M&M: indeed I was wearing a bright red short, but sadly he was not in yellow...

Such amusement carried on until the 8th hole when we nicely placed: a combination of some good up and downs, as well as few judiciously holed putts meant that we were very much in contention.  Not so after the 9th, when a catalogue of errors determined that we left the green with the dreaded snowman on the card.  Things improved only briefly and our final undoing was the visit of the drinks trolley on the 16th: the Heineken did not Reach The Parts That Other Beers Cannot Reach...

All of which meant that we had a fun round, but did not trouble the scorers. Others fared much better though and it was fun to be able to keep a bit of tension in the air with a three-way finish for second to be announced at the Prize Giving which followed the competition; the winners' spot was however uncontested and it was great to see a member who has just passed his three-score-year-and-ten milestone get his name (again) onto the Honours Boards, with the aid of his younger, more garishly-dressed, partner.

A few drinks later, home via Waitrose. I was on dinner duty and enjoyed cooking whilst watch Murray v Nadal on the laptop. Great to see the aggression from the Scot - yet to lose a match since he got married, according to the commentator!

After dinner it was back to the Players: it is always particular fun to watch a tournament where you yourself have played the course. We drove up to Ponte Vedra from our home in Sarasota, FL, a couple of years ago and played the Sawgrass course, where the PGA Tour is competing today. And, yes, I did manage to par the 17th...