Day 150 - Fathers and Sons I

Today was the first day of our 2015 Fathers and Sons Tournament, here in Myrtle Beach. We have been coming here for the past 12 years, ever since Andrew was a young teenager. It's a great format: three days of competition (better ball, greensomes and 2-mad scramble), interspersed with skills challenges and a par three competition as well.  You are divided up into Flights, based on your team handicap - we are in the Furyk flight this year.

Our first round was at the Thistle course, across the state line in North Carolina. We had played it before, but there have been some major upgrades since our last visit - see for example the Gents!  What a great idea: something we should also consider adopting at Burhill. All the screens were showing the Open Championships, which we also managed to follow on our way around (we gave up on the cricket...).

The Burhill Team

Our partners were Joe and Kyle with whom we had been paired 4 years ago. Great to catch up with them and also to sport the Burhill colours. Great wasn't the right name for our golf though as we were distinctly average. Our better ball score was 76 (five over par) which doesn't sound too bad, until you see that the leaders after round one managed a gross score of 5 under par...  We did leave a few shots out there but not that many!

Then off to dinner with a Father and Son whom we first met in 2011. We went to Greg Norman's Australian Gill with Josh and Matt: a Myrtle Beach favourite which did not fail to disappoint. Some great steaks and excellent red wine too. Ideal preparation for tomorrow...