Day 163 - Downhill from here...

Today marks the mid-point of my Captaincy: an amazing thought!  It has just zipped by and it seems a very strange thought to think that it is already halfway through - indeed, as far as the golf is concerned, arguably we are are well past that point as the season is very much front-loaded (not a lot happens from October to January....).  My hope is that the next 6 months are as fun as the last...and that my body holds out!

No golf today, though I did spend time out on the short-game area trying to work on my game around the green.. I watched a YouTube video this morning and this gave me something new to practise. We shall see tomorrow if it actually works!

Playing last Monday in my Flitch match behind a group for whom the repairing of pitch-marks was clearly optional and the restoring of divots never even contemplated, I was intrigued to see some recent correspondence in The Times on this self-same issue. 

Yesterday, a reader had written in to the Editor lamenting the fact that golfers should be penalised when their golf balls land in someone else's divot.  This was followed up this morning with the suggestion shown here.

Earlier this week, I would have preferred a more draconian penalty...

This evening, we had a Club Committee Meeting.  The last before the summer, as we shall not meet again until September. By that time, we shall have a new General Manager in place.  A formal announcement is to follow but you can get a sneak preview of the individual here...

Back home to watch the highlights of today's Ashes excitement from Edgbaston - talk about a rollercoaster!  I don't dare make any form of predictions as to what happens next...