Day 165 - Millionaires' Golf

The Lady Captain had requested that we make an early start as she had an afternoon flight to the South of France. It was for that reason that I found myself on the first tee at the Club at the unheard of hour of 7:30 am.  We were playing our latest Jubilee Goblets match - this time against the original competition's winners, Jan and Mary.

It turned out to be a lovely time to play: we had the Old Course pretty much to ourselves, the weather was terrific with nary a cloud in sight and we just whizzed around.

Whether or not it was because of the early time of day or not, this time the Lady Captain and I got off to a splendid start, assisted by some less-than-stellar putting by our opponents. 

By the sixth hole we were 4 up and coasting....briefly....  At that point, the opposition stepped it up a gear and began playing Par Golf, a game with which we are not familiar.  4 Up soon became all Square, and then 3 Down...   Two pars (again!) on the 16th closed it out and we emerged in second place by 3&2.  All good fun, played in fabulous circumstances - real Millionaires' Golf!

We were all done and dusted by 10:30, so still time for a coffee and some breakfast (the Eggs Benedict were excellent!) before the cricket started... 

The rest of the day was spent watching the final throes of Day 3(!) of the Ashes. Things now stand at 2-1 but I have no idea what happens next... Trent Bridge without Jimmy Anderson.. hmmm