Up bright and early and at the Club for a bacon roll before golf... but not what I expected to see! A police car parked in front of the mansion and blue & white incident tape sealing off the normal entry door., whose glass was shattered, a fire extinguisher lying by the side of it. Am not sure exactly what happened (the policewoman on site was the model of discretion), but it would appear that the previous day's wedding had not passed off as smoothly and as decorously as one would have hoped. Am sure that the facts will come out in good time, but in the interim the staff onsite did a great job coping in difficult circumstances.
We were at the Club for a Men's match against the RAC. My partner, John, and I were paired with the RAC Captain, Giles, and Nick - and great company they were too! The weather was splendid and warm, if anything too warm. We played the Old Course and soon established a 2 hole lead. The back nine though were much more closely fought as our playing partners started to get the hang of the fast greens. We ended up all square onto the 18th tee, but I am sad to report that neither John nor I covered ourselves in glory, meekly surrendering the hole and thereby the match.
As things turned out, this was probably just as well as all the other matches ended up in Burhill's favour and a whitewash would have been embarrassing! Given the weather, lunch was served outside thereby obviating the need for jackets and ties.
Lunch was made all the more pleasant by the Champagne that accompanied the food: yes, we had seen another Hole in One today by a Burhill player in a match. This time it was Jan (he had slotted his 9 iron into the 16th hole) who took the honours. Amazingly, his playing partner today was Jan-Willem - who had partnered me for my
ace a short week ago. He is our new lucky charm - and there will be a clamour to have him as a partner in future matches!
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