Day 184 - High Society

My Disorganised Golf group was as disorganised as ever today: we couldn't even agree on when to play so ended up going out as two separate groups, one in the morning, one in the afternoon.  Xenos and I were part of the advance guard, teeing off at 11:45.  We were pleasantly surprised to discover that we had chosen a time when there was a gap in the Burhill Family Foursomes tee times, which allowed us to play the Old Course.

It was great! there were few others out there and the course was in immaculate condition - especially the greens which looked as nice as they have all year.  once we had played through a slower pair, Xenos and I sped around, finishing in well under three hours. We had a great game, with my opponent recording a 2 on the 10th (an awesome putt from the bottom to top tier) and then topping that with a chip in par from a hazard on 17, when his ball never touched fairway nor green!  The fact that it ended up all square on the last shows what a good game it was.

Earlier I had had a meeting with the Head Pro to catch up on a number of things that had happened whilst he was on leave and to make preparations for the busy weekend ahead: Saturday has the Foursomes Final and then the Club Championships on the Sunday.

The evening saw Mrs L and I go up to Town for a pre-theatre dinner at Meson Don Felipe (best, most authentic tapas bar in London IMHO and very convenient for Waterloo Station, but you must book!) followed by a sparkling production of High Society at the Old Vic.  The second half in particular was exhilarating with the 21-man cast performing miracles on the small stage in the round.

Arguably though, the start turn was Joe Stilgoe (son of Richard) who opened proceedings by asking for music suggestions from the audience and then launching into a virtuoso medley, where he picked up all the themes suggested and interwove them into an overture of the Cole Porter tunes that were to follow: worth the price of entry alone!