Day 204 - Croham Hurst

Today was a beautiful day - potentially the last of what has been a pretty good summer (if we forget those cold days earlier in the year...)?  Burhill was going to be busy today, because of a Guinness & Oyster event, so six of us decided to find an alternative location for our Disorganised game this week.

Accordingly, we headed over to Croham Hurst Golf Club, just the other side of Croydon.  Most of us took the M25/A22 to get there, which was fine, whist others opted for an alternative approach, coming down from London, which was less successful...

I had met the General Manager earlier this summer when we had played together at Royal Wimbledon. He, Steve, had invited me to come and play at the course. Unfortunately, he couldn't be there that day, but we still received a great welcome on arrival.

All were on site in time for our scheduled 11:00 tee off. The course looked in great condition and had some lovely vistas around its fairways, all limed with mature trees.  The greens were in good shape too, with plenty of undulations to confuse the unwary.  There was a lot more walking uphill than we are used to - too much for some of our players!

We played our usual best-two-balls-of-three format (we shall gloss quickly over the score as one team was streets ahead of the other) and made good time, being back at the Clubhouse for a drink in the sun after around three and a half hours.  Sitting outside, sampling some of the local fare as well as the refreshing Club Special drink (Lemon Barley and Angostura Bitters were two of the ingredients) was a very pleasant way of whiling away the afternoon. We took a long time to get moving !