Day 212 - OIGS

Today was the occasion of the Autumn Meeting of the Oil Industries Club Golfing Society and the playing of the Petroleum Times Cup at Woking Golf Club.   I was looking forward to the day, both because I always enjoy playing there but also because I am a previous holder of the Cup. I was rather worried about the weather forecast though: depending on whom you believed, it was either going to be sunny or raining or stormy with lightning.

I remember, when we played golf at St Andrew's, my caddie telling me that you should always look first for a potentially lost ball in a place where you would like it to be - in the same vein, I decided to believe the web site that was most favourable.  And on this occasion, it turned out to be the correct choice - despite equipping myself with 2 umbrellas and my wets, after two holes we were in short sleeved shorts and stayed the same way for the rest of the round.

Woking was in great shape - the fairways were good and the greens speedy, with lots of hidden borrows that confused many of the players...including me!  I had three 3-putts and no 1-putts... not good enough and neither was my score of 35 Stableford points adequate either. Scoring was relatively easy in the benign conditions and the winner managed 41 points off a handicap of 7.

A fine Woking lunch followed - the food is always good there and the desserts something to look forward to: an excellent roast shoulder of pork with a selection of veg, followed by treacle pudding and ice cream, all washed down with the house claret: capital stuff!

The keener brethren went out for a further 18 holes of Foursomes, which I declined and instead headed home to get ready for the Rugby World Cup Opening Ceremony...