For my sins, I was the player with the lowest handicap in the Vets team, which meant that I was to play against Scynthia, the similarly low player from the Ladies. As per normal, the match was to be played off the Men's card, meaning that we were to give the Ladies 3 courtesy shots, which was fine. What was less fine however, was that the match was to be played off scratch - thereby negating the difference of 6 between our handicaps. And what was even less fine was that the Men were to play off the White tees.
I would clearly have to be very much on my mettle to stand a chance. As things turned out, I wasn't and my opponent, despite having recently suffered a nasty fall, still had her putting boots on so that by the time we reached the 16th tee the game was all over.
Once we got back (in 3 hours: we had cantered around!), we found that most of the other Vets had suffered similar fates: essentially giving their Lady opponents shots, only Hugh had managed a win and the match result was a loss by 1 to 6. Matters were different though for the gents playing the higher handicap Pearson ladies where the format allowed them to play off the Yellow tees and with full handicap allowance. Here the Vets performed much better, winning by 5 to 2. This meant that we had lost one match and won the other, so had escaped with an honourable draw....
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