Day 235 - Captains' Day

Despite the Fall sunshine, decided not to play any golf today - time to give the old limbs a bit of a rest...  Not that there was no golf on the agenda as, during the day, I did manage to catch up on the televised version. The President's Cup appeared to be much closer than in recent years, though I was not tempted by the 3 am start time to watch much of it live. I did see the final few holes: sad to see a top player "chunk" a chip to lose the Cup on the final green...

I also managed to follow the goings on at Woburn: in mid round, it was anybody's game with 10 or more players in the running, and great to see the young Englishman achieve his first ever Tour title on home soil. Matthew Fitzpatrick looks a good prospect: important that we have some quality names coming through as the likes of Donald, Casey, Rose and Poulter start the "second halves of their careers...". Am looking forward to visiting Woburn myself later in the week.

Whilst Mrs L plays golf in the rain in Portugal, I am spending a few days looking after myself: a chance to cook some of the things that she less keen on so I had some delicious stuffed green peppers for supper tonight.  I got these in the oven before heading off to the Club for a meeting there at 4 pm.

The Constitution of the Golf Club requires that the current Captain, his VC and the immediate past Captain be tasked with nominating the next Men's Vice Captain for 2016/17. This proposal needs to be positively supported by the Past Captains (the group of all former Captains who are still playing members of Burhill). 

This was the subject for the gathering in the Honours Bar yesterday afternoon.  A good discussion was had and I am convinced that we have ended up in the right place: there are a few more steps before the identity of the individual can be shared (including him saying yes!) and of course it is not until the AGM in February that the process actually gets formally enacted.  And anyway, I am still in situ for the next 130 days!