After a relatively brief night, I was up early and back at Burhill by 07:45 this morning. The mood in the Clubhouse was buoyant, even if there were a few bleary-eyed individuals in evidence. One member was even spotted going into the changing rooms in his DJ from last night (had he not gone home?). After a couple of wobbles, everyone turned up and was ready on their tee for the 08:30 shotgun start.
My partner for the morning as Neville - who was feeling very chipper (here's
why!). Our other playing partners were James & Will (my table owned 75% of them, so I was keen to see them do well!) and Andy & Tom (many people's favourites for the competition). We had a very convivial round and it wasn't long before it was clear that Andy and Tom were going to have a good day, whilst the rest of us were not; despite a relatively short putt missed on the 17th, they returned a score of 37 points which would have been good enough to win last year.
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| Handing prizes to half of the winning pair, John |
Once all the cards were in and had been checked, it turned out however that there was another pair with 37 points, but with a better back nine, allowing them to take first prize. This was, however, not all bad news for me and my table as the pair in third place was one of those of which we owned a 75% share. Once we had divided up our share of the pot, this paid out at around £200/man, meaning that everyone was around break-even on the event and, in my case, I had a further £200 win from a judicious bet on the winners in the Tote. This means that I have ended up in credit in each of the past three years' Auction Foursomes!
That was the end of participation sport for the day, but once home, I managed to catch up on the First Test in the UAE (where England just failed to manufacture what would have been a remarkable win) and then switched over to the pulsating RWC QF between Wales and South Africa.
Later in the evening, the second QF between France and New Zealand was less close....
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