Day 278 - Mixed Foursomes

Another early start and another cold day: the thermometer registered -1°C on the car dashboard, as I left the house. And when I arrived at Burhill, the hard frost meant that we were not permitted to use our own trolleys - giving me a choice of carrying my clubs or renting a MotorCaddy with hedgehog wheels (I chose the latter!).

Driving up Seven Hills Road a few minutes earlier, I had received a phone call from Lisa my Foursomes partner. The gates outside their block were not working and she needed a lift to get to Burhill - apparently, not even their fellow resident Mike Yarwood was able to help...

We were playing our first round match in the Autumn Foursomes Knockout today against opponents, Nigel and Suzy.  Things did not start off well: in 3 of the first 4 holes, I messed up relatively simple 90 yard pitches, on each occasion putting Lisa in a greenside bunker: not good!  After Nigel then holed a long putt on the 9th, we were three holes down and looking a swift exit from the competition in the face.

Gradually though, we got our act together and clawed our way back into contention, finally closing the match out on the 17th green for a 3&1 win.  By then, the frost had melted, the sun was shining and, with the lack of any sort of wind, it was actually quite a nice, if cold, day.

After post match drinks, I ran Lisa back home, before returning to Burhill for a chat with Matthew the General manager.  What started up as a catch-up ended up as quite a long conversation as we covered a wide range of issues: amazing how much can happen in two brief weeks!