It was great to see Captain Jim out for his first match after a recent setback. The reported heavy rain did not occur until late afternoon so we were fortunate to play a course in good condition, most of the deep rough recently cut down, and just a few light rain showers. Jim and I lost on the 18th in the home match so we were keen to get a better result in the away game. We won the first hole, but lost the next two, but brought the game level on the “nearest the pin in two” when I managed to fluke it by being 12” from the hole !!!
We then spent most of the rest of the game halving holes until Capt Jim played fantastic long iron shots on the 15th, 16th and 17th to ensure that we won on the 18th. We were looking good for a match win with a win on the first two games, but this was followed by 3 halved and 3 lost games giving a match score of 4.5 to 3.5 in favour of the “Ancient Britons”.
A good carvery, good company, good course and a good Denzil joke from Jim – welcome back.
Peter
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