This was our second visit to Worksop Golf Club, which just seems to get better. With a full field of 108 players its popularity is growing.
The final scores were lower than our last outing to Coventry (Finham). Not surprising as the greens are exceptionally tricky. This does not mean that they are not fair, far from it, they hold the ball, they are true and they are immaculately presented.
There were some very good golfers playing yesterday. Including Damian Magill (whs 2.7); it was his first time at Worksop and he was most impressed but agreed with many, that it is a course you need to play a few times to know exactly where to position your tee shot. Indeed this is a thinking mans golf course. (so how Dean Pointon’s team managed to find their way round is a mystery).
I was delighted to see the next generation coming through:
- Greg Revill came to his first event with his dad Eamon who is a Teetours regular; Greg is a natural golfer, who plays of 1.9 and has never had a lesson in his life (I could cheerfully hate him if he wasn’t such a lovely lad) Greg joined statuesque Mike Perry’s team helping them to an 84.
- Not to be outdone, Chris Hobbs brought along his daughter, Kerry, A talented young lady off 12.4. Kerry joined Darren Henn’s team and also helped them to an 84.
It was good to see my very old friend Andrew Harben at his first Teetours event. I have known Andrew for over 40 years. He was best man at my marriage, which might have lasted, had he not made such a good job of corrupting me on the stag night. Although Andrew is a good golfer with a handicap of 5.9, he assembles a team whose main objective is a prolonged session in the local pub on the way home and they were clearly unperturbed by coming last with 62 points.
The 18th is a 165 yard par three. Not a hole that would normally trouble many Teetours’ regulars. However, in common with many of the greens, it has a massive swing and although there were 10 two’s produced on the day, not one of them was on the 18th. To compound the problem it was all four scores to count on this hole. Three teams only scored one point!
Standing on the 18th tee, Jonathan Avill‘s team had 84 points, so a reasonable show on the last would have put them on the podium. The team’s star player is Andy Naylor, a six handicapper, who would normally hit a 165 yard, downhill, par 3. 75% of the time. Andy knobbed it 20 yards left into the rough. His second shot moved it 1 yard forward - still in the rough, his third shot was little better so he found himself with a chip over the bunker, to get on the green in five. The rest of the team was so busy laughing at him that between them they only scored two points which relegated them to seventh equal.
- Ian Edwards’ team scored 9 points on the 18th giving them 90 in total for 3rd place.
- Allister Smith’s team scored 7 points on the 18th and finished 2nd with 92
- Dave Rogers’ team scored 9 on the 18th, and added to the 86 they had already scored gave them 1st place for the second time this year.
We are already booked to return to Worksop on 1st August 2022.
