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Results of the End of Season Follies Texas Scramble:

1st – John Wakefield, David West, Brian Bates and Graeme Phipps  Net 67.60

2nd –  Martin Zebedee, Colin Keal and Jon Kelly 70.64

3rd –  Andrew Bramwell, Geoff Liscoe and Robin Watts, 73.63

4th – David Carter, Colin Humphries and Roy Fletcher 75.10

Nearest Pins:
2nd hole – David West
15th hole – Graeme Phipps

2015 Champion Golfer – Robin Watts

Champion Robin

The weather was once again arranged by Les to be excellent, sun, little wind and shirt sleeves at times.
Everybody I spoke to enjoyed the course which was in very good condition.
Brian Bates liked the bunkers so much that he used three of them to advance up the 13th fairway and he enjoyed the one at the side of the 8th green playing four shots to get out. He was getting used to his first new set of clubs after 16 years playing (especially his sand wedge} and his driving was an improvement.
John Wakefield was frustrated on occasions and threw his club away three times but like a true golfer picked it up and carried on.
The results for the day were:
Nearest the pin Trevor Chapman
First with 33 points Colin Humphries
Second with 31 points Colin Keal
Third with 29 points Roy Fletcher

Report by CH.

Legal Eagle soars at rainy Rutland County Golf Club

Twelve brave warriors turned up in very wet conditions at Rutland County for the latest leg in ‘The Race to The Cuckoo’.

The usual banter was evident in the clubhouse before proceedings commenced. Indeed John Wakefield had kindly brought in a copy of the local newspaper which had a picture of a long haired lout 40 years ago in a football team picture. Suffice to say the lout in question was now a member of FF!!

Just prior to playing I had a quick chat with Geoff D (legal eagle) who mentioned he did not feel great and was not looking forward to getting wet!!

And so onto the main event, I only have one unusual moment to report.

My partners Robin (B’stard) Watts and Roy Fletcher and I had just reached the par three thirteenth, when we saw Geoff (focused) Liscoe marching back toward the tee with a thunderous look in his eyes. We were all a bit worried and assumed he had lost his ball. Oh no, he had lost his scorecard and was wondering if we had found it!!!

In terms of the prizes, as the headline suggests our very own legal eagle Mr Geoff Delaney was first with 36 points, the lout was second on 35 and Mr Brian (Wonga) Bates was third with a very respectable 33 points.

Unfortunately no-one hit the green on the nearest the pin hole!! Maybe double the prize at the year-end finale??

Congratulations to all that turned up bearing in mind the conditions and I am sure all will agree that RCGC was in very good condition and was also very welcoming.

Report by CK

A GOLFER’S TALE

On a warm and dry summer’s day

Fourteen men went out to play

Hopes were high, clubs were ready

Who will succeed, who will be steady

The course this time was Rutland Water

Some will play well, some will falter

The tees were mown, the fairways green

Now off they start, eager and keen

The balls were struck from tee to green

Some were direct, some never seen

Who would play well, who would have luck

Who would think ‘Wow’, who would think ‘Fxxx’

Geoff’s brother Danny came as a guest

But which Delany would come out the best

The gorse seemed to hamper the man from Kent

As it swallowed his ball wherever he went

Some birdied, some parred, but no hole in one

Some cheered, some cried, some wanted their mum

But this is a course that is always a test

And only occasionally brings out the best

As the Clubhouse was reached, all wanted to see

Who Jon would pronounce was the ‘Top Follie’

The man with no shirt, the winner was Phil

With 35 points, he’s not over the hill

Colin H was second and Brian B made third

The rest of the group, their scores remained blurred

And after a round that was really quite grim

Yours truly’s only good shot won ‘nearest the pin’

So onwards The Follies to play in September

Rutland County’s the place for all to remember

The ups and downs that golf always brings

Means the pleasure we get is just one of those things!

A lucky 13 Follies players made the short journey to Ramsey (yes, I know, it depends on where you’re starting from!) and enjoyed a very nice afternoon’s golf.

The day began with the news that Trevor Chapman had dropped out as he’d broken two fingers the night before.  What had he been up to?  Regardless, we hope to see him back soon.

Three 3-balls and a 4-ball set off and we kept pretty close all the way around. Indeed at mid-stage all four groups were across two holes.

David Carter was electrifying on the 10th where his first approach shot to the green hit the overhead power cable. He reloaded and hit the same cable again.

Richard Cheng, Jon and Roy and, I’m sure several others, struggled on the dog leg 8th.  Having seemingly lost two balls off the tee, Richard miraculously found a Titleist ball on the fairway that he thought must have been his second shot and played it. In fairness, with a good following wind and several favourable richochets, the ball could have been his.  Unfortunately it later transpired that Richard had played Andrew’s ball. It didn’t go down well.

Not a lot of people heard this but if you were paying attention in the bar afterwards, it seems that Geoff birdied the 18th.  This was quietly mentioned just before Robin made the presentations, shortly after Robin made the presentations and all the way to the car park if you had parked near Geoff’s car. In fairness, a birdie on the 18th at Ramsey must be rare.

Results:
A good set of results on a course where if the conditions are good then it can yield some good scores.

3rd was Robin on 39 who lost on countback

2nd was Graham Tooke on what may have been his Follies debut (he may have played once years ago) also carded an impressive 39

Winner was Colin Humphries on a more impressive 42

Our thanks to Graham for buying the beers in the clubhouse to mark his return to the Follies fold.

See you next time on Friday 21st August at Rutland Water.

The President’s Cup 2015

The main golfing event of the year took place on the Old Course Elton Furze, (the only course).  All the President’s Men assembled, no sign of Obama, didn’t make the cut I suppose.

No Precedents were set from previous years, just this years hackers going out a fresh we rake bunker, there was loads of etiquette, dress code society shirts, apart from (Little) Richard who was still wearing his work clothes, & Colin (Compo) Savage’s odd socks, left a Nike and right a Wilson.

So What Took Place on the Day:

Group 1 – Les, Geoff L & Robin

Excitement started on the 8^th when Les Wells trolley fell apart, then behind a tree with little back swing he managed to hit his broken trolley, shortly followed by a double hit in the green side bunker.  Geoff L on the other hand had fun on the 9^th trickling his third shot into the ditch, four shots later in the ditch he decide take the obvious drop, his next shot some how landed behind the hedge to his left a remarkable shot, it went forward about a foot but 25 yards to his left!!! followed by an underarm throw (maybe in frustration) on to the bridge 2 yards to his right, then the pick.

Les taking his broken trolley to his car. 

Group 2 – Colin S, Roy & Andrew

Colin S and Andrew withdrew from El Presidenti Cup early on in the bunker on the third failing to get out of it, it was the state of the bunker not the players, (so they said). Roy got an 8 on both the 17^th & 18^th, nice way to finish Roy.      

Group 3 – Martin, Geoff D & Colin K

The 7^th was where their fun started, our loveable entrepreneur Colin K, a natural risk taker by trade decided to go for the green with his second shot,  firing his ball straight into the farmers field he loaded another ball and did exactly the same.  He was then loading up a third ball to follow the same route, however legal advice came from Geoff D (the Lawyer you can trust) suggesting a less ambitious shot would be a better option.

Martin in the group just said he did not play well, back to us in the photo below maybe in disgust!!

Group 4 – Richard, David, Brian & Colin H

Fun started straight away with Colin H teeing off twice on the first and many other holes later (so he said). Richard disappeared into a ditch for a while somewhere, not sure where, or whether it was much to do with golf. The four players had many trick shots (apparently) but only the EF members got members’ bounce off trees & over bunkers.

The Winners

Presidents Cup (Stroke Play)

Won by Les with a net 70 Gross 88, trophy presented by Colin S last year’s winner.

Nearest the Pin

All four groups came in declaring no one had landed on the Green on the 2^nd, then after a while someone said didn’t Brian get on the green.  Brian then appeared from the club house and described how his ball managed to get over the pond, bobble around the bunker, and came to rest on the green, seemingly to his surprise.  So Brian Bates won nearest to the pin.

Fritz Follies Trophy (Stableford)

Les having already won the Presidents Cup was not eligible to be placed even though he scored 36 points, so the next highest scores were joint 33 points scored by Roy, Colin & Robin, on count back they were placed as follows:

1^st        Roy Fletcher

2^nd       Colin Keal

3^rd       Robin Watts

Report and photos by Robin