For a change, the sun shone all day, the course held up well considering the unprecedentedly wet winter we have had, and I could not have wished to spend the day with a more cheerful, appreciative group than the 96 who played at Copt Heath yesterday.
On Sunday, we were one short for a team and I emailed an appeal to you all. I got six takers and I had to shoe-horn another team in. That team was made up of four guys who had never met before; they had a great day and came in fourth with 86 points
It was very nice to see five ladies flying the flag for Teetours Totty; Jacqui Knight had a two on 13 and Louise Manning won the longest drive on the par five 15th. (One gentleman, who will remain nameless, didn’t get his drive on 15 to the point that Louise started from!)
Lewis Bull normally plays with the father and son combination of Dave and James Rogers. This week Lewis picked his own team of John Conlon, Steve Champion and Sam Pearce, and with a wining score of 91, you would have to say that his team selection puts him right up there with Jurgen Klopp.
Rich Deville took suitable action in light of the current health advice as he decided to spend most of the day self isolated in the rough.
Eddie Harvey found himself in a team with Neil Mallett, who he declared to be a very bad influence because Neil kept buying him beer. Neil is a very sociable chap and Eddie a very willing participant. Fortunately Graham came through from the Secretary’s office, to the bar, to inform Eddie that his wife was on the phone, demanding he return home; which he did - before any lasting damage was incurred.
The topic of the day was of course corona virus and the impending Armageddon.
However, golfers seem to be fairly pragmatic people (I think you have to be to play the game in the first place) and there was little sympathy or understanding of the threat to cancel golf events.
Granted, if you are worried about being in a social environment with a crowd of people, there is no obligation to come into the club house after the event; having said that, is being out in the fresh air getting some exercise with very few people not a good thing?
I can only hope that the majority of clubs, due to host Teetours event in the near future, take a the same pragmatic approach as the players.
Hollinwell has already cancelled for next Monday. I am trying to get Little Aston to host the fixture instead - I will know if it is possible tommorow.
We are back at Copt Heath on Monday 19th October - provided there are some of us left on the planet.
Many thanks for your support
Tony.
