The Moorfoot golf outing, kindly arranged by Mike “The
Smash” McGovern, took place at Innerleithen on Sunday on what turned out to be
a glorious afternoon. Warm sunshine, the most gentle of breezes,
stunning autumnal colours and a quiet course all contributed to the idyllic
conditions. Alas not too much of the golf, played in team pairs as a
stableford* better-ball , lived up to the wonderful stage.
*(For the non-golfing readers out there stableford
scoring is 1-point for a bogey, 2 for a par, 3 for a birdie, 4 for an eagle.
And if you don’t know these terms ah cannae be bothered explaining them so look
it up!)
Kenny “Smooth-Swing” Davidson drilled his tee shot at the
opening Par 3 pin high, leaving himself an 8-foot putt for birdie. But the
putt was missed and in Kenny’s own words, it was all downhill from there. Team-mate
Gregor “Out-of-Bounds” Nicklauson contributed little in the way of points, but easily
topped the lost balls competition.
Mike “The Smash” McGovern had to play solo after his
intended playing partner Simon “double-booked” Hammond called off earlier in
the week, so The Smash had no back-up player for any wayward shots or holes. But his
steady golf and some booming drives meant he didn’t need any such back-up and
some good points were amassed (see later).
Ian and Anne Nimmo were self-proclaimed “rabbits” with Mr
Rabbit even claiming, when negotiating his handicap pre-match, to have a wee touch
of mixing-ma-toesies. Mrs Rabbit said she was more at home on the squash court
rather than the golf course and tbh I though she must be breeding pet spiders
judging by the cobwebs on her golf bag. Nonetheless, the Rabbit pair proved to
be competitive.
The final team comprised a father and daughter pair of Hugh
“3-Putt” Harvie and Kate “Sair Legs”
Harvie. (Sorry Hugh, I only saw you twice – 1st tee and last green -
so your moniker choice was either this or “In The Burn Harvie”.) That morning, Kate
had enjoyed (or rather endured) her first winter training session with Gregor’s
other half Linda and her jumps group - a
very tough session of hill sprints and hill bounding causing her to be calling
for her dad quite a few times towards the end. (“Hughie! Hughie”!). With legs
still a bit wobbly she maybe didn’t have the best of prep for the afternoon golf
but she impressed all with her technically good swing and used her handicap to
good advantage to score a couple of four-pointers.
Retiring to the Corner House for soup and a toastie, Mr
Smashey McGovern also proved also to be Mr Nicey McGovern by excluding his
winning score of 19 points from the announcements, awarding first prize to the
Harvies with 16 points and the runners-up prize to Mr and Mrs Rabbit with 15
points. Kenny and Gregor got nothing but a deserved slagging for their measly
12 points.
A braw efternin. Cheers Mike.
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