Round 4 Royal 8th Oct

A slightly earlier start coupled with a long drive North out of town, saw us arrive at Royal to misty skies & dew on the grass. This however didn't take long to burn off & the day was unbelievably hot. Royal as ever was deserted bar us, it really is a shame, but that's Thailand. Perhaps reduced green fees would entice more of us out there apart from the usual once a year.
Everyone showed up so it was 6 groups of 4 for the last round, with all still to play for, with many different permutations at the business end of things.
The general opinion was that chipping around the green was extremely difficult with some quite bare lies & that the grass on the fairways was a bit threadbare in places.
The greens were receptive though & true, with not too many difficult reads.
Corky on his very best behaviour won the plaudits on the day with 71, the only competitor to beat his handicap. Playing partner Craig kept him good company carding 72, followed by Sherman & Christian with 73s.
Nearest the pins were Nigel on hole 7 & on the tricky 17th Ron. Shot of the day went to Gary B with his approach to the 14th, the ball travelled approx 100yds & his iron almost as far approx 80yds!
After discussion & going through the rules, the committee decided that we had made an error at Highland's with David Murphy's card. As he marked his stableford score lower than it should have been this is not a DQ & his card has been reinstated. This same error happened again on a couple of the cards today, they were duly corrected & scored. As ever please help us & try to ensure your cards are correct.
All the scores for each round are listed on the right & I'm sure you can fathom out this years club champion!
Thanks to all who participated & we look forward to a great night at Gymkhana on Saturday 7-7.30pm.