There is no secret amongst the 'Golfing Fraternity' that this is not my favourite golfing venue. I fully realise the attractions of a good green fee rate, of a restaurant that serves food and drink at an excellent price with pleasant staff, and a 36 Hole Course that really has so much versatility that it is staggering.  However golf is about playing golf, and I never arrive with the expectation of good things to come.
 
However, against that already mentioned, for me is the fact that the grass on the fairways is long leaf, and the grass is not thick so bare patches develop. These bare patches are usually sand based so your clubs become scored. Also, the greens are variable speed and patched. So I turned up on this day only because 'The Admiral' booked the Course and I usually run Thursday.
 
We had a good turnout on this day; the 'High Season' is starting to take pace. With seven full groups it was just normal. The Test for the day was to be the South and East Nines; for me the best 18 holes, and we started under a dark sky.
 
The first shot is downhill and looking for our balls the first noticeable thing was that the grass looked long and we had a good lie. As the round went on it was noticeable that the Course seemed to have had a lot of work carried out on it, and new paths and marking made the play well defined. The greens also seemed to be much better, although a difference in pace was noted on the different nines. All in all, the Course was as good as I have seen it and in fact was a pleasure to play. Maybe the golfers who like playing this Course have a point, but we will see how things go in the future.
 
Round over we were able to relax in the hot showers in the fine changing rooms, then up for a few cheap 'cold-uns'. The scores were not the best ever seen, but quite respectable.
 
In the A Flight 0 to 19, the winner was Ebrahim with 38 points on count-back over Bruce Lawrence, in second, both 38 points.  In third was Marty Allred with 35 points, mind that was a Gross 73, not bad!
 
In the B Flight, 20 Up, the winner was a player who is regularly in the winners circle of late, P. Singh Basi with 37 points, despite being 'chopped' 2 shots for his win on Monday. In second was Norman Martin with 35 points on count-back over Graham Buckingham in third.
 
So day over it was time to leave, however I have booked this Course for next month for another outlet, we shall see!  T.T.F.N.

Near Pin  Kris Helgasson   Walter Bachli   Derek Brook   Carole Kubicke   

019   Ebrahim
021   P.Singh Basi

Note a reminder for November, we have Bjarne's Birthday Scramble on 5^th November and the Ray Rogers Turkey Day Scramble on 22^nd November. Sign Up Sheets for these Events are to be posted in The Cafe Kronborg two weeks prior to the events. Any questions feel free to phone Dave on 083 602 2117