2007

2007 SCOTLAND

July 28 - August 4, North Berwick, Scotland

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Winterfield Whitekirk Glen

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“Well that’ll be a tough test in the wind” said the locals when us Sassenachs explained we would be playing Whitekirk and Glen golf courses in North Berwick during a week with weather forecasts predicting strong winds and rain.

And tough it was, with the record books listing ‘breezy' to 'strong wind’, though fortunately we missed most of the rain. The increased handicap movement is in itself testament to the golfing difficulty, with the challenge of the wind being supplemented by greens on which any two putt was considered a minor victory of golfing excellence!

To help us relax and recover from daily bruising tests of golf on links courses in the wind, we had accommodation right next to the beach in North Berwick with an agonising eighty yards to walk each evening to the 'Auld Hoose' pub with good whisky and beer, and an empty darts room to boot.

The planned-for competitive week was initially undermined with Nicholas arriving with muscle damage to one shoulder, leaving Peter with a considerable challenge in the Texas Scramble: “the worst result in my golfing history” was his comment when the throw of balls for partners left him stranded with the handicapped Nicholas. In the Texas Scramble the likely losers still maintained parity up to the 12^th, before finally succumbing to Richard and David three and one. However, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise for Peter, as Nicholas abandoned the first two competitive rounds and sought a doctor and drugs, and thus took on + 36 point score by default, only to recover for the rest of the week to outplay Peter, but still take home the Wooden Spoon!

The week of golf was a serious test of nerves, with some frightening tee shot vistas - including the spectacular blind par 3 on Glen down to a sea surrounded green, very tough rough and almost unreadable greens.

This was not a week to arrive unprepared and unpractised for links golf and wind!

Peter and David led by a shot from Richard after the first two rounds, only for Richard to make his intent known with an excellent 41 points in round 3, only losing round 4 by a point, and putting in 43 points in round 6. Richard took an 18-point lead into the final to eventually win by a comfortable margin of 13 points, after an excellent 42-point round from David in the final.

In that final round David had a fairly straightforward opportunity to win the Fionn MacCool (best Stableford points) and Wooden Chap (lowest gross score) but a single over-hit second shot into the heavy rough behind the 16^th green, a shot he will remember forever, saw his chances disappear and left Richard holding both these trophies.

The Celtic Cross trophy competition included some traditionally daft ‘Beach Boules’ – “no David, you can’t put the jack four foot up in a harbour wall”, the best table tennis, darts and pool played for many years, and the increasingly usual, but unbelievable hands of Brag, Poker Dice and Yahtzee. For the first time in many years the Celtic Cross winner (David) was decided before the final Yahtzee round.

Another fantastic Rees Golf week set in the lowlands of Scotland, with some of the ReesBoysOnTour dreaming of future years where they'll be able to play on wide and level fairways, no wind, greens you can pitch to the flag, and flat, puttable greens! Another year of memories of missed or taken opportunities, and another year to dream of your perfect round on a perfect course in 2008 in the Czech Republic!

Saturday 28.07.07: warm-up round. Winterfield.

PRACTICE (TEXAS SCRAMBLE). Sunday 29.07.07. Whitekirk.

RICHARD and DAVID (+1) beat NICHOLAS and PETER by 3&1

(See Texas Scramble rules and handicapping)

ROUND 1 Monday 30.07.07. Whitekirk. WINNER: DAVID

NAME H'CAP S'FORD RESULT CUM BEST 6 NEW H'CAP

RICHARD 16.4 26 +10 +10 +10 17.4

NICHOLAS 26.9 DNP 26.9

DAVID 15.8 30 +6 +6 +6 16.4

PETER 23.3 26 +10 +10 +10 24.3

ROUND 2 Monday 30.07.07 Whitekirk. WINNER: PETER

NAME H'CAP S'FORD RESULT CUM BEST 6 NEW H'CAP

RICHARD 17.4 29 +7 +17 +7 18.1

NICHOLAS 26.9 DNP 26.9

DAVID 16.4 25 +11 +17 +6 17.4

PETER 24.3 30 +6 +16 +6 24.9

ROUND 3 Tuesday 31.07.07 Glen. WINNER: RICHARD

NAME H'CAP S'FORD RESULT CUM BEST 6 NEW H'CAP

RICHARD 18.1 41 (83) -5 +12 +2 17.1

NICHOLAS 26.9 19 +17 +17 +17 26.9*

DAVID 17.4 33 +3 +20 +9 17.7

PETER 24.9 35 +1 +17 +7 25.0

*by agreement due to injury

ROUND 4 Wednesday 01.08.07 Glen. WINNER: RICHARD

NAME H'CAP S'FORD RESULT CUM BEST 6 NEW H'CAP

RICHARD 17.1 35 (89) +1 +13 +3 17.2

NICHOLAS 26.9 35 +1 (+18) (+18) 26.9

DAVID 17.7 31 +5 +25 +14 18.2

PETER 25.0 32 +4 +21 +11 25.4

ROUND 5 Wednesday 01.08.07 Glen. WINNER: DAVID

NAME H'CAP S'FORD RESULT CUM BEST 6 NEW H'CAP

RICHARD 17.2 35 (88) +1 +14 +4 17.3

NICHOLAS 26.9 24 +12 (+30) +13 26.9

DAVID 18.2 36 (88) 0 +25 +14 18.2

PETER 25.4 27 +9 +30 +20 26.3

ROUND 6 Thursday 02.08.07 Whitekirk. WINNER: RICHARD

NAME H'CAP S'FORD RESULT CUM BEST 6 NEW H'CAP

RICHARD 17.3 43 (83) -7 +7 -3 15.9

NICHOLAS 26.9 37 -1 (+29) (+12) 26.9

DAVID 18.2 35 +1 +26 +15 18.3

PETER 26.3 35 +1 +31 +21 26.4

ROUND 7 (FINAL) Friday 03.08.07 Whitekirk. WINNER: DAVID

NAME H'CAP S'FORD RESULT CUM BEST 6 NEW H'CAP

RICHARD 15.9 37 (87) -1 +6 -4 15.7

NICHOLAS 26.9 38 -2 +63 (+27) +46 (+10) 26.8*

DAVID 18.3 42 (85) -6 +20 +9 17.1

PETER 26.4 25 +11 +42 +31 27.4

* no adjustment for round 3 - playing as injured. Handicap rules applied post-facto from round 4. Post-facto adjustments not converted to strokes received for rounds 4-7.

RESULTS

NAME RESULT BEST 6 FINAL HANDICAP

RICHARD 1 -4 15.7

DAVID 2 +9 17.1

PETER 3 +31 27.4

NICHOLAS 4 +46 26.8

FIONN MAC COOL (Stableford Score) RICHARD 43 DAVID 42 NICHOLAS 38 PETER 35

WOODEN CHAP (Gross Score) RICHARD 83 DAVID 85 NICHOLAS 97 PETER 98

CELTIC CROSS DAVID 39 RICHARD 36 PETER 36 NICHOLAS 29

ECLECTIC (4's) RICHARD -7 DAVID -6 PETER +1 NICHOLAS +4

DUNLOP 65 (lost / OOB balls) DAVID 12 RICHARD 12 NICHOLAS 20 PETER 24

HOLOGRAM MAN (par 3s) RICHARD 66 DAVID 55 PETER 44 NICHOLAS 40*

OTHER RICHARD NICHOLAS DAVID PETER

Par 39 12 31 16

Birdie 3 2 3 0

Eagle 0 0 0 0

Sandy 1 1 0 0

Grass ferret 1 2 0 0

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*July 28 - August 4, North Berwick, Scotland*
Take a virtual visit of the courses Winterfield Whitekirk Glen
Click to see the photos of 2007
“Well that’ll be a tough test in the wind” said the locals when us Sassenachs explained we would be playing Whitekirk and Glen golf courses in North Berwick during a week with weather forecasts predicting strong winds and rain. And tough it was, with the record books listing ‘breezy' to 'strong wind’, though fortunately we missed most of the rain. The increased handicap movement is in itself testament to the golfing difficulty, with the challenge of the wind being supplemented by greens on which any two putt was considered a minor victory of golfing excellence! To help us relax and recover from daily bruising tests of golf on links courses in the wind, we had accommodation right next to the beach in North Berwick with an agonising eighty yards to walk each evening to the 'Auld Hoose' pub with good whisky and beer, and an empty darts room to boot. The planned-for competitive week was initially undermined with Nicholas arriving with muscle damage to one shoulder, leaving Peter with a considerable challenge in the Texas Scramble: “the worst result in my golfing history” was his comment when the throw of balls for partners left him stranded with the handicapped Nicholas. In the Texas Scramble the likely losers still maintained parity up to the 12^th, before finally succumbing to Richard and David three and one. However, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise for Peter, as Nicholas abandoned the first two competitive rounds and sought a doctor and drugs, and thus took on + 36 point score by default, only to recover for the rest of the week to outplay Peter, but still take home the Wooden Spoon! The week of golf was a serious test of nerves, with some frightening tee shot vistas - including the spectacular blind par 3 on Glen down to a sea surrounded green, very tough rough and almost unreadable greens. This was not a week to arrive unprepared and unpractised for links golf and wind! Peter and David led by a shot from Richard after the first two rounds, only for Richard to make his intent known with an excellent 41 points in round 3, only losing round 4 by a point, and putting in 43 points in round 6. Richard took an 18-point lead into the final to eventually win by a comfortable margin of 13 points, after an excellent 42-point round from David in the final. In that final round David had a fairly straightforward opportunity to win the Fionn MacCool (best Stableford points) and Wooden Chap (lowest gross score) but a single over-hit second shot into the heavy rough behind the 16^th green, a shot he will remember forever, saw his chances disappear and left Richard holding both these trophies. The Celtic Cross trophy competition included some traditionally daft ‘Beach Boules’ – “no David, you can’t put the jack four foot up in a harbour wall”, the best table tennis, darts and pool played for many years, and the increasingly usual, but unbelievable hands of Brag, Poker Dice and Yahtzee. For the first time in many years the Celtic Cross winner (David) was decided before the final Yahtzee round. Another fantastic Rees Golf week set in the lowlands of Scotland, with some of the ReesBoysOnTour dreaming of future years where they'll be able to play on wide and level fairways, no wind, greens you can pitch to the flag, and flat, puttable greens! Another year of memories of missed or taken opportunities, and another year to dream of your perfect round on a perfect course in 2008 in the Czech Republic!

NAME	H'CAP	S'FORD	RESULT	CUM	BEST 6	NEW H'CAP
RICHARD	16.4	26	+10	+10	+10	17.4
NICHOLAS	26.9	DNP				26.9
DAVID	15.8	30	+6	+6	+6	16.4
PETER	23.3	26	+10	+10	+10	24.3