Boards Golf Society -Rd 2 New Forest, 21st of March, 1st Tee -11:00am

what’s the story for those who were asking about visitors?

Drop me a pm or what’s app and I’ll sort if yiz want a spot

timesheet has been rejigged

please check your time

it’s easy to figure out

Just try and create a scorecard (you can do it from anywhere). If you get the below, then the markers are turned off and qualifying not in play. It is important to note though that not all clubs do what they are supposed to and turn off the markers when it’s non qualifying season (so just because it’s available, doesn’t mean you should use it)

so it won’t be qualifying tomorrow

and please note, small shift there to the time sheet. Weapons will have a guest with him

Have a great day everybody, weather looks great.

Looking forward to being regaled apres match with tales of woe and the "one that got away".😁

And if the sh1t hits the fan on the course, remember us poor sods who would love to be in the sh1t.

What a great day. Firstly much thanks to @tigerwood1 for pick an absolute gem, and all his hard work for making today a cracker and all the committee lads especially @Seve OB doing all the office work afterwards.

It was my first time playing new forest and it's been one of my favourite courses I've played, fair play to @tigerwood1 for a smashing choice. The day it's self was such an enjoyable round. When we finished we said that was the quickest 5hr round I've had it just flew in. The course just got better and better as you went along some of the greens were unreal. The weather was perfect and dinner outside to finish was one of my favourite boards outing so far.

I had the pleasure of @spuddy4711 and my cousin as a member guest. Martin was the best company you could ask for on a round, it was the most relaxed round I've played in a while bar the couple of assassination attempts from the group behind 😂. Martin was solid all day the greens caught him out a little early which hurt him for the win but he played great golf, automatically down the middle of every fairway and quite a few great approach shots. My cousin hasn't played much in a year and a half, he said he actually had to dust off the golf bag but you wouldn't of known it he was piping it about 250 down the middle all day his approaches were a little hit a miss.

I had a real steady day started off with 3 pars in a row but quickly followed by a scratch and mostly bogies until a birdie on the par 3 9th, similar back 9 with a chip in birdie to finish with 34 points, I was shocked that it got 2nd. I was even more shocked with @boccy23 getting 40 points that's incredible golf well played bud, big congratulations.

On to the next at Concra another new course im really excited to play.

good write ups lads

Well weren’t blessed as usual with the weather. A summers day in the middle of a Spring that has felt like the worst winter ever.

I’d played the course a few times, but it was a while ago now and the memories were a bit vague, but as we moved our way around it was like, “ah yea I remember this place now”. You know sometimes you might remember golf holes quite well, but might just not remember which course it was on! 😂 well a few of them clicked the other day, the stretch from 14-17. A mix of old age I guess and just the fact that I’ve been lucky enough to have played so many different courses.

There was once a time I could not only remember a round vividly from a couple of months back, but I would also remember what clubs I hit on every shot. I’m now struggling to remember what I had for breakfast this morning let alone where I played every shot from yesterday and which club I used 🤣😂

Could be worse though, I could have been playing on the nags head tour with Boycie and the Golfnet crew. I’m actually surprised @tigerwood1 managed to pull off 2 successful outings so far with all of his Freudian slips 😂. Ah you done well fella, fair play on picking a great course. I’d forgotten how good it is. Would be a pleasure to play it more often.

My golf was only ok at times but I’ve had a very busy few months lately and haven’t really been out at all so I wasn’t expecting much. Highlights of the day was holing out on 11 after hitting my tee shot long and right, with a tricky approach from about 30 yards, and little to no green to work with, I summoned my inner Phil Mickleson and managed to get the ball high in the air and drop on the edge of the green. From there I could see there was only one place it was going and a nice share of the 2’s pot. It was nice after missing an 8 footer on the garden hole just before.

Great craic with the lads @TrueDub @Break80 & @Sorbet. It was brutal slow with the society in front of us holding us up, but we didn’t let it dampen the spirits but I was bloody shattered coming down the stretch

Well done to all the winners & I Look forward already to the next one, I played Concra when it first opened and am looking forward the the return visit after many many years….. must be 15 or more. I think they may have made some changes although I remember very little as per above 😎

Congrats boccy on a really great score and the win!

Great round for myself and good craic on the way around with playing partners Fix, BohToffee and Batesy. We would have a long time in each others company as it was a slow round. 5:15+ I think I heard afterwards. Despite this, I enjoyed being out in the sun for that long, I played most of the round in just a t-shirt which was the best way to get over a long winter. Setting up outside in the sun after the round was a nice idea, and everyone seemed to be getting over a dark dull winter together. I sadly had to run before the prizes were announced. But enjoyed the chicken curry and banter afterwards as much as the golf itself.

I played well, but took on a little too much at times. Stitched some of the provo's! I lost 4 balls out there, maybe 5, and missed to short putts, which means I could have been on a really great score.

Fix and myself played a match and I was watching him carefully throughout. We ended up halfing the match somehow despite my score being better than his by a number of shots, which means I'm not getting the best scoring out of my game. I actually had to make a comeback in the last few holes to get that half. We're going to replay again as the match requires a winner. He was complaining thought the round "how can I compete against this" (after each good shot I hit), then stiched his next shot constantly inside mine. It was very entertaining I imagine. But perhaps quite intimidating to new guy Batesy. Batesy stood up on #1 and hammered a perfectly struck ball down the first. Playing of 19 (I think), I thought this could someone who got off their horse and has come to plunder the board society prize giving ceremony, but then he duffed the next few off the softer ground which he clearly wasn't used to. It took a while to get the pace of the greens for him. There was rust, but you can see there's a powerful swing and clinical with the driver. But Batesy passed the test. I think and hope we're going to see more of him. BohToffee is massive. When he hits the ball the power of two to three people combine together and sound and ball flight is incredible. Though he is a moving mountain he's also the nicest lad you will meet in the society and a pleasure to be on the course with!

My two games now have been tidy enough, and I'm hoping this gets me somewhere up the pointy end of the year long run to make the jug team. Next up is a course I've heard about but never played and one of the great lake courses of the country by all account. Already looking forward to it.

(Fix utterly stitched the shot over the water from this position, just missing a birdy, but securing a solid par. Though a very good golfer - he's a bit of a tulip! 😄)

Maybe @FixdePitchmark is a bit of a narcissis rather than a tulip @RoadRunner 🤣

But nice try lad 😃😃