Woke up a bit stiff and aching from the long walk yesterday, took it easy and then Danny & Vic dropped the kids off. Zoe and my Mum arrived and we loaded the car and they set off for Bournemouth. It was 30 degrees today and a bank holiday/half-term so I wasn’t remotely surprised when I got a text from Zoe saying there was a lot of traffic! But they got down there fine in the end and had a fantastic time, so that was good.
I had a long list of jobs from Tash, including food shopping and Airbnb rooms all refreshed, which I got done in time, and then headed off to golf around 12.15pm. It was up at Southfield and was the annual charity match between Jenks and Marko where about 60–70 non-league footballers all play – great fun and this year was no different.
One difference was that I’d been transferred out of Marko’s team over to Jenks to balance numbers, as they’ve had a few dropouts this year which can be a pain – but it was fine. I’d bought my pink shirt earlier in the week so I was ready. I drove this year as I wasn’t really in the mood for more drinking, and also because Lewis and family were coming over to stay the next day.
Met in the clubhouse as usual and all the pleasantries flowed like we’d seen each other only last week.
I was paired with Wayne and we played against Steve Dolton and Dave Gubbins. Set off after a warm-up (not really needed in this heatwave). Off we went. I really look forward to this match, but again I just didn’t quite click and I played a bit shit. First nine holes I struggled and I was annoyed with myself (not said out loud), and we reached the turn 3 down.
Had a beer at halfway and then headed out for the back nine.
No idea what happened after that beer… but I bogeyed one and then parred five holes and suddenly we were 2 up. I faded a bit again but Wayne was now flying and we won on the 17th, 3 & 1 – a proper turnaround from being 3 down. They were all impressed with my back nine, which was pleasing.
One bunker shot I played was probably the highlight – got to within 1.5ft from an impossible lie.
So that was that, we won our match, and later found out Jenks’s team had won comfortably overall, about 11.5 to 2.5.
Back in the clubhouse we had BBQ, drinks and caught up with people. A couple of speeches and awards, then more drinking. I kept it steady and only had a couple of beers all night – I was knackered. Got to catch up with a lot of people which was great. They all asked what our next adventure was going to be, which is flattering.
End of day summary
A hot Bank Holiday Monday split between getting jobs done at home and the annual charity golf day at Southfield. The morning was spent ticking off a long list of tasks before heading out for the match, where things started slowly but turned into a strong back-nine comeback as we won 3 & 1. The day finished with BBQ, speeches and plenty of catching up in the clubhouse, with Jenks’s side winning comfortably overall. Tired but a really enjoyable day all round.
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