Down In One Golf Society

Golf Break In Sussex

The Spring golf break started with a stableford competition over 18 holes at Waterhall. Rod’s son Tim stood in for Ian, who was unable to take part because of a more important family engagement.

We were forced(!) to break for an early lunch after 6 holes in order to let players in a club competition play through.

Bob won the Secretary’s Cup with 37 points, Richard was 2nd with 33 and Rod 3rd with 30. David won the longest drive and Bob won nearest the pin. 

Our lodgings for the weekend were at the Ambassador Hotel in Brighton, a quiet family run hotel near the sea front.

Pint sized golfer

In the evening we set off towards the Lanes in search of an Indian restaurant, the traditional venue for an EGM. During our walk we observed some of the sights for which Brighton is famous – there is safety in numbers. At the EGM we reached a number of momentous decisions and handed out a number of actions - none of which can be recalled.

On Sunday we had time for a stroll on the Palace Pier before driving to Seaford Golf Club for our afternoon’s competitions. Deckchairs are provided on the pier free of charge so it seemed a pity not to try them out.

At Seaford we played for the President’s Putter and the DIOGS Bowl over 27 holes. As the club did not offer a day rate the Treasurer’s negotiation skills were tested in arranging for us to play the additional nine holes without further charge.

We all found the gorse a bit tricky with balls seemly disappearing without trace just off the fairways.

With only six players Bob & Andrzej found themselves playing two simultaneous matches at least once over the course of the 27 holes.

Andrzej wins the President’s Putter

Resting on Brighton pier

In the first round Bob beat Rod but lost to Richard and so he played Richard and Rod again in the semi final rounds.

In the other group Andrzej beat both Mike and Rob so getting him a bye into the final of the President’s Putter. Rob played Mike in the other semi final and won.

Bob won both his semi final matches so he played Andrzej in the final of the President’s Putter and Rob in final of the DIOGS bowl. The match for the DIOGS Bowl was all over by the 6th hole, much to Bob’s surprise, when Rob won. Andrzej beat Bob 2&1 to claim the President’s Putter.

In the evening, whilst searching for somewhere to eat, we stopped off at small pub for some refreshment and discovered a musical duo preparing for a live gig later in the evening. Unfortunately hunger got the better of us so we had to leave just as they started to play. We dined at an Italian restaurant in the Lanes where the President introduced the Junior Member to the benefits of adding olive oil to his pizza.

The final competition, for the Treasurer’s Trophy, was a stableford competition over 18 holes on the Waterfall course. Mike was unable to stay and so we were now down to five players. 

Standing on the first tee we were faced with the slightly intimidating prospect of driving over a small ravine. However we all managed to negotiate the gap and reach the other side.

Standing on the 2nd tee we were confronted with another drive across a ravine – this time we were not so lucky with some balls falling short of the fairway.

The Secretary noted that although Andrzej won most of the prizes Bob won the most money despite complaining his handicap was too low.

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