St Mellion Monday

St Mellion

The Nicklaus Course

Monday morning saw us up bright and early to play The Nicklaus Course. 

Sunrise on Monday

Sue had split us into groups roughly according to handicap. 

Some took buggies and others walked. It was a long course but I know some found the buggies ended up being a frustration rather than a benefit. 

Looking down the second

However we were blessed with another beautiful morning. Sunshine and a breeze. By the time we finished it had clouded over and our coats had gone back on... some were very cold indeed.

There had been a heavy frost/dew overnight and our trolleys left tracks on the shadowed fairways.

Looming back up to the second tee.

There were an abundance of bunkers  on the course, and ditches which either ran alongside the fairway or across the front of the green... or in some cases both!

Fi about to play to the third green.

 There was also plenty of water... we were relieve to see that the Ladies teed off from half way along this lake! You can see how beautiful it was at this stage... no wind, wonderful reflections... and extremely wet ground.

Preparing for the 5th

 I probably used up all of my luck on this hole! The second shot onto the green I miss -hit and the ball flew at speed into the ditch in front of the green, the ball hit the stones and ballooned up and over into some trees the otherside of another brook! At least I had a shot!

Eyeing up the second shot... 

Looking back at the 5th tee.

It was lovely to have Viv's company for some of the holes.

We spotted you!

 The 8th hole was nearest the Pin for the Bronze group (handicaps 27 and above) Eight ladies parred this hole and Sue D got a birdie!

Well done all, and the winner of the Nearest the Pin competition was Liz!

Nearest the Pin winner - well played Liz!

Nearest the Pin for the A group was on the 11th. A beautiful par 3 with a carry over water on to the green. We all struggled in our group to select the correct club... and we all hit long!

But I'm glad to say that others got onto the green and Val F was nearest the pin.

Well done Val! Nearest the Pin on 11.

Sue had also arranged longest drive competitions, and the winner of the B group on hole 16 was Frieda!

Well played Frieda.

 For the A group it was the 18th for the longest drive. I for one had no energy left at this point but Hilary hit a beauty. 

However, this was out-distanced by Bev who was the winner of the longest drive competition.

Well played Bev!

  By this time we were wrapped back up in coats and we certainly needed them - but we had stayed dry and altogether were very fortunate with the weather.

Sarah, Lindsay, Judy and Chris on the 18th fairway

Here they are!

Chris, Sue, Jayne (checking her ball) and Ros waiting to play on to the 18th Green

Bronwen and Pam

Cold ladies checking their cards.

They told me it was water?

We met in the Nicklaus Suite for the prizes as soon as we were all in...

In second place in the B group was Jayne with 18 points.

And winning the B group was Frieda with 22 points!

 In the A group, Lyn was second with 20 points

and Sarah was in first place with 21.

Jane was the winner of the lost ball count 

And a big thank you to Jean who did all the cards over the weekend. Great job Jean!

And so to our winner of the Trophy!

With a score of 23... it was Claire!

Well deserved - well played Claire!

 It was really good to play this course even though the underfoot conditions and greens were not the best. I (and I know others too) would love to play it again when it's in top condition! And I know some would walk rather than use a buggy!

It is interesting that our best score was 23. Some of the ladies were talking to the folk in the pro shop and they said that 24 is a typical score for the St Mellion ladies on the Nicklaus course... so I don't think we did too badly when all is said and done!

We also had a number of pars... 24 plus one birdie (Sue D).

Hilary and Lindsay scored most pars with three each!

Well done!

I'll finish with photos from our final evening... sadly Una and Hilary were unwell and couldn't join us.

Jeannie!!!!!!!

The rain had started during Monday afternoon and continued all night which meant that playing again in the damp morning was not really on. Some went for swims, others headed home.

Thanks Sue for a lovely weekend!

A Special Trophy

A Special Trophy

This is the Marilyn Pengelly Ladies Annual Golfing Break Trophy.

 

It was given by Alan in memory of Marilyn who was an integral part of the Ladies Away weekends.

Chris L mentioned how during their round a Robin had been following them, singing, and they had talked about Marilyn - a special reminder of a wonderful woman.

The trophy will be awarded to the winners of the Sunday's competition, so this year, the winners of the Marilyn Trophy were Fran and Jane.

Sue reading the trophy inscription.

The First winners of the Marilyn Trophy

Simply lovely.

Eggstravaganza

Saturday 31st March

Fifteen lovely ladies played in today's Eggstravaganza.

Sue provided us all with Easter eggs to take out with us... and Chris L had prepared a Treasure Hunt.

We each chose a card (blind, so we didn't see the writing), and the card gave us all two holes where we could double our points. Each card was different and we chose at random - it was a great idea for the competition. 

Conditions were not easy, it was very cold with a brisk northerly wind. Ros, Di and Chris did 9 holes, (it was great to have Di back out on the course) and the remainder continued to the bitter end!

As always, looking at the cards was interesting. Jayne must get a mention for a 4 for 4 on the 14th! Well done!

 Bev got 3 pars and she birdied the 14th! 

Fran and Sue D both had 4 pars... and I must mention Frieda who had a run of five 3 pointers! Great play!

Lindsay lining up her chip

While we played the front 9 we had quiz questions to answer.

For those who weren't there... here they are... (although it was slightly easier for us as Chris gave us a choices of answers for the 2nd, 3rd and 6th questions).

"Comet par" is an anagram of which hole?

On the western side of Cape there is a cove - what is its name? 

If your ball hits your opponent's bag...what is the penalty? 

What is the nickname of The Brisons?

"Garbled shot" is an anagram of which hole?

What is the height of Cape Cornwall?

What 3 animals are associated Easter?

And then we had to do some sums!!! 

All while we're playing!!!!

We had to add.... the number of days in lent; the number of par 4s at Cape; the yardage of hole 9; how many days until Christmas, and the stroke index of hole 7.

We were also allowed a final treat - of doubling out score on the 15th (IF you scored of course!!!)

Despite the wind and cold hands we all managed to complete the quiz, and Chris and Sue had lovely prizes for us.

Winning the quiz were Lyn and Bev; and Lindsay, Ros and yours truly.  

Eggstravaganza!

To the golf itself... 

a huge well done to our winner Bev who scored 36 points! 

Excellent work today!

Frieda was second with 34 points - super stuff, especially on that back 9 where 20 points were scored despite two blobs!

Countback was needed for third place... and it was between Fran and Sue D, both with 33 points...

...and it was Sue who ran out winner!

Well done all, many thanks to Sue and Chris for organising!

Happy Easter!

Next week is a medal!