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GOLF CHALLENGE - 01/08/08 |
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With the return of August came the return of the golf challenge. With a number of competitors unavailable, it came down to McCarthy and Bert Lloyd to kick off the season at the traditional venue of Beechurst. With Ali Jenkins being present in the clubhouse, the course was offered to us at an extremely discounted rate, and a number of new challenging obstacles had been placed around the course to add to the bunker on the green from the final hole last year. The only question remained, who would kick off the season with victory |
| FINAL STANDINGS (PAR 33) | ||
| Competitor: | R. Lloyd | S. McCarthy |
| Score: | + 15 | + 21 |
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48 | 54 |
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| McCarthy prepares to tee off for the first time in 2008 | The first hole had been made more challenging by the groundsmans decision not to cut any grass around it |
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| McCarthy navigates it in a not-so expert manner | Lloyd tackles the first hole |
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| A good putt on the second | McCarthy prepares to tee off on the third |
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| Unfortunately, he ended up nearer hole number one, and his resulting second shot saw his ball disappear into shrubbery | With the ball unable to be found, McCarthy steals one found on an earlier green |
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| Lloyd with an expert shot on the third | Teeing off on the fourth |
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| The fourth was made more challenging by their being a hole on the green | McCarthy somehow putted successfully when his ball was in the hole |
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| Lloyd chases his ball after it found its away into the hedges on the fifth | And he is soon sprinting back to retrieve his forgotten clubs |
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| The fifth was spruced up due to the fact that the plastic that should have been inside the hole was poking over the top | We wondered if this piece of club was the result of a brutal murder. If it was, it now had McCarthys fingerprints all over it |
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| These considerate and sensible people wander straight across the sixth as Bert prepared to tee off | McCarthy knew he was in trouble as he ended up in a bush, with this being his view of the hole |
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| A new technique was formed of teeing off the with the putter, and it was suprisingly successful | Lloyd had become an expert at the delicate chip shot |
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| Another member of the public wanders across the pitch. We did not shout at this man due to the fact he had a large dog and looked like he had just escaped from Broadmoor | The traditional bunker remained on the last hole |
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| Lloyd takes a putt that would secure victory in the first match of 2008 |