Early Summer 2013 – Big Golf .. the full 18.

On the back of his maiden “W” and somewhat renewed interest in white ball bashing a trip to the ‘big course’ was once again in order. So on a suitably sunny Friday after school, Wee man and daddy pack up the clubs and hit a twilight session with the intention of taking on the front 9. As usual the cheeky chap was not put of by distance and went about the course in the usual fashion we hired a buggy because it’s a long way to walk, and then he spends more time running around the course than sitting in the buggy…Any how after a none to shabby 65 on the front nine, which include a Par for the audience at the 125 Par 3 ninth ….(daddy bogied it…)  he looked up and said can we do three more holes…Later at the end of the twelfth the question pops up again and given that we weren't doing bad for time we pressed on, completing the 18^th dead on 4 hours from tee off. Final score for the full 18 stood at 131… Any thoughts of the wee man being tired after this completing this feat however, were soon quashed when we were handing the buggy keys in and daddy is thinking about his dinner, a little voice piped up, “Can we do 50 on the range daddy.” ………..Unbelievable!!!

   

Late Spring 2013 – We have a WINNER!

Recent individual performances have to date not been the best and conscious of that, we decided a cheeky practice at the South Herts Reese course, was worth a go. Thus on a sunny Monday half term afternoon we gave it a go. We soon discovered it was different beast to the usual Lannock Links course. Longer scarier and loads more trees! At least the sun was out, unlike the day of the Tiger club competition, where grey clouds and persistent drizzle were order of the day. However the new experience of a more sponsored event made up for the weather in the Little golfers mind. BIG flags pronouncing the PING brand and a Photographer  along with cheerful sounding chap announcing the wee peoples names on the first tee was just the start the short man needed. Where the added ceremony clearly played on some of the other competitors minds, this was not the case with Mr ACE golfer. Hole 1 Perfect tee shot bang down the middle and only a few yards from the green, coupled with a cheeky grin at the camera! Whilst not his best round over all, he did enough to win (albeit a smaller field than usual) and once again he saved his best for the man with the camera…. The ninth hole was designated as the longest putt hole, so needless to say the little glory hunter did his best to put the ball as far away from the hole as possible, though he was not alone in this tactic by any means. With twenty-plus feet to the hole and mean right to left to contend with I didn't really hold out much hope… Shorty however had different ideas and only three inches stopped him from nicking longest putt!. All in all a first place, a natty Ping boot bag and entry to the final in September, had him singing “Aaron is a winner” all the way home…..

He maybe the shortest one there.... but he's still a cheeky winner...

Spring 2013 - The Road to Recovery

The big boof stick was not required as often, much to shorty mans delight!

Sadly round 2 was on the Lannocks event was a carbon copy of round 1, a pretty much bellow par performance ending up second from bottom in his age group… had the golf bubble burst? Well after a chatter with the management team it seemed he was still interested and as such we persevered. More range balls took a hammering and the 100 yard marker found itself under more frequent attack from the Mini driver. This was noticeable in the family pair's competition (an alternate shot format event) when the short man launched his drive over his the first green by 15 or so yards... A range rethink was required. Once again the competition provided a mixed bag of golf ability (From both players), but more than a few hidden gems were apparent in the mini golfers shot armory. The day ended with team Aaron and Daddy managing a creditable mid table finish, and a much needed chocy bar and bottle of fizzy..

Spring 2013 - Not quite....

Considering the little-fella’s off season activities the lack of practice was a concern for the coaching staff. However a very creditable par 4 bogey at the end of nine holes at Stondon (Mount Pleasant – 9-hole course) beating daddy on that hole to boot, gave us some faith. However a medal winning return to action the following day was not to be. After recording only 16 pts (36 when handicap applied) he finished 10^th. Reaching for the Sir Alex Ferguson book of excuses, we blamed lack of practice and nasty pin positions on some of the greens.. on the positive side however his bunker play was none to shabby and a 4 for 4 bogey on the final hole, courtesy of a ‘members bounce’ from the tee shot left him just of the edge of the green, we felt confident that the happy dance would be seen again soon. Watch this space for round 2!   

Spring 2013 - Ready, Steady, Goa

Back in the swing, shorty man happy with the putt!

After the adventures with space hoppers (and six weeks away from golf related activities) the wee man confessed to missing his weekly golf fix. Thus after a few outing lessons his next swing in anger was due to take place on holiday. Thus with golf clubs packed family Evans headed of to warmer climbs… As previously described family holidays now ‘must’ include beach, pool & golf course.. and in Goa that was nicely achieved, though in order to avoid the heat golf had to tee of either 07:30 or 17:00. We tried playing at 10:30 one day and nearly melted… Shorty mans Highlight shot was on the third day when he realized he could clear the pond on the first hole from the tee and almost reach the green… times one happy dance!

The wee man somewhat happy that his drive in the 1st was better than daddy's (ie not in the bunker at the back...)

Winter 2013 – DISASTER!!

When you were a kid, there was always that one toy your parents hated wasn't there, whether it be the tatty old teddy you took everywhere with you, the Thomas the tank engine that learn how to fly, the football that repeatedly  ruined next doors hydrangea etc etc… in the short mans case we have the curse of the bouncy hopper. Though to be honest the broadly grinning evil face on the front of thing should give away the heart of darkness lurking within that bloated air filled belly. One bounce to far and whoops there’s a fractured collar bone! An incident which put paid to any golf for nearly two months. Though on the flip side, the weathers been a little to rough for a game round our way so he’s not been missing out that much.. Now with only a week left before the competition season starts and a (hopefully) healed collar bone we wait to see what he’s got up his (thermal) sleeve…Well win or lose we hope he does his best, has fun and finds time to come out with a few more words of ‘Short man’ wisdom…

Christmas – New Year 2012… Chilly but still playing

The shocking thing about the south of England is that the weather can actually remain good enough for golf even when the rest of the country is covered in that funny white cold stuff, which falls from the sky and sends the place into chaos. Any how, the Wee man managed two quite remarkable rounds during this particular period, the first being on the Par 3 course.. It’s His first time out  since the ‘Sniffy nose day slump.’ When asked if he would do better he nodded and gave the usual “Of course I will daddy” before making good the threat and scoring a useful 50pts on the competition system which equates to a not to shabby score of 42 in real terms. This included a cheeky Birdie 2 on the short 7^th. Not content with that, he took on the front 9 on the ‘Big’ course and carded a quite amazing 60 off the reds! Looks like uncle’s George and Pete best polish up their game!