2014 (early) Not the most auspicious start..

Teeing off 2014 with a smile

Despite keeping the little golfer safe from harm, the weather (as always) kept him off the green stuff and the upshot of this being his first round was near replica of his final round of the previous year.. in his own words, “It was a bit poop”  joint last in the net category.  Things didn’t improve in the following 18 hole Callaway event on the front nine.. Then some bright spark decided to use a tee to tee off with on back nine and improved by 10 shots….. It appeared somebody had been doing some secret growing again…thus a  trip to the Golf shop for some new clubs seemed in order.. Despite this not so encouraging start the mini golfer was still keen to beat the course..

2013 Round up

This was a bit of a mixed bag, firstly a start with a broken collar bone, the lows of Dr Evils Par 3 of doom, and his final Chesfield round of the year that was far from his best, and the highs of the Fox Hills victory + a personal best on the Lannocks links course of 35. This season also saw his first outright victories and as such a generally happy wee golfer. So for a second year in a row he picked up a medal at his local course and had few more trophies on the shelf.. The average round score was down by 2 strokes and so too was his ‘average’ handicap.  Thus we ended the season hoping the back garden golf could cope with winter and taking the precaution of hiding all bouncy hoppers in early January…  

Autumn 2013 – Somewhat unexpected….

Given the Shorty mans run of form in the Lannock’s links competitions this year, a solitary best finish of 5^th and a bunch of mid and lower end finishes, it seemed like we were just going through the motions. But persist we did and unlike last time tiredness was not an issue and Chief coach daddy, was back in the caddy seat.. Thus with limited expectations (ie a 45/44 for a 5^th ish finish) we waited for his tee off. What followed was quite impressive. Four pars off the first four holes and plenty of happy dances! 5 & 6 were in the Boo-boo territory (oddly enough a 5 & 6) but a finish of par, bogie, bogie finish meant the cheeky chappie went home with a quite impressive round of  34! And first place in his age group! Whilst the Order of Merit may be out the window this season, at least he going to get a medal (his first Gold in the Lannock links!) Well done Aaron!!! Uncle Pete better watch out!

Autumn 2013 - Evolution of the Golf Garden

Goodbye pesky lawn....

After the excitement of Foxhills, came the reality check of the Lannock links Championship and a lowly 3^rd from bottom finish. Tiredness and missing head coach (Daddy) seemed to be the main causes of this not so hot performance, however the next stage of the plan was under way.. Earlier in the year we had been on the Phone to Huxley Golf and sized up a putting green in the back garden. And thus the master plan was put into action. ‘Daddy’ had the fun job of lifting the turf, to help out the ‘Huxley Man’ (As named by shortie). Thus followed three days of lifting shifting, rolling digging brushing etc.. but the final result was a nifty 15 by 18 putting green with 4 holes and plenty of cheeky challenges.. Would it be enough to help the Wee man with his Achilles heel.. time will tell. It did however meet with wide eyed wonder when completed and putting fun began in earnest. The next job of painting the house was far less exciting....

....Hello putting green.

Early Autumn 2013 – Operation Foxhills.....

No fear on the first tee!

Given recent highs and lows of the Wee golfer, the trip to Foxhills was undertaken with a pensive air. The early signs were not the most encouraging either. Arriving the day before to have a cheeky look at the test ahead Family E took on the interesting looking nine holes and the Short man set about finding just about every bunker, ditch and tree in true adventure seeker style (Daddy wasn’t much better). After a wee stop for lunch we decided to revisit the scenes of our worst crimes and to some relief things improved. The following day arrived and annoyingly so did the rain! However as soon as it came to pre match Photo time the clouds began to thin and the little golfer / showman began to emerge. With the good shots from the day before firmly loaded into his little noggin, the battle of Short man Vs course began. It was as ever a round of highs and lows, but eventually all lead to a tense presentation in the club house. After a plate of chicken and chips and what seemed like the longest five minutes ever, the winner of the Tiger club Championships 6 & under was reviled to be …….Aaron Evans, needless to say he didn’t waste any time rushing off to get his little mitts on the prize!

Summer 2013 – Mixed bag

So Mini Me, What shall we call this Evil Design.. yes Nailcote Hall sound perfect..

Despite the positives of recent performances, the fickleness of the golf gods was once again highlighted over summer. A somewhat under par performance in his local completion and a trip to Cambridge Lakes Par3 course on for the Wee wonders saw the little golfers hopes of a trip to St Andrews slide off the green. Though a week later at his home course he was once again able to sing the ‘Aaron is a winner’ song as he marched home first in his age group at another Tiger club event… Sensing an upturn in events we headed to Nailcote hall with high hopes only to have them quashed on course designed by Dr Evil… 18 holes of par three hell and scores in triple figures says it all. Rumour has is other plays did in fact see sharks with lasers on their heads in some of the water hazards….Finally at the end of the Summer holidays the short man seemed to be finding his way again as he played to his handicap in another local comp and narrowly missed the out on a top three finish. Summer has thus left us with much to think on, but the little fella seems unperturbed by all this and so all eyes are now on the Tiger club Final at Fox Hills

Summer 2013 - Watching the Experts

With the final day of the school summer term drawing to a close it was time to frantically pack the bags and head off to Sunny Scotland..  yes I did say ‘sunny’. Muirfeild was the destination, with the aim of catching day three of the open. Much to the Short mans delight there was the chance to see most of his favourites, Ian Poulter (and his funny pants), Bubba Watson, ‘Big Lefty’ Phil, ‘Tubby’ Lee Westwood and of course Tiger. Excitement abound we toured the tents at Muirfield and nearly missed the big names warming up due to the fact the short man was rather engrossed in the various challenges on offer in the HSBC (Skills) tent…