Low Laithes Report

Eighteen of us attended the Mel Smart Memorial day at Low Laithes G.C. on a warm but overcast day.

As ever i’d like to say thanks to the club for the their hospitality. The course was presented really well & to say the greens were quick is an understatement, I’m sure they were the quickest we have played on in quite a while.

Being Melvins’ competition and to honour his wishes the competition was a full handicap medal competition which always proves a challenge as every shot on every hole counts towards the final result. The average score for the day was 77 which was 5 over par and given the aforementioned speed of the greens I personally think its a very respectable average.

Moving onto the results and firstly I have to mention the captains prize (nearest the pin in 2) which was on hole 11. This was located on advice from the club pro who told me its all down hill and a half decent drive meant it was just a ‘flick’ onto the green……..flick, my @r$e!!!!! The approach was anything but a flick and the actual stopping of the ball near the flag on the front of the green proves almost impossible. Having said this there was a clear winner who managed to get the ball to rest around 30ft from the flag and this was done my Mike Pottock. Well done Mike.

The nearest pins on the 4th & 8th were taken by Billy Milne and James Pickersgill respectively while the 12th proved too tough with no one managing to get the ball to stop on the green. As a result, the prize will be rolled over to the first par 3 in the afternoon at Shipley Northcliffe.

The only 2 of the day was by James Pickersgill who took the whole pot of £18 & The longest Drive was won by Billy Milne who “flicked” a great shot down the fairway on the 18th.

Onto the Main Results and in 3rd place with a great score of 72 was Lee Cooper who narrowly missed out to Ian Dyson in second on a count back. The winner of the Mel Smart Memorial trophy was Lee Worth with an outstanding score of 70, well played Lee!!

Thanks once again to all who turned out to support the society and well done to all who won a prize.

Moving on to our next outing. This will be our final event of the season and will be at Shipley Northcliffe and is full day with the AGM taking place at lunch time. If you have anything you would like to raise at the AGM please let me know via email so I can add it to the agenda and I can also try to find out any answers to give you on the day. I need to know asap if your attending or not and also if you would like to join a few of us for a curry in the evening.

Cheers