Shorts & Sunshine for Fulford’s fairways
Sunshine, shorts and a superbly presented course made for the perfect golfing conditions as we visited Fulford for the next event in our series. Having recently hosted Open Qualifications, Fulford was a real golfing treat and appreciated by all.
With perfect conditions, the strong field teed off anticipating a great round. Early scoring was good and our in-play, Golf Genius leaderboard showed a lot of movement as everyone jostled for the places.
The first nearest the pin competition came on the tight 5th and was won comfortably by debutant, Alistair Maiden with a great shot into 4 metres from the pin.
Fulford is a fair test of golf, giving reward to straight drives and accurate approach play, but has potential danger for those off-line and with a large number of strategically placed bunkers. The set up keeps you on your toes and kept the leaderboard tight, apart from our very own Nikki Foster, who was making the most of home advantage.
As the competitors turned from home, the 14th provided the second nearest the pin challenge. This was a somewhat closer affair with a number of players bringing out the tape measure in anticipation of writing their name on the board but it was won, once again, by Alistair Maiden who again fired in to around 4 metres. We can only assume Alistair needs to work on his driving and putting!
With the first group coming in, Nikki was well clear with an outrageous score of 46 point. However, she is exempt from winning and so it was Mark Hinchliffe coming in second with 36 points that just pipped James Thompson on a back nine count back. Another close competition, with three players just one point back on 35.
