Seaford Head 4ball mid Feb

With an unexpected inch of snow early Saturday morning, the comp was off, car park empty and the usual suspects in the clubhouse.  Seaford Head was suggested and a couple of tee times booked.  A few texts didnt produce much interest so myself, Sean, Brian C and Mark headed off to the south coast.  As it happened, even before we left the M25 there was no snow so such a long trip wasnt merited, especially with a poorly car barely making it.  Long story, I’m boring myself with my car woes.

Seaford Head is a municipal course just east of Brighton and has been a venue in the past for the annual mixed open we have visited mob-handed in previous years.  Phil Chris Deano and Sean were there a few weeks ago too.  Their shiny new clubhouse only opened on Monday.  Not the curvey sweeping clubhouse from the early designs, quite a few straight lines, bits not finished, but very clean and shiny.  Need better chairs I think and a bit of ‘life’ to make it come alive.

Weather was fresh and a bit cloudy.  Wind was challenging but nowhere near as strong it could be.  Sean and I took on the might of The Winkle and The Yeti.  Bemused golfers all wrapped up in several layers and woolly hats stood back in awe as Brian C played the whole round in just a tshirt. Natch.

First time I’ve played it. We played off the yellows, off fairly forward mats. Unfortunately we had 3 temporary greens we weren’t expecting, bit of a downer there, but we had a good match. Mark popped in a birdie on the short 8th and Brian kept putting off-the-green chips to gimme length.  However Sean and I came in at the end, I managed to birdie the last two putting approaches stiff, with Sean following me in with matching pars. Job done. Good game, challenging conditions, and I managed to get home without the car blowing up. Result.