We're off!

We have started the 2008 summer league. Same rules as last year:

• Every round you play in SP or HH throughout British Summer time counts.
  
• Your top 5 scores in each park count to your final Summer League score.
  
• Any rounds played on a Sunday or Wednesday are eligible.
  
• There must be at least two Summer League players in a round for it to count.
• Get the scores to Andy

Andy is time-poor so the updates to the blog and league scores may be a little slower than last year.

I can tell you that Jonny is already on fire once again....

It's 2008

A new year begins, and at some stage, I will think about the next running of the summer league.

As always, we will start when the clocks change in late Spring.

There are sure to be some other changes but watch this space and let me know if you think of anything.

Otherwise, happy new year and keep on golfing through the winter!

It's over. Our 2007 winner is...

.... Warren "new boy" Rodel.

Congratulations - a great improvement since the start of the summer makes Warren a deserved winner. Full scores available above and on the link to the spreadsheet.

I will sort out lots of stats and stuff in a week or so.

Bring on 2008!

See the course, right *here*!

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See the course online!

I've mapped South Park's 12 holes out on Google Maps. The full 12 are available here.

Time is running out

With a mere four or five weeks of golf left to play, things are getting interesting at the top.

George and Andy are a little way behind, and Jonny can only score with some monster rounds.

That leaves Steve to chase Warren. Both will be fresh from the experience at Hayling Hurricane and both could take the trophy.

The next few weeks should be exciting....

A new leader!

After what seems like months, Jonny's top spot is taken over by newcomer Warren. Congrats.

Jonny's got to work hard to get any more points after a blinding start to the summer but the rest of us have room for improvement, most particularly Warren: he's now our boy to beat.

The tortoises are catching up with the hare

It's now getting really close at the top. Jonny's -28 is under threat:
Steve is level; George Andy and Warren are within a whisker....

This year's finale could end up being pretty tense!

A good day for...

... me! 35, PB, in South Park gets me closer to the top three, but not into it.

... Warren! Storms into the top table in fourth place.


And still there's no baby to distract me!

Last update - 19 July

No major changes to report, but Warren's scoring well, and only two more rounds before he gets into the "proper" table....

A change at the top!

Almost a change - Steve is JOINT leader with Jonny. Steve's been on fire recently, and his scores reflect that.

Warren's improving quickly -expect his scores to improve quickly too.

What's this? An update?

With impending father-dom, I thought I would write some words for a change.

Scores are up to date as of today, 5th July.

Jonny still leads, but George, Steve and Neal are all advancing steadily on him. Newcomer Warren will only need to improve a little bit before his averages start plummeting...

If you click on the "all scores" link at the top, you can get to see all your rounds. I've changed this so its ordered in reverse date order, so it's easier to find a particular date.

Web 2.0 summer league?

I don't think it's quite the biggest development of internet technology, but you will notice I have now embedded the scores into the blog, so no more clicking around or downloading huge Access databases.

I have also copied ALL the scores to the main sheet, so click here to go the full Google spreadsheet.

You'll notice that Jonny's running away with it, but it is now harder and harder for him to get scoring rounds. YOu'll also see that I have added the "worst" column: this is your worst scoring summer league round.

We have our first Chief Slacker!

Jonny is the first player to play more than 10 rounds this year.

And he is also a clear leader. Pete has played a coupleof good rounds to boost him to second.

Click the link above for the full score details...

Even the handicap can't stop him!

Jonny starts the league on fire. Already on -12 with only 4 rounds played: that's 3 under his pars each time he's stepped onto the course.

Everyone else seems to have started averagely, with a couple of decent rounds and a duffer too.

Can Jonny maintain this pace? If so, he'll soon be on minus 30, leaving the rest of us the summer to claw back with some good rounds. For Jonny to go beyond -30 will be something special: that'll require a couple of 4 -under par rounds at least.

Click the link above for the latest scores!

Five players on the board

First wednesday done, and four players get out. Jonny, Andy and George snuck in a swift round of HH before Pete joined and we all started SP, but bad light stopped play. It'll be a few weeks before we can safely play full rounds in the evenings!

Click the link at the top to see the latest standings - methinks it's way too early to see anything of interest, although Jonny was on fire, and despite a tough par he looks like he may be tough to beat once again. Ho hum.

Summer 2007 begins!

It's not quite summer, but it is the day after the clocks went forward, and that means Summer League is go!

Steve and Pete have already got two rounds in the bag, and are off the mark.

Check out the scores here (this year the power of Google spreadsheets will allow us to follow the action, and make it easier to see the scores)

The end!

It's over!

A great last day's play saw six of us out to see the end of the league. The arrival of Travis ensured that some cash was wagered on the rounds, just to make things more interesting.

And the weather! It was roasting. A wonderful end to the day.

Congratulations to Jonny, who played well the whole summer and deserved his victory. Here are the results:

FirstName:	LastName:	Points	Num rounds	Par:	Avge	HH Avrge	HH Best	SP Avrge	SP Best
Jonny	Morris	-36	41	39	38.73	38.00	34	39.50	35
George	Aslett	-26	44	40	40.34	39.90	37	40.74	35
Neal	Graneau	-23	32	43	42.91	42.24	40	43.67	40
Andy	Cotgreave	-21	45	40	41.53	40.70	36	42.41	38
Mike	Ekers	-17	34	39	39.91	39.22	35	40.69	38
Steve	Pearce	-16	34	43	45.32	44.41	38	46.24	42
Bud	Tilton	-10	27	38	39.04	38.15	35	39.86	37
Pete	C	-9	31	47	48.61	48.76	43	48.43	44
Dean	Harvey	18	10	43	44.80	44.00	42	45.33	41

Nice one!

And next year..... well, we all have some pretty accurate handicaps, so it should be a tight league next year. Anyone can win! We will have two pars, one for each course, so there won't be such an advantage on Headington Hill, either.

See you next year!

All set for the finale

In two weeks, it all comes to an end. Next week, it looks like Oxdisc are heading en masse to Quarry Park, which means that Sunday 29th is the last chance for anyone to change places.

Looks like Jonny has it wrapped up. George is pretty safe, but two good rounds from Neal could changes things around. Likewise, a good show from me and I can sneak third place.

Full print outs and stats will be with us on the 29th! See you there for golf and food.

One thing to note - take a look at your averages - this is the starting point for next year's handicap!

FirstName:	LastName:	Points	Num rounds	Par:	Avge
Jonny	Morris	-36	39	39	38.67
George	Aslett	-26	44	40	40.34
Neal	Graneau	-22	30	43	42.97
Andy	Cotgreave	-20	43	40	41.60
Mike	Ekers	-17	34	39	39.91
Steve	Pearce	-15	32	43	45.25
Bud	Tilton	-10	27	38	39.04
Pete	C	-9	29	47	48.48
Dean	Harvey	18	10	43	44.80

George comes good, right at the end

Only three weeks to go, and George goes and posts his greatest SP round - a massive 35. PB and it equals the best round this summer in South Park. Nice one.

That draws him three points closer to Jonny with only three Sundays left; that's just six or seven more rounds for George to go for it.

THe scores:

FirstName:	LastName:	Points
Jonny	Morris	-36
George	Aslett	-26
Neal	Graneau	-22
Andy	Cotgreave	-18
Mike	Ekers	-17
Steve	Pearce	-15
Bud	Tilton	-10
Pete	C	-9
Dean	Harvey	18

The thing is, I think George has to get three more rounds of 35 to equal Jonny. Which just goes to show how good a summer Jonny has had...