The Wormburner1

WARKWORTH GOLF CLUB https://www.warkworthgolf.club   Type of course Links 9 holes Par 36   Course distance White 2931 yds Yellow 2739 yds Red 2605 yds   Holes 1 x Par 3 7 x Par 4 1 x Par 5   Played 21/04/21       Claim to Fame: Northumberland’s Hidden Gem In 2015 Sky’s Ben Coley came across Warkworth on his way to St Andrews and waxed lyrical about the course and the scenery. Calling it ‘Northumberland’s Hidden Gem’, quickly saw the club’s website latch onto the moniker and it is now used in their advertising. Fast forward to 2021 and yours truly rolls up, therefore, it is a perfect time to review the course and bring the information up to date. Having been born and bred in the North East, perhaps I didn’t appreciate what I had until I was go...

  The weekly Wednesday outing over with, I was looking forward to Friday, on a different course, with a different set of guys. The Fitter and Boom Boom were up for a game on the latter’s course. Earlier in the week the news from East Hull had filtered through that on his first day back Boom Boom had produced a 2 over par 74 net 61 with 5 birdies. Whereas on Wednesday in the West I had produced a nett 69 and the Fitter had yet to strike a ball in anger. It looked as if we were in for an interesting contest. As for the Wednesday game, while Kryten had gone in for the weekly club competition with his usual partner and a new bloke on the block, The Metronome and the Beau had taken on myself and The Bandit in a Betterball Stableford. The game was interesting on many levels, not only for my pleasing nett 69 but also because The Metronome’s rhythm had clearly been knocked out of sync and his normal sure fire game missed the odd beat. Putts slightly off-line, tee shots a little awry, c...

And so, the great day arrived, a momentous date in any Englishman’s golf calendar, 29 th March 2021. Golf courses once again declared themselves open for play.  One minute after midnight national media portrayed a golfer teeing off into the coal black night air. Now call me a cynic why don’t you, but I am unsure as to whether this was an over-zealous heliophobe or just a photo opportunity. No one however saw said golfer search for the ball in order to take his second shot! Due to the Metronome’s work commitments myself, the Bandit and the Builder didn’t turn up until 3.00 pm on the day, with me and the Builder turning in late as the other two merrily prepared on the putting green.  Moving to the first tee box you could tell by the banter everyone was happy to be back. Fuel injected by our first covid jab we were ready to go. The Metronome was first off and readers, nothing had changed, straight down the middle, with ease.  The Builder quickly followed in his partners foo...