Nigel and I were privileged to play a match on the Jubilee course against Mark and our host at the prestigious Rye Golf club on Wednesday 15th October.

What we learnt was that the Rye GC main course was the first course which Harry Colt designed. Quite extraordinarily we were delighted to meet his granddaughter (a golfing visitor) who like me was visiting Rye GC for the first time.

Jack felt it would be fun to play greensomes, where both players tee off, however before taking the first drive, the pair decide who will take all the second shots on the even holes and who will play all the second shots on the odd holes.

Here we see Nigel, the only one we assumed with family connections to Newcastle, given the inclement overcast weather, wearing shorts and looking very snappy in his ‘Open Golf’ Marshall’s attire.

Nigel and I got off to a fast start, which was probably due to the fact that Mark had already won the longest drive (4 and 1/2 hours), and clearly needed time to settle. However, Mark’s smooth driving started to pay dividends as this lead was overturned, and the pair took a one-shot lead.