Playing golf for me is a fantastic hobbiehobby that gets me out of the house/office and away from the computer. I don’t take it to heart too much. If I play a bad round, then I do, if I play well, then that’s cool too but for the most part I really just enjoy getting out and walking a course with some good company.

Over the weekend I did precisely this with Christof Appel, Mike Stopforth and Craig Rodney. We decided on (Craig booked) playing at Randpark course. What a stunning course but one that seems to enjoy eating golf balls. I lost 5 balls in two holes. I’m honestly not that bad.

In my defense I haven’t picked up a club in about 5 weeks. This is a long time when you are a struggling golfer trying to keep the scores and handicap down!

The round didn’t begin particularly well, as I mentioned, but at the end of the day golf is about the walk for me, it’s about the conversation, the networking, the kak-praat and whatever else occurs. Mr Mike Stopforth unfortunately hammered the nail in to the coffin in style; with an eagle on the 18th hole.

In case you don’t believe that Mike has that sort of talent here’s a pic of the score card (it’s not photoshopped):

stopforth_eagle

In a nutshell Mr Rodney and Mr Stopforth gave Christof and I a good lesson in keeping your head down, your mouth shut and your balls in the fairway. This was the first geek round of golf I’ve actually played and the stakes were high. In case you haven’t guessed the losers had to blog about the winners beating them. So this is that post.

Geeks, golf, sun and a good whipping from the elder gentlemen. Thanks gents, twas a pleasure and as Christof has already said, revenge is sweet but best eaten cold. The rematch is coming.