It is not often you get the opportunity to play a round of golf on the Ailsa course at Turnberry and our team of Pauline Hill, Cara Davidson, Anne Farquharson, Maggie Marshall, Gill Tissell and Sheila Bruce made an early start, arriving at Turnberry in plenty of time for a 12 noon first tee time. A very warm welcome into the stunning clubhouse was received by all.
The forecast was not great however, to see the conditions for real, was something else - 40mph winds, horizontal rain, limited visability and puddles everywhere were not the ideal conditions for golf, with not even the best waterproof shoes and golf bags able to keep the rain out - everything was completely drenched!!
The format was teams of three, one from each club, with stableford scoring in place for the day due to the horrendous weather. Of the six teams that started out, and being unaware that the ladies behind them were dropping out in various places, only Pauline and Fiona Steele (St Rule) completed the full course (Turnberry captain Maureen abandoned them after 13 holes). One lady played 8 holes, one team managed 15, with the others sheltering after 9 in the halfway house.
Pauline and Fiona were rewarded for their endurance with a beautiful golf ball and marker and the members of the winning team over 9 holes, which included Anne Farquharson, were presented with a lovely Turnberry tee and marker bag.
After golf the ladies had the pleasure of chatting to snooker legend John Parrott who was very complimentary about a previous visit to Blairgowrie.
The day was rounded off with a beautiful meal in the champions room before the teams headed home to dry out. If anyone finds they have an extra pair of waterproof trousers can they please return them, once dried, to Anne!!
Thank you to Cara, Anne, Maggie, Gill and Sheila for representing the club, and to Pauline for captaining, and providing the match report and photos.
