One Way Traffic

Well, the return of the Middleton Cup took place on the splendid grounds of Royal Auckland on a lovely, crisp, sunny and breezy day.

Unfortunately, the competition lacked the drama of the surrounds as team North America sputtered out of the gate and never achieved any sort of rhythm or form to make the match interesting. The front nine was a total rollover (and that was before The Candyman's putter got hot!).

However, this did allow us to catch up on everything that had been happening during the 2 month hiatus. The World must feel invincible (what with their new and possibly illegal -? - clubs) after such a whitewash, however North America will have a couple weeks to talk strategy and return to the familiar ground of the home club for the next match.

Some Round 4 highlights:

• Graeme's long put on the 11th for an improbable bogey that produced a half. A miss there would have given the North Americans two holes on the trot and some (probably short lived) ammunition for trash chatter.
• Roger's putter was really on fire as by the end of the match just about anything under 12 feet was conceded by North America.
• North America highlights: Um, next match?
• Final nagging note from the match: Which of Graeme's 15 clubs did he nominate as inactive again?

Next up: Round 5, September Monthly Medal at Muriwai.