As the 2014 version of the most anticipated annual event in
sports nears, tension is beginning to mount amongst the competitors. While Aberdovey
prepares to host the SCC for the second time, this will provide no crumbs of
comfort to those who ventured on to the revered links in 2007. Here, we take a
look back at the top 4 memorable moments from the first visit all those years
ago:
4. Propping up the Top 4 is the weather. While SCC
competitors are not adverse to a bit of wind, 2007 was not played in a ‘bit of
wind’ – drivers going 150 yards, wedges moving further sideways than forwards
and putts veering of line were………………………all characteristics of Pi Sorters game,
and then the wind started to blow!!!! Should the weather conditions repeat, we
are all looking forward to the first shot in SCC history to go backwards –
Matthew Miller, you have been warned, skyed 5 irons are no good here!!!!!!!
3. In third place is the birth of ‘You have to take the
rough with the smooth’ – An unassuming hole, no more than 300 yards, a train
track running down the left with undulations in front of the green. The author
of this article did not see the offending shot however he is led to believe it
went something like this. A tight match was ensuing between Team Liverpool and
Team Nottingham when Pi Sorter steps up to play his second into the green, a
slight top, a bounce off a grassy knoll, through a bunker, over the bridge,
through the windmill, past the clowns down the ramp to settle by the side of
the hole. The shot however, is not what makes the Top 3 but the reaction of
Team Liverpool member Mattkinson which folklore shows was more akin to a 3
three year old who has just dropped his favourite teddy in the mud!!!!
2. In second place is Team Liverpool again – picture the
scene, each player (including serial wanger Chris Seddon) with a 2 foot putt to
halve the match – a formality surely. ‘Don’t worry partner, I’ve got this’ came
the shout from Seddon, however the joker hadn’t taken into account the vicious
inch of break and his putt slid by. Nevermind, they can’t miss both can they –
the rest, as they say, is history and one of the most jaw dropping moments
since Ben Williams was photographed with his todger out on the back nine at
Pyle & Kenfig!!
1. Taking the ‘plaudits’ on the top of the podium however,
and there can be no doubts or arguments about this one, comes everyone’s
favourite Massive C and can be summed up in 2 words – 14 BALLS!!!! How one
person can come to lose so many balls in one round of golf without walking off
is beyond me – how you can continue to hit the same shot on to the railway line
time after time is beyond me – how the same person can be the most successful
SCC competitor of all time is also beyond me (drug testing has since been
introduced) - all I can say is Thank god the format of the SCC has changed for this visit to Aberdovey!!!!
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