[or am I getting confused?]

Malcome was the only player I knew that was tighter than me. I remember he had a Thai wife that played a much more lairy game than both of us. "Bad Girl" Pham was it? or am I getting confused?


RIP Malcome.

Yes, a little confused I believe.

Malcolm's wife was a Thai lady, Somkhuan. She mainly played Ladies Poker, which was a thing at the time, thanks to Malcolm & BetFred.

"Bad Girl" Pham (Xuyen Pham) was "Smokin Steve" Vladar's wife, those two, along with Thewy, were all sponsored  by Wm Hill for a while. As it happens, Smokin Steve was as tight as they come, too. He came 2nd in an EPT Deauville sidey in which the FT also featured Dave Colclough (RIP) & John Gale (RIP), the super miserable Ivo Donev who I bumped into in Vegas WSOP event this year, & blonderpoker's very own Craig Wildman, aka "I KNOW IT". 

A little weird to look back on the days when every poker player had to have a nickname.  

You were right about Malcolm being super tight though, he really was, hence "The Rock". Most players were at the time.

It seems that when you turn 78 you find out who your real friends are.

I have no shame in naming them - it was initiated by bookiebasher, & endorsed by Red Dog & Treveor "typhoon". Utter bastards.

[Malcolm "The Rock" Harwood.]

Malcolm "The Rock" Harwood.

A good friend WhatsApp'd me to tell me the sad news that Malcom Hardwood passed away last week. He was 86.

Only the older generation will remember him, think his last "Hendon" was almost 20 years ago.

He was associated with the long-defunct A World Of Poker (AWOP.com) for a while, & in fact he & I crossed swords a few times when we were "competing" to run Live Updates. Neither of us learned how to monetize it though so we both ended up burning money. That was soon history, & we got along fine.

He's perhaps best known for being an early - the first? - to promote Ladies Poker in the UK. He organised a big Ladies Tourney at Star City in around 2006, & then went on to run the BetFred Ladies Poker Tour for a while, which ran for several years.

He appeared on Late Night Poker once or twice, & we were both commentators for Poker Night Live, where I got to know him well.

RIP Malcolm.

Tom, range balls playing shorter than proper balls?

As a rule of thumb, its said to be 10% shorter.

However, if you click that "Convert" button on the right, the software adjusts for it so you get a theoretical real distance.

Couldn't do anything right today. 105 for 20 sabbo's.

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20% of those 20 stabbos came on a single hole. 165 yard uphill Par3, where he drilled his tee-shot to 6' and nonchalantly rolled it in.

It then took a further 10 holes before he managed more than 2 stabbos on a hole.

To be fair, conditions were atrocious. The forecast was "light showers" but they were more like biblical.

lol.

Looks Like He Went To The Same School Of Grammar As Trumpy Wumpy.

Feel free to get on his case guys, dumbarse spammers suck so bad.

I've deleted the links & livened up the text a little too.

After the abandonment we went to clubhouse and Bookie produced a pack of cards and fleeced us at 12 card brag, he was smarmy and cocky in true bookmaker style

Food was excellent though

You dweebs never paid me (standard) for pancaking the first

Yes, that was most unfortunate.

However, the Rules are quite clear - for all bets, 5 holes have to be completed, & the Klaxon sounded before we reached the 5th Green. 

Don't talk to me about golf  

We need to know what happened.

Well basically I seem to have lost the ability to hit my driver, I'm struggling with my irons, I can't seem to pitch or chip and my putting is a bit dodgy.

I shot 106 on Wednesday.

For balance...

I think the 106 was Thursday on the very tough Priory.

On Wednesday, at an almost unplayable Rushcliffe (mega-cambered fairways which were as hard as concrete) you shot your best ever Rushcliffe round, 92/34 (46/18 out, 46/16) back). That included a blob at the 1st (both tee-shots lost despite landing plum centre) & a blob at 17, ditto.

On Friday at Moorlands you shot 93/31 (46/16, 47/15). Not your best, but decent.  


"I can't seem to pitch"


Holing out from 60 yards for a birdie on the tough 12th (SI 5) at Moorlands on Friday was was quite decent I thought....




It's the mind playing tricks. We remember the bad, & forget the good.

It's all gone very quiet in here Boo.

What a fabulous view & description.

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Beeston Fields yesterday, for the first time ever, even though it's just 20 minutes from home.

Played (a little) better last week, beat my handicap 3 days out of 4, and at the Range over the weekend was flushing my Drives. Yet another false dawn though, I could not get my Drives away yesterday to save my life, & only hit 2 satisfactory drives all day. Very frustrating. Excuses? Well it was exceedingly hot, & I seemed overly fatigued, but basically I'm just shite. Golf is hard.

The Course was decent, though like all Courses at present was burnt to a cinder. They'd left quite a bit of grass on the Fairways though so not too many bare lies.

Playing off 30 (eek), I had 3 pars & 3 blobs, 50/17 front 9, then fell to pieces & 56/13 coming back.

There's a brutal stretch on 15, 16 & 17. First a 515 yard Par 5, then back along a parallel fairway for a 502 yard Par 5, followed by a 446 yard Par 4. Stroke Index 2 446 yard Par 4's are way too long for me but it was one of my 2 good drives on the day, & my 2nd with a rescue metal was even better, leaving me 80 yards. It pitched short, bimbled & bumbled towards the greenside bunker, miraculously hopped over it, & trickled gently right across the Green, ending 6' from the pin, & I was thrilled to make the putt. So a miracle par. Ish. Shame it was my provisional, as the original tee shot went oob, so it went on the card as 6/2....Still, it made me feel better.

The Course has a lovely entrance drive through an avenue of mature trees, then into view comes a really stunning Regency style clubhouse. It was built in 1827 (some 80 years before the Golf Course opened) by & for the Bowden family, who later founded Raleigh Cycles which became a huge Nottingham enterprise, but now long gone. Sadly, the Course itself, along with that grand Clubhouse, has been purchased by Developers, & whilst they have promised to retain the Course, you know how it is with these things.  

It was a Memorial/Charity event, so we were treated to some eats afterwards. All very pleasant. My 4 ball was bookiebasher (Jamie Moult), Pat (quality garage owner & car dealer), & Right Wing Tim (not a footballer) who is a dodgy car dealer & great company.  


Today, Wollaton with Uncle Ralph (karabiner) & Tom. Must fly, tee time is noon but pot of tea & a natter first.

Max points from first 2 games - who'd have thought?

Got themselves a great Manager there I fancy, although in due course he'll want to graduate to a big club.