After a lunch of what was advertised as "roasted vegetable soup" but was actually just pureed parsnips - served on a trestle table with no cloth, the Muffins set out for another 18. As Bones is now partnered with Mr. Grumpy and Tate he's likely to be seeing a lot more of the course than he did in the morning and so it proves. Tate has a big "push-slice" and Mr. Grumpy a severe hook such that slow progress is made in a series of violent zig-zags.

The star moment comes on the 12th when Tate leathers his ball into the middle of the 14th fairway, walks to the ball indicated by someone who's just played their second shot to the green and swats it over the trees only to lose it in the far rough. Unfortunately the ball turns out to be a brand new Pro V1 from someone on the 14th tee. Happy days.

Bones has not managed to maintain the morning's form and with the "3-stab" a stand-out feature of the day for all concerned, is worried that his supremacy may be under threat - and so it proves with the Fat-Boy's steady play winning through.
 
Extraordinarily, the initial assessment of the final scores reveals a three-way team tie, all with 77 points. Of course, as with all Muffins scoring, this is only a provisional basis for negotiation at which point Tate, Bones and Mr. Grumpy may have been proved the afternoon team winners - or maybe not as no-one can really give a monkey's. 

Best recovery goes to Cutie-Cutie who turns a morning 27 points into an afternnon 38 points, but individual champion is Fat-Boy who now has the singular honour of arranging the Spring meeting.

With a vote of thanks to DJ for excellent organisation, the Muffins repair to the Vaults and Cafe Saffron to round off an excellent day/season.
