{"id":152,"date":"2026-02-23T10:32:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T10:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegolfistscup.co.uk\/?p=152"},"modified":"2026-03-04T15:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T15:56:30","slug":"the-first-round-finally-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegolfistscup.co.uk\/?p=152","title":{"rendered":"The first round finally happened"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"sportspress\"><div class=\"sp-section-content sp-section-content-logos\"><div class=\"sp-template sp-template-event-logos sp-template-event-logos-inline\"><div class=\"sp-event-logos sp-event-logos-3\"><span class=\"sp-team-logo\"><strong class=\"sp-team-name\">Dany Godfrey<\/strong>  <strong class=\"sp-team-result\">72<\/strong><\/span> vs <span class=\"sp-team-logo\"><strong class=\"sp-team-name\">Paul Gronow<\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"128\" height=\"85\" src=\"https:\/\/thegolfistscup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-03-29-at-22.42.44-128x85.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-sportspress-fit-icon size-sportspress-fit-icon wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/> <strong class=\"sp-team-result\">91<\/strong><\/span> vs <span class=\"sp-team-logo\"><strong class=\"sp-team-name\">Rui Moreira<\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/thegolfistscup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2111-128x96.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-sportspress-fit-icon size-sportspress-fit-icon wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/> <strong class=\"sp-team-result\">87<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"sp-section-content sp-section-content-excerpt\"><\/div><div class=\"sp-section-content sp-section-content-content\">And we were off !!! The events have officially started and we have had a wet and muddy first round at Crediton Golf Club. The results have been &#8230; well less than stellar as expected but we are in this to have fun and play Golf, as time progresses I am sure better scores will come. In the meantime here is the scorecard and some picture to illustrate how much fun we had.\r\n\r\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-152 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thegolfistscup.co.uk\/?attachment_id=147'><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thegolfistscup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-22-at-19.34.49-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thegolfistscup.co.uk\/?attachment_id=149'><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thegolfistscup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-22-at-19.33.06-2-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" 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class=\"sp-table-caption\">Details<\/h4>\n\t<div class=\"sp-table-wrapper\">\n\t\t<table class=\"sp-event-details sp-data-table\n\t\t\t\t\t sp-scrollable-table\">\n\t\t\t<thead>\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th>Date<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th>Time<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th>League<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th>Season<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th>Match Day<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th>Holes<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t<\/thead>\n\t\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t\t<tr class=\"odd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>22 February 2026<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>21:09<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>The GMG Invitational<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>Spring 2026<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>22\/02\/2026<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>13<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t\t<\/table>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"sp-section-content sp-section-content-venue\">\t<div class=\"sp-template sp-template-event-venue\">\n\t\t<h4 class=\"sp-table-caption\">Course<\/h4>\n\t\t<table class=\"sp-data-table sp-event-venue\">\n\t\t\t<thead>\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t<th><a href=\"https:\/\/thegolfistscup.co.uk\/?sp_venue=downes-crediton-golf-club\">Downes Crediton Golf Club<\/a><\/th>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t<\/thead>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t\t\t<tr class=\"sp-event-venue-map-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/50%C2%B046%2746%22N+3%C2%B038%274%22W\/@50.7796935,-3.6344489,15z\" target=\"_blank\"><div id=\"sp_openstreetmaps_container\" style=\"width: 100%;height: 320px\"><\/div><\/a>\n\t<script>\n\t\/\/ position we will use later\n\tvar lat = 50.7796935;\n\tvar lon = -3.6344489;\n\t\/\/ initialize map\n\tmap = L.map('sp_openstreetmaps_container', { zoomControl:false }).setView([lat, lon], 15);\n\t\/\/ set map tiles source\n\t\t\t  \t\tL.tileLayer('https:\/\/tile.openstreetmap.org\/{z}\/{x}\/{y}.png', {\n\t\t  attribution: 'Map data &copy; 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class=\"data-par\">Par<\/th><th class=\"data-score\">Score<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"data-name\">Dany Godfrey<\/td><td class=\"data-par\">19<\/td><td class=\"data-score\">72<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"data-name\">Paul Gronow<\/td><td class=\"data-par\">40<\/td><td class=\"data-score\">91<\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"data-name\">Rui Moreira<\/td><td class=\"data-par\">36<\/td><td class=\"data-score\">87<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"sp-section-content sp-section-content-performance\">\t\t<div class=\"sp-event-performance-tables sp-event-performance-teams\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-template sp-template-event-performance sp-template-event-performance-values\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"sp-table-caption\">Scorecard<\/h4>\n\t\t<div class=\"sp-table-wrapper\">\n\t\t<table class=\"sp-event-performance sp-data-table\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t 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class=\"data-twelve\">12<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th class=\"data-thirteen\">13<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t<\/thead>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t\t\t<tr class=\"lineup odd\"><td class=\"data-name\" data-label=\"Player\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thegolfistscup.co.uk\/?sp_player=dany-godfrey\">Dany Godfrey<\/a><\/td><td class=\"data-one\" data-label=\"1\">6<\/td><td class=\"data-two\" data-label=\"2\">7<\/td><td class=\"data-three\" data-label=\"3\">3<\/td><td class=\"data-four\" data-label=\"4\">5<\/td><td class=\"data-five\" data-label=\"5\">7<\/td><td class=\"data-six\" data-label=\"6\">5<\/td><td class=\"data-seven\" data-label=\"7\">5<\/td><td class=\"data-eight\" data-label=\"8\">5<\/td><td class=\"data-nine\" data-label=\"9\">6<\/td><td class=\"data-ten\" data-label=\"10\">5<\/td><td class=\"data-eleven\" data-label=\"11\">6<\/td><td class=\"data-twelve\" data-label=\"12\">4<\/td><td class=\"data-thirteen\" data-label=\"13\">6<\/td><\/tr><tr 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