Introducing the Cantaloupers
The Cantaloupers are a group of golfers who are regularly heard on golf courses across the Midlands shouting ‘How big are your melons?!’ as another putt only makes it halfway to the hole, a match that was 3 up with 4 to play is lost or someone puts down a short iron laying up rather than ‘going hard or going home’ and slamming one somewhere in the direction of the green…
The founding Cantaloupers are….
Andy Murphy… what he lacks in golfing ability from tee to green, he more than makes up for it with putting accuracy and competitiveness – even if this is just calling out any raisins witnessed on the course! A 16 handicapper, who has shot lower – including the famous Stourbridge 8 over round, backs himself as having ‘Watermelons’ in the cantaloupe stakes….
Mark Edwards…a serious golfer who grew up on the fairways of Woburn, has ‘melons of steel’ if that’s possible and when he gets in the birdie grove, is absolutely unstoppable. Although prone to the occasional ownership of the ‘Sully Stick’ due to impeccably high standards, of which the rest of us aspire to, this 6 handicapper is regularly seen playing to much lower numbers….
Nic Davenport…a boom or bust player although most recently seen in the ‘boom’ league, this boy was born smashing boomerang drivers (which have straightened dramatically!) and taking on greens from anywhere within 300 yards. One player you won’t see laying up, this 12 (ahem..!) handicapper will no doubt be in single figures soon due to the 3 round he tends to play everyday! Unquestionable melons within tight games, although his body is falling apart, usually due to carrying other players around for 18 holes!
Adam Lambert…a self quoted ‘scratch handicapper in my head’, this boy has been known to destroy golf courses when in the mood. The original ‘go hard or go homer’, a green on a par 5 is never too far away for a second shot. Most famous for his epic hungover tour win after being face down on the putting green with a pint of water on his back five minutes before his tee time, he is a proven winner playing off a handicap of 12. Solid Melons of the Honeydew variety…
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