Golf Report – Week Ending 23rd July 2017

A big congratulations go to David Octigan upon finally losing his Thursday bridesmaid tag.

A quick quote for this week-

At 15 we put down my bag to hunt for a ball, found the ball, lost the bag.
– Lee Trevino (during the 1971 Open at Royal Birkdale)

Now for this week’s results.

Tuesday event saw a very hardy and wet field of 7 hardy players fronting for a par event.

The winner was Sam Sandhu (21) with plus 2. Ball rundown went to minus 2. Nearest the pin on the 9^th was Brad Grant, on the 16^th was Taki Murakami. Best score holes 13 – 18 was Paul Norris and the Pro pin on the 3^rd went to Taki Murakami.

Thursday’s event saw a field of 32 fronting the starter for the regular Stableford event, with preferred lies being the order of the day. There were also four combatants in the “GOLD” event.

The winner was David Octigan (11) with 37 points, whilst Chris Anderson (19) was runner up with 36 points.

Ball run down went 32 pts.

Nearest the pins were Roger Eddy on the 7^th, Tom Jemison on the 9^th, Geoff Payne on the 12^th and Chris Anderson on the 16^th. Oliver Pearson took out the pro pin on the 3^rd. Damien Ryan won the NTP second shot on the 18^th. The other prizes were Nearest the Pin 2^nd shot on the 17^th, being won by David Octigan, third shot on the 15^th going to Oliver Pearson and best score on the odd holes went to Gary Johnson.

The rabbits for the day were Adam Holt and Phil Conway.

Saturday’s event saw a 4BBB Stableford being held. Despite the fact a small field attended the event, some great scores were returned.

The winners for the day were Dick Gridley (15) and Rob Healy (18) with 44 points. The runners-up were Ross Penny (8) and Peter Dolling (20) with 43 points on a countback. Line balls went to the pairings of Geoff Morris and Bill Parsons as well as Gary Johnson and Charlie Heath.

Nearest the pin on the 9^th was Charlie Heath and on the 16^th was Steve Daykin.

The Pro pin on the 3^rd was won by Millie Cumming, and the Nearest the Pin 2^nd shot on the 10^th was Mark Bettany.

Tip for this week: Something picked up from watching the British Open, when the wind is breezy, then swing EASY.

A few notes of upcoming events.

GOLF SHOOTOUT – Friday 28th July @ 5pm, everyone gets 3 shots

Saturday 29^th July – Stroke Event

Saturday 5^th August – Stoke event and July Monthly Medal

Saturday 12^th August – Stableford Event

Saturday 19^th August – Stroke and August Monthly Medal