Mens Golf for the W/E January 14th

MENS GOLF FOR W/E JANUARY 14TH

The second week of the New Year has once again seen terrific numbers playing in the 3 weekly competitions with some surprising results from newer members of the club.

On Tuesday there was a somewhat fun event played, a Par competition off the gold tees. Playing off the gold tees meant that handicaps are reduced to compensate for playing a shorter course. The winner was Phil Conway with a score of +2 off a handicap of 1 (Phil’s usual handicap is 8), in second place was Larry Ball who lost on a countback also having a score of +2, continuing his good form from last week and in third place was Shane O”Brian who had a score of +1.

On Thursday another great field of 76 played in the weekly Stableford competition. With the large field there were 3 divisions with some great scores winning;

A Grade

1st: Rod Sargent (h/c 2) 39 points (on a countback)

2nd: Joel Sanford (h/c 12) 39 points

3rd: Maurice Walsh (h/c 9) 37 points (on a countback)

B Grade

1st: Tom Nicol (h/c 17) 37 points (on a countback)

2nd: Stephen Daykin (h/c 15) 37 points

3rd: Gary Johnson (h/c 21) 36 points (on a countback)

C Grade

1st: Trevor Williams (h/c 32) 46 points

2nd: Greg Millott (h/c 26) 40 points

3rd: Steven Shinns (h/c 29) 35 points (on a countback)

Well done to Trevor on his outstanding score, I believe that this was only the 4th time that Trevor has competed in a competition round, unfortunately for him the handicapper has very quickly caught up with him and as a result his handicap has been drastically reduced. Nice to see Rod have a return to form with a great round of 1 under par off the stick and as usual Maurice Walsh continues to show up in the prize list.

On Saturday 53 players were greeted with warm and humid conditions for a stroke round. Once again with the larger numbers there were 2 divisions.

A Grade

1st: Shaun Wade (h/c 5) -1

2nd: Tim Willick (h/c 12) +1

3rd: Brendan Egan (h/c12) +2 (on a countback)

B Grade

1st: Dale Boyd (h/c 30) -11

2nd: Tim Riley (h/c 20) -3

3rd: Tom Nicol (h/c 16) Ev

An amazing round by Dale who was playing only his second competition round, unfortunately for Dale his handicap next time he plays will be down around 16 which will make things a lot tougher. Not sure if the weather conditions had anything to do with the scores but only 5 players equalled or bettered their handicaps for the day.

Next Saturday sees the first Monthly Medal for the New Year and on Monday 29th the NEDGA veterans golf will be played at Mansfield with a big crowd of veterans expected from all over the North East.