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A different format again...

Golf took a different form once again last week on the European Tour for the Belgian KO, starting with 36 holes of strokeplay to determine the 64 weekend knock out participants and moving to 9 hole strokeplay matches as they were whittled down to just two for Sunday’s final. Frenchman Benjamin Herbert took on Spain’s Ardrian Otaegui, the Spaniards only other win was in the Paul Lawrie matchplay and he hadn’t lost his touch, and with a -3 total against Herbert’s -1, he was the champion again.

Age is just a number...

The PGA Tour players were playing for the Byron Nelson Classic in Texas on Sunday and, in a weather delayed final round, experienced campaigners Jimmy Walker and Marc Leishman were right up there and it would be difficult to see anyone beating one of these, unless, of course, you are 21 year old rookie Aaron Wise who, with a Sunday 65 beat, the field by 3.

Something tells me this won’t be his only win! 

Season opener

Danny Leonard continued his love for the Yellow tees last Thursday as he had a 42 point haul in the opening Trotter of the year while runner up with 40 was Jamie Lloyd and third with 38 was Mark Sanderson.

Victory for the good guys

The Captain and I now have more wins than anything else on the board after a good game against Rick Austin & my dad Neil on Thursday culminating in a 5&4 score to the good guys.

First outing off the backs...

The first blue tee major of the year was played on Saturday in the spring meeting. The extra yardage proved tough for most with the standard scratch climbing up to 75. Steve Ladell, however, relished the challenge and carded a more than impressive 66 to take the title - what a score! Runner up to Steve in Division One was Paul Jamieson with 72, and Simon Banks was third on the same score. Matty Bowes took the junior prize with a 72 of his own.

Simon Guest won’t know what to do with himself when he doesn’t finish in the prizes, as he was the Division Two winner once again, this time with a 78, while runner up was Allan Speechly with 79 and third with the same score was Mike Thomas.

A number of players opted for the yellow tee stableford as an alternative to the blues. It was the right decision for Steve Sutton who topped the list with 37 points, Bob Mottershead was second with 36 and Colin Nugent was third with 35.

Centenary Cup joy for Sandra!

On Tuesday the ladies played a Stableford for the Cententary Cup. In Division One Barbara Jamieson topped the tree with 34, Clare Palmer pipped Barbara Garrett to third after they both scored 33. Division Two winner was Jackie Walker with 34, Marilyn Jones was runner up on 33 and Karen Couchman was third with 31. In Division Three Sandra Cohen won both the division and the overall competition with 36 points, runner up with 34 was Jean Breckinridge and third with 33 was Liz Lewis. It was Kyle Betteridge who won Division Four with 35 ahead of Gillian Syvret and Anne Fisher with 31.