Windy but humid conditions greeted players for round 2. Ground continued to be bone dry with random bounce etc. but greens watered and green. Some ‘old’ scorecards were initially issued by Glendale.

Women

A very impressive round today from our new club champion, Silvia, which I’m sure will be no surprise to anyone. Recording a gross 77 which was a net 70 she also included a pair of 7s but 3 birdies effectively wiped them out. Silvia’s total score is 156, just 14 shots ahead of Ronnie who was sinking putts all over the place (apparently just 10 on the front 9). A few loose shots on the back 9 though did her no harm at the end of the day as she finished back in what had almost become her usual spot as winner of the Handicap Cup (last year being an aberration for her). In this handicap event Silvia and Ronnie swapped places with Silvia the runner-up.

In the junior division for the Pembroke Cup, Jenny was 2 behind Katharina at the start of the day but a very impressive net 67 saw her steal the win by just 1 shot. In doing so she is rewarded with an ESR of 1 shot to drop her HI by 2.2 to 25.2. Katharina had a net 70 which also reduces her HI tomorrow.

Special mention to Ros Williams, playing just her 3rd round of the year with us who was pin high for 2 on the 17th, duly sinking the putt for her eagle.

Lots of good scoring in from the 5 women just playing today. Joan also got a net 67 also giving her an ESR to drop her HI 2.2 as well to 19.8

Men

Richard Back held his lead from round 1 to win the senior division scratch with 2 round total 151 from Jay Barker. Richard had 74 first round and started Rd2 with front 9 36 but Jay piled on the pressure with 37 out 37 back for 37 – so winning margin of 1! A classic finish…Roger R also had 36 front 9.

In the junior division scratch another great round from Julian James saw him the overall winner 176 from Dave Chilvers 177; first round leader (and 2012 champion) Tony K saw a 3 shot lead fade away.

The Handicap Trophy (net 2 rounds) saw a deserved win for Kevin P 131 from Dave C 133 and Roger R 135

In the net for the day Sean O’Sullivan led the way with a glorious 65 from Ryan Jones 67.

A cooler day than of late with just literally a few pits and spots. some of the drainage small ditches on 1st/18th had been filled in – now needed is rain.

Very early clubhouse starter Justin Wildman remained atop the leader-board throughout with fab 43 points to win ( 24 points on harder front 9 alone!]. He was ‘chased’ hard by 2 women – Jayne and Gina both 42s. Chris Rudkin was 4th 40 [24 on bacl 9] on countback from Seymour and Paul Giles.


With a reduced field and also sweep pool, first 5 had sweep payout and with a number of non-sweep entrants, 9th position received prize.

Conditions were a lot more pleasant after record breaking temps of Mon & Tues; max 27C and gusty breezes per bottom of results.

Ali Chadwick continued her recent good form (best 5 from 8 within last 2 moths) to win 6th Founders’ Cup with 4 2points. Well done Ali who also share d best back 9 (thinks – Vinny shot a consistent 41 for 2nd and Stephen Haworth 3rd 40. Richard Hodgkinson and Secretary Peter Harrington played well within themselves for 39s – both ‘blobbing’ 2 holes.

This was last (best 4 of 6 rounds for the Founders’ Cup and Tamas lifted the Cup victoriously[157] having last round 22 June 42 points. Well done Tamas! Runner-up was Richard Hodgkinson 153 and Juho 3rd 151. Detailed breakdown by player in attached results.

Sweep was awarded to 6 going down to 7th position.

Needless to say hot , dry and sunny conditions continued with bounce but there was a breeze.

There was excellence at the top – 3 44 points with Paddy Stone the winner on countback from Henry L=B and Ben Dickey. They had phenomenal front 9s – Paddy 24, Henry 25 and Ben 26. Best gross was Jay with consistent 40 and best woman Sheena 39.

The round constituted 4th in the men’s Top Dog – Duncan Taylor still leads 24 but Paddy moves up to 2nd with 13 from Goran now 12. The report attached details points gained at each competition so far for each player.

With 3 out of sweep, 8 share down to 11th position.

Conditions continued to be hot, sunny and dry with grass progressively browner with much run and sometimes random bounce.

Women

Some interesting numbers on various cards today. Lia started a sequence of scores going in the wrong direction from the 4th with a 3 and finishing on the 9th where she switched the 8 & 7 scores around, so was at least going back in the right direction for the start of the back 9. Gina meanwhile was in trickshot mode. She fired her 11th tee shot into the trees on the left, only for the ball to fly back out onto the fairway having smacked a tree trunk hard – & got her 3. Next par 3 her tee shot hit the concrete base for the mat and ricocheted back behind where she was standing (very fortunate it went at an angle and not straight back at her) – she made a 4 and only dropped 4 shots in total on the back 9.

But it was Jenny who came out top today with a net 68 which could have been a whole lot better without the nasty 9 on the 7th. Julie and Gina were 2 back on 70s in 2nd & 3rd place respectively.

Men

Colm Ivors opened his top drawer to pull out another class round to win with 61 points; just beaten on countback was Charlie Whiteman also 61 but could have been in the mid-fifties if not for finishing 7-7. An excellent consistent 62 placed Peter Goodall 3rd with 62 points grossing 37 out and in, doubling as best front and back 9 gross.

Congrats to Kim for clambering up the Eagle tree with eagle at 9th.

This was 5th (of 8) rounds in the Grand Medal Trophy and we find 3 tied on 345 -Julian James, Peter Harrington and Goran Kovacevic.

Fair conditions greeted competitors for a reduced field (due NAPGC?) Diamond Jubilee.

Alex Braun excelled with a63 – well done Alex! Ben Dickey put in a strong 66 to edge out John Morris on countback. 2 women had 67s – Lia and Sheena along with Paul Kammerling. Paul , Sheena and Richard Inglis had 2 birdies apiece whilst last year’s captain Kim alone had best front 9 37.

This was 2nd (of 4) Jubilees in the Anniversary Cup and John Morris 135 edges the Richards Smith and Inglis.

With a number electing not to be in the sweep, payouts went down to 13th position.

A good turnout of 77 was greeted by very breezy with sunny intervals conditions for the Shaw Cup.

Duncan Taylor emerged winner with a super 44 points that could have been better but for a 7 and 8; likewise for a very competent 42 from Pat Dalton who ‘blobbed’ a couple of holes. Countback distinguished Richard Owen from Charlie Whiteman and Susan Smith. Special mention to Susan Smith who had 27 points going out with 3 points at each hole! What happened on the back?

There were 2 eagle per attached report – Colm Ivors on 9th and (a truly remarkable achievement ) Richard Smith on par 4 SI 1 7th.

Needless to say with the 14th on a temporary tee at 186 yards to the pin (& therefore shorter than the previous par 3 hole) a shot to the green would be on most people’s mind, but it wasn’t quite so easy with a mere 11 birdies recorded!

Duncan heads men’s Top Dog with 24 points with Goran 12 and Charlie 10 nearest chasers.

Looking at the results it looks like the RPGC players seem to benefit (a lot) from the extra distance. The roll on the fairways was ever present. Controlling fringes/greens seemed less of an issue for most players. If only Glendale had a large water reservoir to soften fairways, fringes and greens …  (may be they should’ve copied PDH’s idea about the reservoir on the 12th fairway …).

Back to the order of business. 1st person to hand in the cool badge (too much listening to Absolute radio on the way to the golf) is yours truly. I had to play my 3rd shot on the 1st hole from the green side bunker … from the 1st hole on Princes. Now that you all had your 5s of fun we can mention some real golfing highlights. 4 players managed to score 42pts. Even though he was invited/urged not to take Duke’s apart Tamas did the opposite. 2 birdies, 20pts on the way out and 22pts on the way in. Just enough to take victory today. Peppe covered quite a bit of ground of the Duke’s course. But somehow he also scored 42pts. His round was the mirror image of Tamas’ round (22+20). Chris Rough had 2 birdies on the front 9 en route to 23pts. An ugly 7-8 finish on the last 2 holes means he only finished 3rd. Stephen had an outstanding front 9 (26pts). Alas he scored no points on holes 10&14. This halted his march to (certain) victory. Julian and Chris Rudkin are the ultimate players to finish “In The Money”. Shout-out to Silvia who had 4 birdies (3 of the 5 Par 5’s) today.

Tamas (157pts) also takes the provisional lead in the MW Founders Cup ahead of Juho (151), Mayumi (148) and Richard O (143).

Quite surprisingly Hole 18 played as SI2 today (cf. Competition Scoring Analysis).

Please find attached a PDF report of the results, Best Score Analysis and Competition Scoring Analysis.

Fresher conditions prevailed in contrast to the heatwave on Friday, Some truly excellent scoring but still 13 NRs.

Following the precedent of Sheena’s 57 last year in the event, Fiona Coombe returned an amazing 60 to win and had an ESR of -1 (almost -2.0) with h’cap reducing from27.8 to 25.5 – well done Fiona! Improver Goran took second place whilst countback separated Patrick Murphy from Charlie Whiteman with 64s. Patrick and Charlie both had 9s – on 4th and18th respectively.

Prizes for the 1st and 2nd placed men and women are awarded by their respective captain at the annual prizegiving dinner.

The Captains set some challenges as below. A drink and chips were on offer for everyone after their round.

MEN:
Putting challenge – Roger Rojas, 23 putts
Nearest the Pin in 2 (hole 6) – George Taylor
Nearest the pin Hole 16 – George Taylor
Longest Drive on hole 12 – Andrew Watson

WOMEN:
Putting Challenge – Avi Murphy , 29 putts
Nearest the pin (hole10) – Monique Hubaille
Nearest the pin in 3 (hole 8) – Sylvia Bortoli
Nearest the pin Hole 16 – Nobody.

Analysis of some scores reveals 3 38s (3 over par) for some also-rans : Kim, Kerry and Richard Smith.

This was the 2nd event in the men’s’ Top Dog’ [attached] showing Goran and Duncan Taylor tied 12 points with Patrick and Toby 8 points.

A reduced field enjoyed near perfect golfing conditions. The high temperatures created some extra carry. And even the fairways and greens they offered a (surprisingly) nice combination of extra roll and sufficient grip on the putting surfaces. As a result scoring overall proved to be very competitive.

Kim Chaffart neither had the best front 9 nor the best back 9. But 20pts out (despite an ugly DB on the 7th) and 21pts (with a lucky birdie on the 12th) put him 1pts clear of runner-up Pat Dalton. 3 players finished on 39pts. The countback ranks Chris, Richard and Jeremy in places 3 to 5. Julie Ryan just finishes out of the Money Spots but she recorded the best back 9 (22pts). Susan Smith on the other hand netted the best front 9 (22pts also). Alan C will have some serious regrets about his No Score on the 18th hole. In a preview of Sunday’s Captain’s Day the Men’s Captain, John Ahad, used an excellent back 9 (21pts) to edge out the Women’s Captain, Sheena. Let’s get ready for the Sunday rumble!  2 eagles were recorded today. Colm opened his round with a bang by scoring a 2 on the 1st hole. Nearly half (5pts) of his points total on the way out (11pts) were recorded on this hole. Richard Young managed to score 5pts on 2 holes. A birdie on the 5th initiated an excellent finish on the back 9. An eagle on the 14th unfortunately ended his run on the back 9.