Ladies

Conditions were definitely softer underfoot after the rain of last week, but scores were pretty much unaffected and the CSS was cut to 72.

The winner by 3 and continuing her recent good form was Veronica Mitchell with a 69 and the only one to receive a handicap cut. Her 0.9 cut reduces her to 18.6. In second place, 3 shots behind was Jane Fraser. Results…

Men

A largely windless day following recent rain provided good conditions. Scoring was excellent with 10 pairs beating 36 points.

The winners on 43 countback were Danny Deprez and Jim Fogarty from James Shine and Shane McGillycuddy. Danny and Jim needed to keep their good form through the last two holes finishing birdie, par for 7 points. James and Shane already had 42 in the bag standing on 17th tee but finished with only 1 further point. James and Shane had 2 ‘blobs’ overall as did Nigel Gaymond and Jon Cooper who took 3rd place with 42 points so there were more points available. Results…

Another hot early Autumn day greeted competitors. Ample run was available and greens were in good condition but with some random bounce on fairways.

A challenging format, but 72% of competitors scored within SSS of 1-up resulting in CSS being elevated to 2-up. Early starter Derek Gibbs was the winner on a commendable 5-up with a countback separating Stephen Mason and Toby Hunt who both finished 4-up. Results…

A splendid round of 42 points from the winner Cheryl Woodhouse who additionally earned an ESR and now plays off 21. Results…

There was a glorious eagle from John Ahad on 15. Chris Jones and Pete Davis also recorded eagles this month. Eagle tree…

The September midweek medal was played on a gloriously sunny and warm late summer’s day. Unfortunately for the near 30 RPGC members who turned out to compete on the Dukes course, it was the day that Glendale had chosen (without telling us) that they would be carrying out maintenance on all but one of the greens, providing instead ‘temporary fairway greens’ for us to play to. Whilst the shortened hole lengths favoured the competitors, the holes cut in the fairway made putting difficult and unpredictable.

Nevertheless, some excellent scoring was achieved by the ladies, with Veronica Mitchell winning the monthly medal glass with an excellent 63. Three shots behind in 2nd place was Alison Chadwick (66) and Cheryl Woodhouse completed the ladies 1-2-3 with a 68. Chris Jones took the top spot for the men on 69 (and 2nd place in the sweep). The competition was, of course, a non-qualifier for handicaps. Results…

Having listened to the weather forecast, most of us were expecting a nice sunny day but were disappointed to be met with squally showers early on, a blustery wind and constant cloud cover. It did however seem to sharpen the focus of many, with 3 people at the top on 41 points.

Taking 1st place on the back 9 was Kyojung Lee, from Pete Harrison and Jon Cooper. One point further back and first placed lady was Lia Donath. CSS went to 37 points for both men and ladies. Results…

Although unfortunately not present for his day, the president Tim Meyer, provided a few added extras, with nearest the pins on the par 3s, longest drives and a drink for birdies on the 1st & 18th holes. Only two people can take up the drink offer – Tamas Ladacs on the 1st and Stephen Legg on the 18th.

Nearest the pin winners were Lia Donath on the 7th, Anis Driaa on the 10th and Nigel Gaymond on the 16th. Longest drive winners on the 15th were Stephen Legg and Cheryl Woodhouse.

After 5 rounds of the Top Dog Trophy, and with minimum points assigned for the unfinished matchplay events, Pete Davis currently leads with 26 points from Peter Osgood 20. R5 Leader board…

It was a very pleasant warm late summer’s day with a light to moderate wind. There was plenty of run on the parched fairways but the greens were reasonably receptive leading to the CSS dropping by one requiring 38 points.

There was a four way tie at the top, including the captain, all on 40 points. On countback, the winner was Derek Gibbs, followed by Mark Rosamond, then Richard Owen with Jeremy Prescott last of the four. All apart from Richard received playing handicap cuts. Results…

The early starters again monopolised the spoils, taking 1st and 2nd places in the competition and 4 of the 5 Captain’s Day ‘hole prizes’. The bacon butties arranged by the Captain were well received.

Nearest the pin winners were Mike Jones (4th) and Stephen Mason (11th). Longest Drive (12th) winners were Kate Emanuel and Joseph Shin. NTP in two shots was Ray Esin (18th).

A relatively small field on bank holiday Sunday, but plenty of good golf to be had, such that the CSS went down one requiring 38 points to play to handicap. With a gross 72 and 43 points Nick Rogers was an earlier leader in the clubhouse, and remained there. Tony Bergqvist was just two behind with 41 points, and Jayne Maxwell was the leading lady in 3rd place one further shot back. Results…

The second round of the men’s and ladies’ midweek club championships were played on a still and blisteringly hot day on the Duke’s course. With temperatures in the 30’s Centigrade several members had to ‘retire’ part way round. We had our highest number of players ever in a Wednesday competition (41), although only a proportion of those playing qualified for the 36 holes club championship competitions.

The best net scores on the day were 67’s by Henry Lindesay-Bethune and Donna Wilson, who both earned handicap cuts of 1.2 strokes, but neither had a qualifying Round 1 in the Midweek Club Championships, so have missed out on the trophies. Coming in net 3rd and 4th on the day were Igor Stark and James Barker, both with 69s and earning handicap cuts (CSS was 71). Results…

In the 36 holes net competition the ladies took the main honours. The trophy was won by Gina with a 137, just piping Alison Chadwick on 138. Third was James Barker (140), one ahead of Richard Owen (141). Results…

Ladies

In the Ladies’ scratch competition, Gina Jillett (gross 92) maintained her lead from Round 1, again scoring the best of those ladies in the competition, and finished with a winning total of 176. Veronica Mitchell (gross 95) was runner up on 185 and Cheryl Woodhouse 3rd on 193. Results…

Men

In the Men’s scratch competition, Senior Division, James Barker takes the trophy with a second round 76 adding to his first round 78, for a total of 154. James had a classy 2-under front 9 with an eagle, two birdies and four pars. Runner up in the Senior Division was Seong Lim with a 36-hole total of 163 and third was Richard Owen with 169. Results…

The Men’s Junior scratch competition was won by John Ahad with a second round 90 adding to his first round 91, for a total of 181. Runner up in the Junior Division was Parkash Arora with a 36-hole total of 189 (8 back) and third was Mark Rosamond with 192. Results…

Another challenging day on the course for many with the wind, whilst not as strong as yesterday, certainly helped a few shots on their wayward path. Although the rough is shorter, it is still too dense to find many of those shots and keeping to the fairway is still advised.

Until last year there had never been a female winner of the RP Open, and now there is another. Donna Wilson has spent her summer weeks well, playing in many opens around the country and timing her peak performance in true Olympic style to win with a net 70. Tony Bergqvist and Alison Chadwick were one shot back on 71. Results…

The nearest the pins were won by Phil Maher (PP) – 7th, Donna – 10th and Jon Cooksley (PP) – 16th. The longest drive for the men was also won by Jon Cooksley and for the ladies by Donna.