Greetings golfers, 

Please find the amended newsletter below. There were a couple of spelling errors in the previous newsletter. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

 

Midweek Medal - 24 August

Congratulations to Kevin Cartlidge, winning by 2 with his fantastic score of nett 66. In second place with a nett 68 was Barry Bates and in third was David Cotton with a nett 69. There were 10 two's on the day, well done to Ross Starkey, David Kelsey, Larry Barnes, Kevin Cartlidge, Scott Ballentine, John Davy, Owen Davies x2, Jack Miles and Bryant Edey (on the 2nd). Your accounts have been credited with £6.80 in the pro shop. 

Pat Doyle Foursomes Championship - 27 August

Well done to the winners Tom Strand and Nigel Baker, they scored a total of 141. Peter North and Chris Cuthbert finished second on countback with a total of 142, and finishing in third place also with 142 was JDW Davies and Simon Burns. 

Collectively 8 two's were made on the day, Mark King and Steve Lockert x2, Peter Caller and Roger Valentine, Simon Burns and JDW Davies, Harry Bailey and Mike Wallis, Peter North and Chris Cuthbert, Rod Youngman and Kevin Ashton, Pat Doyle and Ray Miller. Each player has been credited with £5 per two. 

Seniors Medal - 26 August 

The seniors August medal was won by Kelvin Morris with a nett 65, in second place was Stuart Blackburn with nett 67 and Ray Miller was third with nett 70.


 

Brian Is A Very Happy Man

As many of you will be aware Brian Shepherd won The Open Championship draw which entitled him to a free set of Titleist golf clubs. 

He has since been to Titleist and been fitted up for a brand new set of AP1 golf clubs. 

Here is a picture of Brian looking very happy.

 

With just one month to go until this year's Ryder Cup and the team is now confirmed. European captain Darren Clarke's three Ryder Cup picks are Martin Kaymer, Lee Westwood and Thomas Pieters. I suppose we could have picked Lee Westwood based on his past experience and his performance in the majors this year. 

Could Clarke have done anything but pick Thomas Pieters after he request he play with him in last week's Made in Denmark event where Pieters shot a first round -8 under par and then went on to win the tournament? This came on the back of his 4th place finish at the Rio Olympic games. 

Martin Kaymer's selection however could been seen as the one debatable one, but if you recall he did hole the winning putt in 2012 and has valuable experience. 

So a mix of youth and experience seems to be the case here with 6 (six) rookies on the European side. Let's hope we can look forward to some more great golf just as we saw at Medinah Country Club in 2012 when it was last in America.