Well Done Mike!
The annual England vs France Disabled Handicup was played over the 12th and 13th of May at Dunkerque golf club.
Both teams entered their strongest 6 players from the national pool for Foresomes and Greensomes on Saturday then Singles on Sunday. With 12 points up for grabs 6.5 points would win the title for either team.
Following a very productive practice day on Friday, coaching from Craig Thomas PGA Professional and letters written to the team by Sir Clive Woodward the team were ready to hit the ground running.
Mike Gays and team captain Mark Smith got off to a hot start in the greensomes, racing to 4 up through 4 holes and eventually closing the match out 5&4. Duncan Hamilton-Martin and George Groves scrapped their way to a half, while Tom Beard and Kevin Harmison couldn't quite knock out the French tail enders losing 2&1.
Preparation paid off big dividends in the afternoon, as it was a whitewash to the English. Mark and Tom cruised to a 6&4 win, Duncan and George won 5&4 and Mike and Kevin wrapped it up with a 5&3 victory. England went into the singles with a 4.5-1.5 lead, requiring 2 points on the day to win the cup.
A very promising start as Mark and Mike took 1 and 2 hole advantages to the 10th tee, Mike made 4 birdies on the front nine, but couldn't make huge gains against a very capable 4 handicap golfer. Mark won his match on 18, whereas Mike was steamrolled by his opponents 4 birdies and fell to a 2&1 defeat. Their betterball score would have been -6 through 17 holes gross! Tom made a great half up 18 and George ran out as comfortable victor in match #4 to win on the 15th green and seal the match for the English!
The final score was 4.5-7.5 to England, who look forward to facing the French team next year greatly!
Mike is next off to Portugal at the end of June to play in the European Team Championships with Mark, Duncan and Kevin. Europe's best disabled golfers will be there and it will be another chance to win some silverware for the English Disabled Golf Team.
Special thanks to Srixon Golf, adidas Golf and England Golf.
Anderson Tankards 7/5/17
Well done to Joe Zarate and Simon Chapman who won the Anderson Tankards with a score of 69.5. In second place was Brian Fett and John Newton who scored 72.5. Finishing in third place also with a score of 72.5 was Dave Norman and Ray Stonnell.
There were only 2 twos! They were made by Brian Fett & John Newton and Malcolm Bainbridge & Steve Kessler, each player received £15 credited to their pro shop account.
Wednesday W 10/5/17
Congratulations to Joe Zarate for his second win in a week, he scored 39 points. Finishing in second place, also with 39 points, was Kev Cartlidge, and in third place also with 39 points was Tyrone Allan. Some very good scoring all round.
There were 5 twos, they were made by Kenn Honey, Robert Kamper, Sam Pedlar, Colin Williams and Brian Thomas. Each player received £13.20 credited to their pro shop account. Well done to all the winners.
Monthly Medal/Lombard Qualifier 13/5/17
Well done to Ben Newton who won the Lombard Qualifier and will now play with Alisdair at Walton Heath! He shot a nett 66 and won division 1. Winning division 2 also with a nett 66 was Jonathan Edwards, unfortunately he lost on countback on Ben for the Lombard qualifier. Winning division 3 with a nett 71 was Rod Youngman. Well done to all the winners.
There were 5 twos, they were made by Ben Newton, John Davy, JDW Davies, Sam Hindmarsh and Ron Cowper. Each received £10.40 credited to their pro shop account.
Adam P Wins Bedfordshire & Cambridgeshire Tour Championship
On Wednesday 10th May, Adam P played at The Cambridgeshire Golf club (Bar Hill) in the end of season Tour Championship for the Bedfordshire & Cambridgeshire PGA region. It was a 36-hole tournament. Adam shot 4 under par in the morning (68) and then 5 under par in the afternoon (67) for a total of -9. Needless to say he won the competition; second place was 6 under and third place was level par.
This means that he also wins the Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire PGA order of merit. An excellent achievement. Here he is being awarded the trophy and to see all the scores click here.
The Titleist 917 National Fitting Day
In association with Titleist, we are inviting golfers to experience the 917 Drivers and Fairway woods on the nationwide Titleist 917 National Fitting Day on Saturday 20th May.
We will be offering golfers the chance to test and demo the new 917 family of woods to understand the potential benefits these clubs, (when correctly fitted to your game) can make to your enjoyment of the game.
Click here to let us know if you'd like to attend.
National Golf Month May Specials!
Motocaddy Trolleys
- Motocaddy S1
- Motocaddy M1 Lite
- Motocaddy S1 Lithium
Drivers, Fairways & Hybrids
- Titleist 917 Woods
- Titleist 816 Hybrids
- PING G Series Fairway Woods
- Callaway XR16
- TaylorMade M2 Woods
FootJoy Summer Clothing
- Footjoy Jumpers starting at £55
- FootJoy Polo Shirts starting at £34.99
Putters
- PING Oslo & Sigma G
- Odyssey White Hot & White
- Scotty Cameron Futura & Select
