Men’s Golf Captain’s Report
Sunday 2nd April saw the playing of the annual Centenary Putter tournament. Following the extensive preparations for the Ladies’ Gold Challenge Cup, the course conditions were tough but fair. A cold wind made scoring suitably tricky!
They say, ‘beware the injured golfer’ and that came to mind when seeing Jo Cochrane’s victory in the 2023 Centenary Putter. Anyone who has played with, seen, or heard Jo will know this is a well-deserved victory after he has struggled with back pain for several years. Jo’s fantastic net 67 (gross 77) gave him a 4-shot victory over Richard C Williams net 71 (gross 79) with Richard Spalding, David Birn and Dominic Guerrini scoring net 72. Scott Stanley (Champion Golfer of the Year ) and Peter Crocombe shared gross score of 72, both playing off +1 handicap.
Congratulations to the thirteen players who made a 2 on a par 3 – and a special ‘tip of the hat’ to Scott Stanley (Champion Golfer of the Year) who made a 2 on the par 4 6th!
I am sad to miss this weekend’s Masters Moneyball event which sounds incredible and looks like it will deliver some really fun golf and enjoyment watching the Masters afterwards. Bogey is a traditional form of golf – playing handicap matchplay against the course and it usually delivers great scoring. There are a few spots left so please signup via IntelligentGolf.
Finally, we have several upcoming matches:
Surrey 5s match on Friday 7th April which had to be rearranged when the course was closed on 26th March to protect it. Good luck to Peter McGovern and his team against Addington Palace.
On 13th April we will play our annual fixtures against the Senior Golf Society at Woking GC. Our team of Simon Butler, Stuart Loggie, Niels Verbeek, David Birn, Peter McGovern, Paul Taylor, Roy Martin, Richard Spalding, Greg Whitaker and Justin Thesiger will play 36 holes of foursomes (a challenge in its own right!).
On 16th April we will attempt to regain ‘The Horn’ in our annual match against the Richmond Club. Our team is Simon Butler, Peter McGovern, Adam Musikant, Gerry Dennigan, Andrew Walker, Johnny Perkins, Paul Taylor, Russell Gooding, Justin Thesiger and Stuart Loggie.
Our pairs will be :
Simon Butler and Peter McGovern
Adam Musikant and Stuart Loggie
Justin Thesiger and Andrew Walker
Paul Taylor and Johnny Perkins
Russell Gooding and Gerry Dennigan
As always, if you would like to be considered for men’s matches, please sign up via the IntelligentGolf app.
Simon Butler, Men’s Golf Captain