Hawkins Trophy 2016
Well done to Andy Ferris for winning the Hawkins Trophy by a country mile. Andy will soon be turning Professional so this could be his last trophy as an amateur. Good luck to Andy with his new career and we wish him all the best for the future. Also pictured is Stephen Penn from Chippenham Golf Club, winner of the nett competition.
Ladies 'B' Team
The B team had another incredible win on Monday against Chipping Sodbury. The result was 11 points to 3 and this takes them up to first place for the time being with games in hand. Very exciting times. Well done to the team of Carol Kirkwood, Rosemary Fife, Heather Priestly, Sue Bamford, Alison Lee, Marian Crewe and an especial thanks to Sue Tasker who played and won her match despite arriving home from her holiday at 2am the same morning.
First Team News
The first team played The Players Club at home last Friday and ran out victorious by 3.5 to 1.5, it was a much needed, valuable win. Good luck to the team who's next game is on Friday away at Henbury. Why not pop along and give them some support?
Club Stableford and Hospital Cup
Alison Lee had the best score of the day with a very impressive 42 points. She takes the Division Two honours as well. Full results are as follows:
Division One - First place - Simon Green (40 points), second place - Andy Ferris (40 points) and in third place - Nick Vowles (39 points).
Division Two - First place - Alison Lee (42 points), second place - Barry Mullholland (39 points) and in third place - Paul Middleton (39 points).
Division Three - First place - Paul Hinder (40 points), second Place - Chris Lawton (39 points) and in third place - Michael James (39 points).
17 lucky golfers scored a two and thus each receive £15.64.
Mid-week Stableford
Division One - First place - Jon Prker (42 points), second place - Jason Snook (41 points) and in third place - Ed Cawse (40 points).
Division Two - First place - Jon Sheppard (39 points), second place - Peter Williams (39 points) and in third place - Tim Reynolds (33 points).
The two's sweep paid out £7.60 to 10 players.
Life begins at 50...
We hear a lot about this new generation of young golfers who spend as much time in the gym as they do on the course; the guys who bomb it a mile and reduce 7,500 yard courses to pitch and putt.
Now, we're not saying Paul Broadhurst doesn't go to the gym and we're not suggesting he's short off the tee by any means, but the 50-year-old thoroughly deserved his moment in the spotlight this weekend and it reminded us of one of the reasons we love golf so much - age is just a number!
'Broady' produced a flawless final round at Carnoustie to claim a two-shot victory at the Senior Open Championship, a fine way to celebrate his debut in the event. The high-class field contained names - the likes of Tom Watson (66), Bernhard Langer (58) and Ian Woosnam (58) - who would have made Broadhurst feel quite the whippersnapper, as we were treated to a weekend of high drama courtesy of some of the game's biggest names from yesteryear.
This week sees the final Major of the season get underway at Baltusrol in Springfield, N.J., the drama keeps on coming! Whatever happens, you probably won't see a better final-day performance than Broady's four-under 68, quite some performance at Carnoustie we must say, check out the highlights if you missed the action.