In 4th place on countback with a nett 74 was
Richard Westergreen-Thorne (19) in 3rd place was Paul Stallard
(22). In second place with an impressive nett 72 and playing off (9) was
Malcolm Falconer with a gross 81.
The winner was Paul R Jeeves (18) with an excellent 71.
There were no handicap adjustments.
A couple of noteworthy players being, Phil White the lowest
handicap player (5) who played the wrong ball and had to be disqualified from
the competition and as Colin Fox might have observed “Should have gone to Specsavers!”.
Winner Paul Jeeves |
Second Malcolm Falconer |
Third Paul Stallard |
Finally, Alban MacDonald who came 11th off (12) had a very good round but came to grief on the par 3, 4th hole,
when he went into a greenside bunker where the rake had been left parallel to
the face of the bunker where the ball was trapped causing Alban to eventually
take 10! Alban wryly quipped to his playing partners “Anybody got a Hamlet?”
Comment from Alban - Not that I have any sour feelings but the rake in that bunker cost me the game... I'd probably got down for max 4 and would have taken first place with Net 70!!!. So it would be nice to think we might learn from this and all try to do our best to care for the course and in doing so observe the correct etiquette. If all players replacing the rake in bunkers consider the impact of a ball coming to rest adjacent to the rake and replace the rake such that it causes minimal problems to players following - that would be wonderful. I'd also make a plea that if players see a rake placed badly in a bunker then please replace it correctly as you pass... Alban Macdonald
Comment from Alban - Not that I have any sour feelings but the rake in that bunker cost me the game... I'd probably got down for max 4 and would have taken first place with Net 70!!!. So it would be nice to think we might learn from this and all try to do our best to care for the course and in doing so observe the correct etiquette. If all players replacing the rake in bunkers consider the impact of a ball coming to rest adjacent to the rake and replace the rake such that it causes minimal problems to players following - that would be wonderful. I'd also make a plea that if players see a rake placed badly in a bunker then please replace it correctly as you pass... Alban Macdonald
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