Seniors Section Three Clubs and a Putter competition October 20 2020

Winner Philip Armstrong

 Proving once again that you don’t need a full set of clubs to record a good score, John O’Gaunt seniors went out with three clubs and a putter to play some impressive golf.

The winner, with 41 points, was Philip Armstrong, playing off 18. His round consisted of six pars, 11 bogeys and only one double bogey.

Phil said: “I’m still a bit baffled as two weeks ago in the Gordon Percival I only got 29 points with a full set of clubs. Golf’s a strange game. I used driver, 7 iron and gap wedge.”

In second place with 39 points, also playing off 18, was Sam Standen. In third place, with 36 points, was Nicholas Seeley, playing off 12. Four other players, Martin Bayes, Geoffrey Elcome, Phil Cottier and Fergus Moynihan also came in with 36 points.

As this was not a qualifier, no handicap adjustments were made.

The stableford competition was played off the yellow tees on the Carthagena course in mild and mostly dry conditions, with brollies needed for just a short shower around 9.45 am.

This year the Seniors Section committee changed the competition from two clubs and a putter to three and a putter, which may have led, in part, to more taking part. The number of entrants was up from 48 last year to 69 this year.

Reinforcing the fact that you can have a good round with just three clubs, competition stats revealed that 28 out of 69 players had 30 points or better. There were 13 birdies, 210 pars and 433 bogeys.