Twenty-one ladies and gentlemen (including Barry) enjoyed good weather at Cooden Golf Club which is becoming a firm fixture and favourite in our annual itinerary.  A moderate breeze made some holes very tricky and tough but the scoring was surprisingly good with the average for the day being an impressive 31.76!  

Individual Stableford

Following on from last month’s event some exceptionally good scoring is reflected in the table below:-

Front 9 scores also worthy of note were Jerry Watkiss (23 points) and Tim Gorringe (21 points)

Back 9 scores also worthy of note were Kelvin Paterson (24 points) Tony Batchelder (21 points) and David Howroyd (20 points) in addition to Brian and Carl above.

Winner Nearest the Pin (Hole 12th):  Pat Layen – with a fine blow to the heart of the green and then going on to make a solid par.

Winner Longest Drive (Hole 18th):  Carl Valentine – excellent shot passing Alan Bigley’s solid strike by only a foot or so.

Thus, two more individuals join the 40+ club for the year making a total of five:

Team Stableford Competition

The team stableford saw two of the top three individual players competing in the same team making the result almost inevitable. A full table of the team result is set out below:-

As always, a big thank you to David Howroyd for organising the day

Player of Year Trophy.  Ken Wapling (35.35) led the field last month (June) but has now dropped to third following the days golf at Cooden! Some tough competitors now in the mix for the player of the year trophy awarded to the player with the best four round average during the society year.

Our next meeting is at Lamberhurst on the 11th August with both the Society Strokeplay Championship and the Society Stableford Championship trophies up for grabs.  The normal details will follow in due course but please do book this event it in your diaries – a turnout like the one at Cooden