Event 26 - Autumn 1998 - Willingdon

26th Golf Day held on 16th Sept 1998

A superb day starting with a slap up breakfast, fine weather but with quite a strong wind. This kept the scores down and handicap golf would be a good score. Al Nawrocki continued his run of good scores with 34 and the best outward nine. Gary Pitt also scored 34 but was one ahead on the back nine. Two scores of 33 saw Richard Walsh edge ahead of Peter Miles for a possible third with one match to go. Organiser Steve Watson without any blobs finished in style with par, par, birdie for 35 and victory. Steve had won the Stableford for a third time equalling Robin Dyson's record.  In the scramble the two Peters, messrs Hooper and Miles shot four birdies in a final 70. They had the advantage or handicap of alternately playing an extra ball to make up for the last minute absentee. They were also giving away plenty of shots to all the other teams. Unfortunately for them, they were just pipped by the team of Gary Pitt, Shailen Patel and Peter Hopkins with a net 69.4 coming home in nine straight pars. Peter Miles was one of only two players to hit the green on the fifth but this won him the nearest-the-pin. Paul Walker won the Longest-drive at the eighth on his first Society 'day'. The morning stableford was the final piece of the four-piece jigsaw in the 1997/98 Championship. Gary Pitt made up seven on Peter Hooper to share 131. But Richard Walsh overhauled them both for a total of 134 and became our third Championship winner.

Members Stableford Trophy

Texas Scramble

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