September 2025 Reports - Torreblanca Golf Society

Marbella GCC 25th September

Last weeks game was played at Marbella and we were kindly sponsored by Gary Sparrow.

This was our first game after the ryder cup and there were still tales of woe being told by both sides and also how enjoyable the 2 days were.

We had a near full house of 30 players which is always great to see with 4 guests so for this week we put a guest prize on.

When the cards had been checked there was 1 clear winner who obviously put his Ryder Cup disappointment behind him and came in with a great score.

Results from Marbella

1st, Martin Fink, 39pts , playing off 14.4 , now 13.2

2nd, David Jack 36pts, playing off 16.1, now 15.7

3rd, Pauline Fink, 35pts, playing off 21.2, now 20.8

Nearest the pin in One on Hole 3, Dennis Regan

Nearest the pin in One on Hole 16, Pam Savage

Nearest the pin in Two on Hole 18, Jeff Lane

This week’s game is at Atalaya playing the New Course with the first tee time at 12.39

Parador 11th September 2025

Thursdays game was played at Parador and we were kindly sponsored by the geordie version of the beatles aka, Bill, Ken, John and Mark.

This was our last major of the year , the Open, and as well as the usual prizes there were some extra bottles donated by the sponsors and also we had some prizes from this year’s open at Portrush donated by the Mary Peters Trust.

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As usual Parador was a tough links test and played very long in fairly windy conditions which reflected in the scores.

When the cards had been checked there was only 1 point between the top 3.

Results from Parador

1st, Dave Errington, 34pts, playing off 7.3, now 6.8.

2nd, Andy Hassall, 33pts, back 9 of 16pts, back 6 of 10pts, playing off 16.2, now 15.8.

3rd, Mike Milner, 33pts, back 9 of 16pts, back 6 of 9pts, playing off 12.5, now 12.2.

Nearest the pin in Two on Hole 3, Steve Moore.

Nearest the pin in One on Hole 6, Jason Abbasciano.

Nearest the pin in One on Hole 9, Dave Errington.

Nearest the pin in One on Hole 11, Pauline Fink.

Nearest the pin in One on Hole 13, Nobody.

Nearest the pin in Two on Hole 17, Bob Sawyer.

Hidden pairs winners were John Brown and Ray Critcher with 62pts.

Next week is our ryder cup, for those playing in it ,an email with the first day pairings and all other info will be sent on Sunday or Monday.

Santa Maria 4th September 2025

Thursdays game was played at Santa Maria and we were kindly sponsored by Tony Newman.

Numbers again were back up after the summer and this meant a return of the main order of merit competition.

On the course it was a fairly tough day for most with only 4 players 30pts or better, mainly due to the struggles on the greens which were extremely slow.

Back at the Dragon for the presentation , our master of ceremonies, Bob Sawyer certainly had his hands full trying to make himself heard for once as many of the golfing wags had turned up after a ladies do lunch bash at Mias restaurant along the paseo 🫣🫣🫣.

Results from Santa María

1st, Ian Ashworth, 34pts, back 9 of 16pts, playing off 23.7, now 23.0

2nd, Ray Critcher, 34pts, back 9 of 15pts, playing off 13.6, now 13.2

3rd, Kirstin Hardiker, 33pts, playing off 26.3, now 25.9

Nearest the pin in Two on Hole 5, Dave Errington

Nearest the pin in One on Hole 12, Kirstin Hardiker

Nearest the pin in One on Hole 15, Marion English

Next week we are playing our final major of the year at Parador, the Open, with the first tee time at 10.00.

With the Torreblanca Ryder Cup the following week on the Wednesday & Thursday at Santana , after the presentation our captains Bill Perkins for the North & Martin Fink for the South will announce the pairings and tee times for the first day which is 9 holes of Fourball better ball and 9 holes of Foursomes.