September 2023 Reports
Marbella GCC 29th September 2023
Our latest game was played down at Marbella Golf and Country club and we were kindly sponsored by Julie and Sheelagh who despite not being able to play still sponsored the daY.
The course was in great condition especially the fast greens which proved tricky at times for some of us.
Results from Marbella
1st, Kate Cameron, 37pts, playing off 19.1, now 18.0
2nd, Ronnie Ross, 36pts, playing off 19.8, now 19.3
3rd, Ray Critcher, 33pts, playing off 12.7, now 12.4
Nearest the pin in One, hole 3, Norman Tillbrook
Nearest the pin in One, hole 16, Phil Savage
Nearest the pin in Two, hole 18, Jonathan Furlong
Next Thursday we are playing Atalaya New Course with the first tee time at 11.00
Santana GC 21st September 2023
Last Thursday we were back at our home course Santana and were kindly sponsored by Gordon Bathgate.
After last weeks Ryder Cup it was back to normal at Santana with a full house of 32 players, included in these numbers was a still smiling, gloating Northern captain who from stories being told has not been very far from the trophy all week including at night.
When the cards had been checked it was very close between the top 3 who all had great scores considering the breezy conditions that we played in.
Results from Santana
1st, Mike Milner, 38pts, playing off 16.6, now off 15.6
2nd, Ashley Pearson, 37pts, back 9 of 19pts, playing off 12.2, now 11.8
3rd, Phil Savage, 37pts, back 9 of 17pts, playing off 17.5, now 17.2
Nearest the pin in One, hole 16, Dave Robertson
Nearest the pin in Two, hole 6, Norman Tillbrook
Nearest the pin in Three, hole 10, Mike Milner
Next week we are playing Marbella with the 1st tee time at 10.30, we currently have 2 spaces available for this game.
Santa Maria 7th September 2023
Thursday’s game was played at Santa Maria and we were kindly sponsored by the infamous Geordie duo (no not Ant & Dec) of Billy and Ken, unfortunately Ken wasn’t able to make it over to Spain but everyone in the society sends there best wishes to you.
With the course packed out it turned out to be a very very long round with lots of patience required .
Despite the 5 plus hour round there were some good scores in with the top 2 places decided on a series of countbacks.
Results from Santa María
1st, John Brown, 37pts, back 9 of 20pts, back 6 of 13pts, back 3 of 9pts, playing off 6.0, now 5.4
2nd, Larry Byrne, 37pts, back 9 of 20pts, back 6 of 13pts, back 3 of 7pts, playing off 16.8, now 16.2
3rd, Dave Errington, 35pts, playing off 10.4, now 10.2
Nearest the pin in One, hole 12, Jonathan Furlong
Nearest the pin in Two, hole 5, Mark English
Nearest the pin in One, hole 15, Kay England
This was our last game before our version of the Ryder Cup next Tuesday & Wednesday at Guadlahorce & Mijas with a normal round on Thursday 21st at Santana and we are now full for this fixture .