January 2023 Reports
Mijas – Las Largos 26th January 2023
This week we played at Mijas Los Lagos kindly sponsored by Barry Douglas.
We had another full house of 40 players including a few guests, the weather was by Spain standards was pretty chilly although some of the hardened players still had their shorts on .
The course was as long and as hard as ever and this showed in the scores although the winner bucked this trend with a great score off such a low handicap and its always a pleasure to be able to cut his handicap
Results from Mijas Los Lagos
1st Simon Waby, 34pts, playing off 5.4, now 4.9
2nd Jay Cochrane, 31pts, playing off 19.7,now 19.2
3rd Ray Critcher, 30pts, playing off 12.3,now 11.9
Nearest the pin in One, hole 11, Norman Walker
Nearest the pin in Two, hole 3, Colin Bryan
Guest prize was won by Matt Weston with 29pts, playing off a 3 handicap.
Next week we are at Anoreta with places available, however the week after at Santana we are full.
Flamingos Golf 19th January 2023
This week we played down the coast at the magnificent Villa Padierna golf club playing the Flamingos course and was kindly sponsored by Howard Ablett.
This was the first visit there for a lot of people and in glorious winter sunshine it was a great day that a full house of 40 players enjoyed.
The course was in great condition with some of the fastest greens we have played on for quite a while .
The winner was decided on countback with a magnificent back 9 of 21pts
Results from Flamingos
1st Jonathon Furlong, 36pts, back 9 of 21pts, playing off 19.2, now off 18.5
2nd Gary Sparrow, 36pts, back 9 of 16pts, playing off 9.9, now off 9.6
3rd Simon Waby, 32pts, playing off 5.6, now off 5.4
Guest prize was won by Martina O’Reilly with 32pts, playing off 21
Nearest the pin in One , hole 4, Russell O’Connell
Nearest the pin in Two, hole 14, Simon Waby
Next week we are playing at Mijas Los Lagos and we are currently full up again for this.
Miraflores 12 January 2023
This week we played our 2nd game of the new season at Miraflores kindly sponsored by Dennis Regan.
In glorious winter sunshine a small but talented band of golfers enjoyed our day and when the scores were checked there were some great scores in with the winner getting cut 2 shots which was very popular with everyone back at the Red Dragon afterwards
Results from Miraflores
1st Larry Byrne, 37pts, playing off 19.5, now 18.4
2nd Norman Walker, 36pts, playing off 10.1, now 9.8
3rd Andy Hassall, 35pts, playing off 13.3, now 12.9
Nearest the pin in One, hole 7, Norman Walker
Nearest the pin in Two, hole 10 Geoff Toach
Guest prize was won by Geoff Toach with 26pts, playing off 13
Next week we are playing at the magnificent Flamingos golf course with a full house of 40 players with the first tee time at 10.20.
Please note we are also full for the following week , 26th January at Mijas Los Lagos.
Santana Golf 5th January 2023
This week we played our first game of the new year at Santana and was the first game of the new order of merit season.
We were kindly sponsored by Jonathon Furlong and with a near full house there were some good scores with the course playing quite tough.
Our winner when the scores were checked won by 3 shots thanks to a superb back 9 of 24 points
Results from Santana
1st Martin Fink, 38pts, playing off 18.3, now off 17.3
2nd Gary Sparrow, 35pts, playing off 10.1, now off 9.8
3rd Jay Cochrane, 33pts, on countback with 19pts back 9, playing off 20.1, now off 19.7
Guest prize was won by Dave Easton with 34pts
Nearest the pin in one hole 2, Andy Hassall
Nearest the pin in Two hole 14, Des Connolly
Next week we are playing Miraflores with 1st tee off time at 10.51, please email torreblancagolfsociety@gmail.com if you wish to