Swindle Results 20th and 22nd Oct
18 brave golfers ignored the dire weather forecast to brave an Away day at Hertsmere GC. Heavy showers at the start of play and mid round were inter dispersed with light drizzle leaving thoughts of 'we got away with it' - somewhat! 6 teams x 3 players ventured out and the Eugene, Chris Butler and Graham Waller combo with 81pts won by 2 pts (£15 each).
The conditions suited Don Dobbs (sheltering in his buggy and sporting his fisherman's attire) who picked up £5 for the best stableford score of 37pts and Ali's early bid for nearest the pin on the 11th hole never got beaten : £4.
Back to APGC for the 22nd Oct with perfect golf weather, no wind and sunshine but the 2nd lowest stableford average for 2025 of 27.9 confounded expectations. Only 7 players out of 26 who completed their rounds scored more that 30 pts.
Newbie Gary Fowler won with 37pts (£23) and immediately picked up a 2 shot permanent cut to 12 - well done. In joint 2nd place was Tony Coomber (averaging 36.8 on his last 6 outings and on the leader board 4 times!! - noted) and Eugene who patiently waited 293 days in 2025 for a handicap rise to 6 only to see his £9 second place winnings taking him back to 5 again for the next 4 outings. It lasted all of 3 days - It's tough at the top!
Front and back 9's (£5) were won by Stuart Insall (18pts) and Jeff Titman (19pts).
Jeff has now moved up to 5th position on the Red Division. Clever tactics by non playing David Reynolds and Iain Pritchard see them move up to 2nd and 3rd in the blue division as previous incumbents faltered.
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