Gentlemen and Zero’s
Another busy week of Golf at San Roque! Tuesday and Thursday midweek competitions, ACL Match v Guadalmina and the long awaited ZERO’S Party
Captains Tour – Madrid
Within the next few days I will be finalising the numbers on the Tour. The dates are from Sep 9 (arrival day) and Sep 14 (departing day). Four rounds of golf and the odd glass of Rioja. Please let me know ASAP if you are interested in going.
Men’s Competition Tuesday July 23
With 29 players competing it was a remarkably close competition. With 20 players scoring above 30 points it was very close at the top of the leaderboard. Second place on 35 points was decided on handicap by four players on the same score of 35 points. The winner on the day was Tim Vincent with 38 points. Spare a thought for Paul McCarthy who had a great score of 42 points but not eligible to win with only one score in the Spanish Federation. You thought it couldn’t get worse but under the WHS rules it earned him a cut of 8.1 shots. A few more rounds will help him get some of those shots back but well played
Results
1st – Tim Vincent– 38 pts
2nd Stuart Burrell – 35 pts on handicap
3rd – Steven Handley- 35 pts on handicap
4th – Jeremy Sibbons – 35 pts on handicap
5th – Pete Yeoman – 35 pts on handicap
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Nearest the Pin – Harry Muller
2’s – None
Tissue – Nigel Baliey on handicap
Pictures next page
Men’s Competition Thursday July 25
Midweek competitions continue to be a competitive event with most weeks the winning score needs to start with a 4. This week was no exception. With a three week break from San Roque this weeks winner saw the rewards of a similar time practicing. I had a quick (perhaps not so quick) look back through the almost 700 federated rounds that Dmac has played to discover he is now equal to the best handicap he has had at San Roque. With a gross 70 and a cut of 0.7 taking him to 1.3. He also replenished his stock of Pro V1’s in the process. Well played David. Apologies to Graham Robinson who due to some misinformation did in fact get second place.
Results
1st – David Macgregor- 41 pts
2nd – Graham Robinson- 39 pts on handicap
3rd – Bill Casey- 39 pts
4th – Joachim Friedl- 38 pts on handicap and back 9
5th – Julian Menashe- 38 pts
Nearest the Pin – Phil Fisher
2’s – David Macgregor
Tissue – Simon Sutcliffe
San Roque ACL Match v Guadalmina (Home) Wednesday July 24
The second leg of the ACL fixture took place at San Roque. It was an important game within the league with both teams having a similar points average. We were hoping that home advantage would enable us to improve this. With the final two matches to be finished SR were in a healthy lead but Guadalmina were not giving up easily. Out of a possible 6 points in those games we managed only two. The home match result went in favour of SR 10 ½ v 7 ½ which meant an overall result of 18 – 18.
This moves us up to 4th in the league on points won and our average. We have played all three teams above us. No pressure but a win in each against Aloha, La Quinta, El Paraiso and the last game against Villa Padierna keeps us in the hunt.
ZERO PARTY
San Roque know how to play golf and party but not necessarily in that order! Many thanks to all those zero’s who organised a fantastic event. 128 players on the course and over 200 attending the dinner meant a lot of fun was had by all. The picture below shows all the zero’s that were involved in the day from participating to organising.
Points of Admin
Pace of Play – please remember the BASIC timings for Fourballs Expected time to play a round – 4h 15mins.
Be no more than 14 mins behind the group in front
More than 4h 30 mins your pace of play will be looked at
Upcoming Fixtures
30 July Tuesday Men’s Competition
1 August Thursday Men’s Competition (Men start 2nd!!)
3 August Saturday Ranking
4 August Sunday PRESIDENTS CUP
6 August Tuesday Men’s Competition
8 August Thursday Men’s Competition
9 August Friday Nine and Dine
10 August Saturday Serafin Trophy
Keep swinging it well
Your Captain
