The tee up: this week in golf

STRONG individual rounds, a British Open-themed event and several close finishes highlighted another busy week of golf at The Sands and Torquay.

At The Sands, Jerry Cresp (11) claimed Monday 13 July’s medley stableford with 30 points, while Sue Malcolm (22) won Tuesday’s nine-hole medley stableford with 22 points.

Wednesday’s medley par produced tightly contested results across the grades. Jeff Crow (9) edged A-grade on countback after finishing square, while Austin Swain (11) won B-grade with +2. Trevor Westacott (30) topped C-grade at square.

Thursday’s women’s stroke competition was won by Allison Bell (22) with a round of 77, before Friday’s medley stableford delivered the best score of the week, with Justin McCarthy (20) posting 43 points to comfortably win B-grade. Luke Laretive (14) claimed A-grade with 38 points.

Saturday’s stroke competition featured some excellent scoring, led by Nathan King (10), whose nett 68 secured A-grade honours. Graeme Haynes (16) won B-grade on countback with 71, while Tianay Hyndman (47) led the women’s stableford with 38 points.

Sunday’s British Open stableford saw Ryan Illingworth (21) edge Ryan Hall (11) on countback after both finished on 37 points, while Hall claimed the overall Four Majors title on countback.

Torquay’s week opened with veterans stableford on Monday, where Ron Watt (20) and Maureen Stuart (32) won the men’s and women’s divisions.

Tuesday’s stableford featured 40 points from Mel Jones (24) to win A-grade, while Jo Johnson (45) took B-grade with 39 points.

Wednesday’s par competition saw Paul Byron (10) and Wes Bumpstead (11) finish tied on +5, with Byron taking A-grade on countback. Dave Kilmartin (14) won B-grade with +3, while Paul Byron also recorded an eagle on the opening hole.

Edward McCoy (12) won Thursday’s men’s stableford with 41 points, while Kathy Simson (14) led the women’s competition with 39.

Friday’s stableford produced another run of strong scoring. Adam Brissenden (9) and Aaron Bradley (21) each posted 39 points to win A-grade and B-grade respectively, while Anne Staig (19) recorded 42 points to top the women’s field. Eagles were recorded by Brissenden and Luke Mulder.

Saturday’s 4BBB par was won by David Hutchinson and Daniel Twentyman at +12, while Ron Watt (20) claimed the accompanying individual par with +3. Ronnie Beacom (19) won the women’s stableford with 43 points.

Sunday’s stableford wrapped up the week, with David Johnson (11) winning A-grade on countback after tying on 42 points, Ryan O’Keeffe (26) taking B-grade with 38, and Tracy Anscombe (42) claiming the women’s competition with 41. Stevie Brookfield added the week’s fourth eagle with a two on the 2nd hole.