May Medal

The weather man promised rain but to all the competitors’ relief the very strong winds kept the rain away. 91 Competitors entered with only 2 bettering Par. The strong wind reflected in the competition standard scratch as it went up to 73. Terry Butcher and Gary Keyes were the two low scorers with Nett 69’s that got the best of most the field. Overall Winner Gary Keyes just managed to better Terry Butcher on count back

Div 1 
1st Adrian Buthee 75 (04) 71 
2nd Rodney Haig 77 (05) 72 
3rd Jack Hall 77 (04) 73

Div 2 
1st Gary Keyes 83 (14) 69 
2nd Frank Mallon 80 (10) 70 
3rd Leigh Moss 82 (12) 70

Div 3
1st Terry Butcher 85 (16) 
2nd Rodney Haig 77 (05) 72 
3rd John Draper 94 (18) 76

Midland Closed Championship 2014

Northamptonshire County Golf Club was well represented at this year’s Midland Closed Championship with 1st and 3rd place finished at Kedleston Park on Saturday.

Poor weather conditions resulted in the 36 hole event being stopped after 18 holes which was good news for halfway leader and member Michele Forgione who was named winner after his 1 under 71.

Elsewhere a solid 74 from Sam Henfrey was good enough for a tied 3rd finish and a 76 from Ben Jones meant there was 3 Club Members in the top 10.

Seniors Duff up Woburn

The senior team played their 3 rd Match of an undefeated season at home against Woburn last week. It was a windy day but with home knowledge NCGC won 6-1.

The Ladies Cecil Leitch team had their second match last week when they had a great win against Rushden at Home.

The team won 5 games to 2. There were some extremely good matches with one being won on the 21st hole and the losing matches going to the 19th.

The match venue had to be reversed owing to the poor condition of Rushden’s new greens, but hopefully we shall go there on the 7th July.

County Ladies Scratch League

The first of the round-robin scratch league matches was held at Whittlebury Park G.C. Sunday, 4th May. N.C.G.C. drawn to play Wellingborough G.C., the holders and would dearly like a win.

Sadly, although all the matches were very close, Wellingborough G.C. won by 2 matches to 1.

Rachel Smith started things off very well with a win over Carol Gibbs. Carol said she had not lost a scratch match for years so this was a great effort by Rachel.

Gillian Curley found herself 3 down with 3 to play and battled back valiantly against County Vice Captain Mary Maclaren to win the last 3 holes and headed off for the tricky 19th. Sadly her drive found a poor lie and the end was nigh.

Charlotte Taylor had not played the course before and found herself in unexpected places and up against Gill Snelson who holed putts from everywhere, including the last for a birdie and Charlotte lost 2 down.

In the other match, Northampton G.C. beat Kingsthorpe G.C. by 2 matches to 1.

The next matches are to be held on 15th June at Wellingborough G.C. NCGC are playing Northampton G.C. All support welcome.

Sue Aitken- Scratch League Captain

Woburn Match

Due to the away match at Woburn on Sunday the junior Stableford has been moved to Sunday 25th May

The match result was a draw at 2-2. Rhys Taylor and Hatty Bilson winning 2 & 1, George and Taylor Morgan losing 4 & 3, Micheal and Josh winning 2 & 1, Max Faulkner and Steve Fields losing 1down. The course was playing soft and long due to the heavy weekend rain.

There is a big difference between the tees at the 7th The tee of the day will influence where you play your approach shot to the green from .

The new back tee added on top of the reservoir embankment, has made it one of the most memorable and daunting tee shots on the course . In 1947 James Braid positioned Braids bunker to the right side of this heavily bunkered hole, the new tee brings this bunker into play even for the longest of hitters. The well bunkered green also slopes dramatically from left to right meaning that the line of the approach is as important as the length. One thing for sure you are unlikely to be playing from a flat lie in this approach, so confidence in your irons is a must.

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