FEBRUARY 2022
Marbella GCC 24th February 2022
This week we played Marbella golf and Country Club.
With a near full field on a nice winters day we again all teed off more in hope than expectation, it not an easy course to put a score together.
The10 were all quite close, with the later tee time there were fewer people back at the Dragon! Just as well really, as we about to do the presentation the heavens opened and our Uk based members will find this hard to believe, but the rain was most welcome out here with the rain most welcome for the empty reservoirs.
Results from Marbella
1st Luis Bernal, 37pts, playing off 9.9, cut too 9.4
2nd Gary Sparrow, 36pts, playing off 9.7, cut too 9.5
3rd Larry Byrne, 34pts, playing off 20.3, no change
Nearest pin hole 3, Greg Tomlinson
Nearest pin in 2 hole 10, Trevor " little legs" Oates
Guest prize was won by Greg Tomlinson
Next week we are playing Miraflores so please email torreblancagolfsociety@gmail.com if you wish to play.
This week we played Marbella golf and Country Club.
With a near full field on a nice winters day we again all teed off more in hope than expectation, it not an easy course to put a score together.
The10 were all quite close, with the later tee time there were fewer people back at the Dragon! Just as well really, as we about to do the presentation the heavens opened and our Uk based members will find this hard to believe, but the rain was most welcome out here with the rain most welcome for the empty reservoirs.
Results from Marbella
1st Luis Bernal, 37pts, playing off 9.9, cut too 9.4
2nd Gary Sparrow, 36pts, playing off 9.7, cut too 9.5
3rd Larry Byrne, 34pts, playing off 20.3, no change
Nearest pin hole 3, Greg Tomlinson
Nearest pin in 2 hole 10, Trevor " little legs" Oates
Guest prize was won by Greg Tomlinson
Next week we are playing Miraflores so please email torreblancagolfsociety@gmail.com if you wish to play.
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Calanova Golf 18th February 2022
This week we played at Calanova after a couple of years absence, the day was kindly sponsored by David Laybourne.
On a glorious winters day with temperatures hitting the mid-20s there were a lot of white legs on show with most people in shorts.
Back at the dragon the winners that were there received their prizes, this is now where it gets complicated unfortunately.
Once all the cards had been checked more closely by Lynn we had somehow ended up with two different sets scorecards. One set had the 18th hole as a par 4 the other set had the 18th as a par 5! Both had the same stroke index. After a discussion a the very top level, it was decided that we would discount the 18th hole! All players scores be worked out on holes 1 to 17. It would turn out to benefit a few, but it was seen as the only fair way to deal with an unfortunate situation! We are unsure how we came to have two sets of cards, but we did. Thanks to Lynn for firstly spotting the problem and then dealing with it!
Results from Calanova
1st Martin Fink , 35pts, playing off 19.0, cut too 18.2
2nd Kim Tomlinson, 34pts, playing off 22, no change
3rd Gary Sparrow, 31pts, playing off 9.6, now 9.7
Nearest pin Ian Mcgregor
Nearest pin in 2 Luis Bernal
Guest prize was won by Ian Mcgregor
There was 1 pairs knockout match with Ray Critcher & Luis Bernal defeating Simon Waby & Bob Sawyer on the 1st extra hole thanks to a 60 foot putt by Ray Critcher.
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There was an early birthday celebration for Bob Sawyer as he's not here next week and a cake was supplied for him which as usual after a short time there was none left!
Next week we are playing Marbella GCC, please let John know if you want to play!
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Santana Golf 10th February 2022
This week we played our home course Santana, kindly sponsored by Ray Mays, as usual it was in excellent condition and with the sun shining it was a beautiful February day and a great day was had by a full field of 40 players.
As expected, there were some great scores with the top 3 only separated by 1 point with the top 10 scoring 34 and above.
When the cards had been checked it was time for the presentation back at the Red Dragon on the terrace, as usual the master of ceremonies was Bob Sawyer who with his usual bad jokes managed to create mayhem on the terrace, normal service has definitely resumed.
Our winner was a relatively new member who in his own words had 1 of them days, let's see what days he has now after being cut 3 shots.
Results from Santana
1st Keith Baker 40 pts, playing off 20.0, now off 17.2
2nd Luis Bernal 39 pts, playing off 10.4, now off 9.9
3rd Russell O'Connell 39 pts, playing off 15.4, now off 14.4
Nearest pin hole 2, Alistair McLean
Nearest pin in 2 hole 14, Simon Waby
Guest prize was won by Tom Fitzpatrick with 36 pts, playing off 26.2, now off 25.4
There were 2 matches played in the singles knockouts
Luis Bernal beat Simon Waby
Pat O'connor beat Dennis Regan
Next week we are back at Calanova for the 1st time for a couple of years, please contact John Yuill on torreblancagolfsociety@gmail.com ASAP if you wish to play
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Parador Golf 3rd February 2022
This week we played Parador Golf, sponsored Sean Fenton, The course was in great condition, although the greens are some of the toughest we have played for a long time.
This week was our first medal of the year, expectations where high with near perfect weather. Most of us were soon disappointed, the greens took its toll on us all! A level par front nine doesn’t guarantee a good score, the greens soon took care of the poor soul!
Parador Results
Gross winner was Vincent Mckenna playing off 7.8 shoot 84
Gross 2nd was place Norman Walker plying off 10.8 shoot 85
Nett winner was Ian Ashworth playing off 25.8 shoot 71
Nett 2nd Place was Larry Byrne playing off 20.5 shoot 75
Nearest the pin in one Tony White
Nearest The pin in two was Brendon McGrath Snr
Next week we are at our home course Santana, please let John know if you want to play!
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