Khalid receives his prize from our President!
Photo by Paolo Minoli

It may have been President’s Day, but it was Khalid Javed who all but set fire to the Old Course at Walton Heath. Khalid matched the scorching temperatures with a scorching 42 points to claim the Reg Hinder Memorial Trophy.

The rest of the field were just specks in Khalid’s rearview mirror – Ollie McCormack scoring 36 points to take second place and Steve Lewis in third with 35. These players were all from Division 1, with handicaps of 12 or less.

The tightness of the fairways, penal heather and very steep greenside bunkers made it a course best suited to lower handicap players and the scores in Division 2 were noticeably inferior. Neil White’s 33 points was enough to win the division, with Jeff Randall’s 32 points taking second spot, on countback from Nev Appleton.

There was some outstanding scoring in the Foursomes, with Phil Edgar-Jones and guest Anil Gupta, playing off a joint 17 handicap, recording an amazing 40 points. Two points behind were Ollie McCormack and Toby Allodi, who beat Phil Harris and Nathan Rose on countback.

The guests seemed to enjoy the course, sunshine and camaraderie, with some posting impressive scores. Nathan Rose scored 40 points, Toby Allodi recorded 37 and James Bakelmun an excellent 36 off a handicap of three.

All the prizes for the day were generously donated by our president, Peter Dazeley.

And here’s a brief gallery from the day, curtesy of Paolo, Ian Doran and Jonny Bramley:

Pic by Felix Duckworth

OLLIE McCormack won the Mirror Trophy with a credible 37 points at the PGS’ first outing at the delightful (and good value) West Herts Golf Club – but it was the  biblical weather that stole the show.

The afternoon’s Greensomes were curtailed to just nine holes as the club’s klaxon sounded to call the field in whilst lighting danced around the course. Nick Buckley and Phil Harris still had time to amass 20 points and take the Wilkinson Sword, dumping John Quinn and Hugo Chambre into second place with 18 points, whilst Jonny Bramley and Tim Allan came third on count back with 17.

Eight of the players were so far away from the clubhouse that they didn’t hear the klaxon but had to take shelter from the hailstones before calling the pro shop to learn they were the only golfers still on the course!

Ollie also took the Division 1 title,  second was Ian McIlgorm, whose 32 points was the same as playing partner Nick Jones, who came third. In Division 2, Hugh Routledge 33 points took the honours, beating Kevin Price’s 30 pts, which was one more than Paul Sherwood, in third.

Following pics by: Felix, Nev Appleton, Mike Allen, Jonny Bramley & John Quinn