Innumerable temporary greens again but otherwise clement conditions apart from a wind that increased as the round progressed.

Winner was Charles Haines who was the only player to score above 36 points under the new WHS settings for Prince’s. Second was Adrian Wells and third was Bill Norman.

The medal was played in generally overcast conditions with a breeze that strengthened towards the end of the round for the later starters. We had 4 temp greens having been told there were only 2.
Bill Norman continued his run of form to take 1st place in Division 1 with a net 68 followed by Tamas Ladacs 1 shot behind. Uli Katte headed the net71’s t take 3rd place from Kim Chaffart.
In Division 2 Peter Fisher comfortably took 1st place with his net 60 followed by Peter Harrington on net 63. Dave Cato off 16 took 3rd place on net 65.
The 4th Hole proved good for 3 Div 2 players with a birdie each.

After 2nd round of Midweek Grand Medal (best of 5 from 8), Dave Cato 124 leads Bill Norman 131.

Easter Sunday had a grey start with a chilly wind but it remained dry and eventually the sun came out. And with just 2 temp. greens ( 3 & 5) it was a qualifier for handicapping.

Mel Dunn secured the Easter Plate with 44 points – and an eagle 3 at the par 5 9th; his 44 earned a -1 ESR and cuts his HI from 19.6 to 16.2. Well done. Oz Doyle edged Justin Wildman on back 9 [both 40 points] – Oz having better back 9 22pts wilst Justin better front 9 = 23 pts. Pat Dalton and Raymond Esin followed with excellent 39s.

Best woman Joan Mulcahy 37 points.

The competition started in cold, wet and windy conditions, and with a disappointing 8 temporary greens on the course, however the sky brightened up and altogether the conditions were not bad for yesterday’s waltz. The conditions were clearly agreeable to the team of Richard, Uli, Cheryl and Paul who produced scintillating scoring of 94 points to win.

Sheena, Tamas, Sean and Paddy were not far behind with 89 points. Julian, Paul and Peter scored well to make 3rd place despite the disadvantage of being a 3-man team.

The day started with blue sky and sunshine with astrong breeze. The dry spell lasted until the back 9 when the wind became very strong and cold and heavy downpours which made golf very uncomfortable and difficult for some.!!
Peter Miller and Paul Green both recorded 21 points whilst Paul Giles made continued scoring with 20 points to go with his 22 on the front 9.
This was the 2nd round of 2 for the Mid Week Stableford competition and Tamas Ladacs produced a steady round of 36 to top the table with a total of 84 points 3 points ahead of Paul Green. Well done Tamas .

Someone above seems to have it in for Richmond Park Golf Club as it rained yet again on our competition day. Despite this it was a mostly pleasant event and temporary greens were down to three for the course with the green on the second hole finally open for business – though many players were spotted hitting their tee shots short and right – muscle memory.

Some good scoring and winner is Andrew Pelser with a huge 47 points. A general play score has gone in and his handicap of 31 should see some movement overnight. Second was Ian Burgess with a hardly less impressive 41 points and Brian Ransom came in third with a very solid 40 points.

It was a good turnout for the 1st day of Spring with nice warm weather for a change and only 4 temp greens. The Princes course was not quite so wet and muddy and it seems to have caught some players unaware as scores were not quite as high overall as in earlier weeks.
However Tamas Ladacs found things very much to his liking with massive 48 points (24 out and 24 back). Peter Fisher took 2nd place with 42 points (17 out and 25 back). then there were a group of 5 who each scored 40 points. It took countback calculations by the computer to place in order.

A couple of extra reports for perusal.

Women

In what seems to have become a common event, our field of 11 had shrunk to just 6 by the time we ventured forth with the rain taking the blame for 4 of the defaulters, who by 1030 may have been regretting their decision. If we ignore that first part then overhead turned out to be rather pleasant, so much so that we didn’t need our winter layers as even the sun tried to join us.
A slightly different setup today with the real green back in action on the 1st but the 12th had one instead.
Jayne certainly took advantage of all the temps, putting with real aggression that generally worked and helped her amass 20 points on the front 9. The back 9 wasn’t quite as good with ‘only’ 17, but suffice to say was plenty to give her a comfortable win by 3 from Sheena on 34.

Men

A good turnout of 35 considering the rain after a few dry days; it eventually died out and last games had drizzle for a while.

Separate results for medal (1st Grand Medal 2024) and Stableford (Rnd 1 of Spring Stableford and also Rnd 5 of Winter Comp) attached. Both in divisions.

Medal results show Tamas Ladacs shooting the lights out with a net 60 off 14 scoring 2 birdies – good golf indeed Tamas. The early clubhouse leader Richard Smith followed with an excellent 64 with 3 birdies and incorporating a level par front 9. In the last game Paul Kamerling had a glorious 65 with 1 over par 34 on back 9. Star of the junior division was Andre Pelser who shot 57 off 31 – well done indeed. Nigel Ward followed net 64 dropping just 5 on back 9. Next were Mel Dunn and Ian Burgess both 65s.
The same scores but in stableford points were applied to the first round of the Spring Stablefrord doubling as 5th Winter Comp round ‘Best scores analysis confirms Andre Pelser best back 9 26 points and Tamas and Richard sharing 23 each on front 9.

After 5 rounds of the Winter Competition in the senior division Tamas shoots ahead of Kerry Sargeant with 125 points from Kerry’s 116 whilst Tom Simpkins and Gunnar Sundberg share the junior division lead 115 from Julian James 114.

With 4 rounds completed on Prince’s the associated Prince’s Eclectic goes to Richard Smith 58.6 from Tamas Ladacs 59.8.

A mild springlike morning with a moderate breeze and occasional short unpleasant showers. The 1st and 6th greens were open; ‘only’ the 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 8th were temporaries. Scoring was predicably good among the 25 participants. Peter Fisher and Brian Ransom were neck and neck on 43 points with Peter winning the competition on countback. Bill Norman was third with a good 38 points. Sweep payout to the top 3.

The weather today was more kind than earlier this week and we all stayed dry although the ground was still very muddy in many places. There were 6 temp greens where putting was a lottery, thank goodness for the 2 putt rule.
However, scoring was fairly good and for some very good.
One can only hope that the conditions will continue to improve over the coming weeks.