MEN'S SCRATCH & HANDICAP COUNTY FOURSOMES

Tiverton Golf Club had everything ready to greet 70 competitors for the DevonGolf Men's Scratch & Handicap Foursomes. Two handsome trophies awaited their new owners for the next 12 months and 19 clubs from across the county were represented. But the weather had other ideas and the 7.30am start was delayed by mist obscuring any view further than 30 yards across the course.

When the mist lifted and the DevonGolf Competitions Director, Tim Aggett, sent the players on their way for the first of two 18-hole Foursomes rounds. First out, Jay Scortt & Samuel Palmer (Tiverton), posted an excellent 72 gross, setting the target for the players behind. No one matched this but Fingle Glen's Dan Brown & Luke Burchell posted a 73, as did Woodbury Park's Pete Lawrence & David Baldwin. It was tight at the top.

In the Handicap competition after the first round, Dan Brown & Luke Burchell (PH 4) were looking good with a nett 69, hotly pursued by Alex Gibson & Sam Pryce (PH 6 - Tiverton) with nett 70, alongside Ben Reynolds & Alexander Worthington (PH 7 - Exeter). Again, it was everything to play for. 

It was an excellent but quick lunch in the clubhouse and back on the course for round 2. The Scratch competition saw a mixed bag of results as tiredness crept in, the 16th hole proved to be a nemesis for many, and the competition opened up. Only half the players were able to improve their first round score and that didn't include the eventual winners. Dan Brown & Luke Burchell dropped 2 shots, posting a second round 75 for a total 148 - but it was good enough to win the Scratch competition by 3 shots. In second place were Colin George & Dan Rosevear (Thurlestone) with rounds of 74 and 77 for a 151 total. Just 1 shot behind them were Tiverton's Alex Gibson & Sam Pryce with 2 steady rounds of 76 for a 152 total.

For all Scratch competition results click here

Third in the Scratch competition was good enough to secure first place in the Handicap competition for Alex Gibson & Sam Pryce (Tiverton) whose two nett rounds of 70 for 140 put them just ahead on count back of Dan Brown & Luke Burchell whose nett 69 and 71 made them runners up.  It was a great second round from Jamie Hoskins & Andy Rogers (PH 6 - Fingle Glen) who improved their first round by 4 shots for a 144 total and third place. 

For all Hanidcap competition results click here

A huge thanks from DevonGolf to Tiverton Golf Club. Peter Hunt, Manager, John & his catering team, Head Greenkeeper George Stephens and his greens team - all of whom made it such a special day. Tiverton member Mark Freeman deserves a thank you for stepping in at the last moment to play the 36 holes alongside Joe Skinner & Heath McDonald (Warren) when their playing partners dropped out. Thanks also go to the Tiverton Golf Club members who gave up their beautiful course for the day for players from across the county to compete and enjoy their golf.

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