Despite being a bank holiday weekend and with travel restrictions relaxed, numbers dwindled. However, in the end we had 9 players for this meeting (8 OTs and 1 guest).
The afternoon was kicked off with our AGM followed by lunch and 18 holes. There was a lot to play for, Fairwater Cup(Stableford)/Vets Cup (Over 60, stableford)/Scratch Cup(played as scratch stableford)/Longest Drive/Nearest to the Pin & Team prize (best 2 of 3 scores per hole, aggregated). It looked like a day when everybody was a winner!
During lock-down and golf courses were closed, Reigate Heath GC was saturated with walkers, being common land, and with some bad weather the course was in a dreadful state. It looked like the course would not recover by the summer. However, it was fantastic the fairways were green again and the greens lightning fast like they normally are AND we were blessed with perfect weather!
A good day was had by all and nearly everybody was a winner!
Results (OT’s):
Fairwater Cup – Iain Westwater (34 points, back 9 win)
Scratch Cup – Richard Willacy (29 points)
Vets Cup – David Morgan (34 points)
Longest Drive – Richard Willacy
Nearest to the Pin – David Murrell
Team Win – Mark Welsh/Richard Norris/Richard willacy
It must be added that the overall winner was Mark Welsh with 35 points but as a non OT and guest a separate prize was awarded.