Winston Churchill

"Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an even smaller
hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose."


Winston Churchill

Whisky Singles!

Monday 21 March, with the sun shinning for a change, many members turned up to compete for the Whisky Singles. It will be presented to the winner at the Xmas lunch. The results were:

Winner George Lockert(H/cp 16) 36 Pts
Second Michael Dean (H/cp 27) 32 Pts
Third Don Warner (H/cp 23) 30 pts

Golf Survey

On a recent survey, 80 percent of golfers admitted cheating. The other 20
percent lied.

Bruce Lansky

American Foursomes Competition!

This is a stapleford pairs competition based on three eighths of the combined handicap of each pair.

On Monday 14 March the results were as follows:

1. Terry Phillips and Tudor Williams 38 points
2. Colin Puddephatt and Dug Godfrey 32 points
3. John Rea and Bryan Redley 31 points

Seaford Head!

Brian Cowie writes

We turned up in weak sunshine. The day was dry and bright, but boy, did the wind blow. Nearly everybody, surprisingly, completed the course and admitted to thoroughly enjoying themselves. The wind was so strong it was blowing trolleys over on a regular basis. Last time we played here 20 players averaged 36.5 points per player. Today we managed 25.25 points per player. Testament to the very much harder conditions. The days winners were:

Nearest the pins

2nd Richard Preston
4th Bryan Foster
10th Roy Lowe
12th Nobody hit the green
16th Terry Penfold
18th Terry Penfold
BF9 Bryan Redley
BB9 Ron Stocker
Hacker Colin Puddephatt
4th Dug Godfrey (BB6)
3rd Bryan Foster
2nd George Lockert
1st Brian Wood (BB9)

William Crozier update

Top 5 in the William Crozier Trophy Order of Merit are:
Bryan Foster 241 points, Dug Godfrey and Ron Stocker 240, Brian Cowie and Bill Huntley 236.

The Committee Challenge Cup!

The Committee Challenge Cup has been fought by members of the Tilgate Seniors' Committee and the members since 2001. This year on Wednesday 16 March, led by Bill Huntley, the members beat the Committee.

Here we see the winning members looking very pleased with themselves!
Left to right

Brian Wood, Colin Puddephat, Bill Crozier, Ivor Blunden, Alan Smith, Ian Joseph (Sitting), Bill Fenton, Bill Power, Bill Huntley(Capt for the day), Ken Pattenden and Roy Sullivan.





Here we see Brian Cowie presenting the cup to Bill Huntley. There was a special vote of thanks from everyone to Brian for organising the event.

Report from Brian Cowie

"22 players fought a pitched battle along the fairways and greens with the result being in doubt right up to the first match out. Peter Quelch, Stan Smith and Ron Stocker were made honorary members of the Committee to even the sides out to 11 players per team. Bill Huntley Captained the Members. He gave a rousing speech at the start of play to rally his troops to the call, actually what he said was good morning to everyone! The Teams were:

Members:
Bill Huntley (Captain), Ivor Blunden, Bill Crozier, Bill Fenton, Ian Joseph, Ken Pattenden, Bill Power, Colin Puddephatt, Alan Smith, Roy Sullivan, and Brian Wood.

Committee:
Brian Cowie (Captain), Joe Burgin, Ivor Clays, Dug Godfrey, Gavin Grove, Clive Phelps, Peter Quelch, John Rea, Stan Smith, Jack Snape, and Ron Stocker.

Gavin Grove top-scored on the day with a very creditable 39 points

The Committee had 3 major disaster scores, I’m not going to name the players concerned as that wouldn’t be fair, but, JB, JR and PQ you know who you are!! The average score per player was 27 ponts and I can tell you that had those three players performed anywhere near the average, we would still have lost heavily!!

Well done Bill Huntley and the Members you were deserved winners by a massive 36 points.

Congratulations!"

Finding Balls!

It's good sportsmanship not to pick up lost balls, while they are still
rolling.

Mark Twain

Bob Hope

Golf's a hard game to understand. One day you'll go out and slice, top and hook
the ball, hit into all the bunkers and miss every green. The next day you go out
and, for no reason at all, you really stink.

Bob Hope

Four Seasons Spring Trophy!

On Monday 7 March, with an improvement in the weather, there was a good turn out having a go at the Four Seasons Spring Trophy. The outcome was

Winner Bryan Foster (H/cp 14) 40 Points
Second Gavin Grove (H/cp 10) 38 Points
Third Don O'Brien (H/cp 11) 35 Points

Rules

Golf has more rules than any other game because golf has more cheaters than
any other game.

Bruce Lansky

Play at Horton Park Tuesday 31 May!

Horton Park Golf Club

invite Tilgate Seniors to enter their 18 Hole Stapleford Senior Men’s Open Golf Championship on Tuesday 31st May
The entry fee is £28 to include coffee and sausage baguette on arrival and a two course lunch.

Prizes
1st £100 2nd £75 3rd £50
There are additional prizes for the best club team (3 players), longest drive and nearest the pin.

Entry Fee
£28 to include coffee and sausage baguette on arrival and a two course lunch
Entrants must be aged 55 or over.
Restricted entry. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis
Entries must give the following
Surname....................... First name.........................
Address...................................................................
............................................................................... Post Code..................
Tel no...........................
Email............................
Club..............................
Handicap.....................
Date of Birth................
Team Entry Yes/No

Please return this information with your cheque for £28 (post dated to 15 May) payable to
“Horton Park Older Gentleman’s Golf Section” with a SAE to

David Fry
Horton Park Golf Club
Hook Road
Epsom
Surry
KT19 8QG

A notice about the event is on the Tilgate notice board.

Improve your score!

I have a tip that can take 5 strokes off anyone's golf game. It is called
a rubber.

Arnold Palmer