Good Afternoon from a sunny but certainly chilly Langley Park, all those of you who are playing at the weekend may need to dig out the woolly hats and base layers again!

Good luck to Langley member Tobin Dymock who is competing in the London Marathon this Sunday, rather him than me!




Last weekend saw the April Stroke/Lombard qualifier take place, the winner of the Lombard qualifier plays with yours truly at Walton Heath in June, the winners of the play in the grand final which is held in Portugal later in the year.

Once again with the course playing at not far off full length, and with the ground still a little soft in places, scoring was always going to be tough, and this proved to be the case as once again nett 69 (par) was the best score of the day!

Division 1 
1) Mark Haffenden 69 - 0 - 69 2) Dan Butler 84 - 14 - 70 3) John Flesher 78 - 8 - 70

Division 2
1) Ray Behan 87 - 18 - 69 2) Paul Gardner 86 - 15 - 71 3) David Shurmer 94 - 23 - 71

Ray beat Mark on a card countback by one shot and qualifies for Walton Heath - Ray, no more handicap cuts between now and then please!! There were 17 2's this week, 10 of them coming on the 18th, earning £14.35 per two.

Ladies Coronation Foursomes

1st - Ann Greatorex and Lesley Compton 34
2nd - Kelly Woolgar and Ruth Smith 33
3rd - Kim Shead and Sue Tester 31
4th - Pryia Bhatia and Kim Wildman 28

Well done to Ann and Lesley who will go through to the Area Finals

Winter Foursomes

Sarah Miller and Sue Tester played Roz Galley and S Jagger in the ladies winter foursomes, in a tight match that went right to the wire, with Roz and Sharon coming out on top winning on the 19th.




Langley Park played their re-scheduled Pearson match against Wildernesse at home. Sadly the team lost 5/2. Also, I'm afraid that we are out of the Tappin Trophy having lost away to Chestfield. Better luck next year to our gallant teams. 




Gap Testing - Know your yardages!

Do you know how far you really hit each club? Most people I ask will say yes, I hit a 7 iron about 150, which after a few shots is proved not to be the case! Now the season is just getting underway, book yourself in for a gapping session in the swing studio, £20 for an hour session and we can give you exact yardages for every club for both carry and roll.




Junior Results

The Junior Stroke was played on Sunday, 13 players turned out, Will Day led the way with nett 69, Ed Soars kept up his consistent form with another 2nd place with nett 70, with Kelly Woolgar in 3rd with nett 72 In the stableford division, Issac Iandoli took top spot with 38 points, closely followed by Rory Lennox on 37, Steven Barratt 36, and Ashley Lawrence 33.