Good afternoon everyone!
I hope you have all been out enjoying the dramatic change in the weather, other than Ladies day on Tuesday when it rains more often than not it's been a pretty good week, sunshine and showers certainly gets the grass growing.
LPGC hosted the Kent 1st Team last weekend, as they played their league match against Sussex, with LPGC member Tom Jordan out representing Kent. They played foursomes in the morning which unfortunately didn't go the home side's way as they went in at lunch 3-1 down, but a spirited fight back in the afternoon singles saw Kent earn a draw at 6-6.
Langley Park also started their defence of their Kent Foursomes title that we won last year, a change in personnel with George Mullins now unable to play as he has now turned pro and Tom Jordan representing the county, the team of Mark Haffenden, Max Jordan, Alfie Hickman, and Kent Osborne played at home against Cherry Lodge, Mark and Alfie won 3up and Max and Kent won 7up so a resounding victory and into the hat for the next round.
Ladies Lockitt Cup was played on a very damp Tuesday, 15 hardy ladies took to the course in heavy rain, Sue Williams took top spot with 74 and Angela Darby in second with 75.
The 5 Club Final was played last week, Nick Malangone beat David Ahmad, he will now go forward to the Kent Finals which is held at Sundridge Park on 15th June.
The Royal Blackheath Pro Am was also played this week, LPGC members Mark Pulford, Ian Gough and Ed McCoy joined me to play in a shotgun start, we were drawn at the 4th, and we're off to a flying start, after 10 holes we were an incredible -15!!!
This then started to get the better of us and things calmed down as the usual dropped shots started to appear, but we managed to cling on to -14 and won the event by one shot.
I managed to turn -3 in to level par quite easily and a share of 10th place
Sawgrass 17th Par 3 Challenge
It's the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass this week, come and play the exact hole the tour players are and see what all the fuss is about!
Check out my effort here.
Callaway have a great ball offer available, if you purchase 2 sleeves of the new chrome soft and receive a mini sleeve of 2 Chrome Soft free of charge - we only have a limited supply of the mini sleeves so get them before they all go!