Men's Section:

Last Saturday 5th September, Langley Park GC hosted the "Captain's Fours" event. Luckily after a week of poor weather, the sun was out and shining for the afternoon. Each Team had one past captain of LPGC, two Members from the men's section, and one from the ladies section. The format was best 2 scores on each hole, but all four to count on the par 3's. Well done to all those that took part in the event. The results were as follows:

1st Place Team: Kevin Walder, Andy Craig, Sean McGowan, Ann Greatorex winning LPGC Sweaters
2nd Place Team: Doug Peffers, Jamie Thompson, Nigel Taylor, Angela Darby winning LPGC Shirts 

Scratch Team:

Last Sunday, LPGC scratch team travelled down to Princes GC to face Sittingbourne GC in the final of Kent foursomes. 4 players went down to take on the challenge, they were Mark Haffenden, George Mullins, Tom Jordan and Max Jordan. George Partnered Mark and won their match 4up, the twins found themselves struggling but managed to fight to the end to only lose 2 down for Langley to win 2up.

The boys came through and managed to secure victory to crown them "Kent Foursome champions". Also a mention to the scratch team captain Alan Fitzgerald for all his efforts, accompanied by Dave Paterson and Mickey Proffit. Well done to the boys for bringing the title home to Langley.

The scratch team are back in action against Dartford GC on Sunday 13th September in the semifinals of the Perman Shield which will be played at Dartford. Morning foursomes will be under way at 8.30am.

Good Luck boys!


Ladies Section

Tuesday 8th September the ladies played a texas scramble, as it was maintenance week.The event was played in teams of 3 and the results were as follows:

1st - Julie Allen, Sheila Burn, Kim Shead (67)
2nd - Josee Gray, Ros Cox, Ruth Smith (68)

Junior Section

The juniors played in the September stroke last weekend, it was the last event counting towards Junior Top dog trophy which is played over 9 counting rounds.

Calum Abbott won the September stroke with 75 nett 70, closely followed by Zach Collins nett 71 and James Berry nett 72.

Zach Collins was the winner of the Top Dog with an overall total of -14





This week has been course maintenance week here and the green staff have been working tirelessly to ensure the course has a good future. They have successfully completed all the hollow coring and now we have a new path installed between the 6th green and the 7th tee.

   





This photo made me smile this week, trapped in the nets as the sprinklers came on. Any captions please send them to me by clicking here.

3 Callaway Supersoft balls to the winner: