Yet another year done in SMXIXHGS and another Ryder Cup managed. Again we played Marconi vs The Rest of the World.

Carden Park Cheshire course was the location again. It all came down to the final match with the Moss brothers drawn against each other, with the game finishing in the dark and Eric holing a 7ft putt for birdie to win the last and get a half for the ROW.

The latest standings for the Ryder Cup as a whole are below. Crooky still has the best average overall……. The Tommy Fleetwood of the society…..

After some really close games, Marconi squeezed through on the last putt of the last match on the last green to win 3-2. That’s 5 in a row for Marconi, with the relatively new signings for ROW having mixed fortunes with Colin winning and Tom losing. How long can the ageing Marconi team keep up such good golf ??

The build up has started and The president split the 5 players in to Ryder Cup groups. Jason talked his team around and helped John and Ade feel better about themselves and their gold in general. SMXIXHGS members will know he had a lot of work to do. Graham and Paul started well and then fell apart whilst talking about collaboration, team work and a team that would not have a leader. Whilst they sang the Red Flag, I checked what this kind of society is called, and the dictionary says “Anarchy”. Marconi team will continue to follow the Dictatorship model. In the end, the medal results today at Portal Championship were;

John Shearn 71 nett
Jason Moss 77
Graham Copsey 78
Paul Kelsey 81
Adrian Levin 82

Luckily for Jason, his crappy golf did not stop his team retaining the RC trophy with a 2.5 – 1.5 victory. Some defeats for the normally strong Jason and Graham and Frank helped the bookies :-). Results are;

Ade beat Frank 1 up (after being 4 up!!)

John halved with Colin

Crooky beat Graham 4/2

Jason beaten by Paul 5/4

Paul Morrissy gets his first point ever in the RC. Jason overtakes Graham at the top with Graham’s lack of points in 2022. Mr Kelsey fails to further his limp record whilst Frank keeps up his good record.

Jason takes it to 10 years of Ryder Cup triumph with one of the best team performances ever. Only new kid on the block Eric managed to take anything from the game for the rest of the world with a well battled half against Frank. Full results for the day are;

Frank halved with Eric

Jason beat Pete Lyons 5/4

John beat Graham 5/4

Ian Crook beat Paul Kelsey 5/3

Paul Morrissy beat Mike Adamson 1 up

For the 4th time in 5 years, Ade is the top of the ryder cup table. If only Pete could have managed more rounds this year he may have picked up the big RC table prize….

To see the latest RC Table, see RC Table.

Despite missing the first game of the year, Pete takes his normal position at the top of the Ryder cup table. 4 players are within a few thousand points, so it is looking close at the start of the year after the first major. RC Table here.

The first ryder cup table is seeing the old stalwarts stuck at the top. Ade and Paul are sitting at the top of the tree after a very steady start. See the full Table at RC Table