The first game of 2016 was played at Pennant Park. Jason emerged from hibernation with a steady round to take first place and perch himself at the top of the RC table. See here for the full results, here for the Ryder Cup table and here for the handicaps.

It was a tough one, and a close one, and a day for the Franks, but in the end, it ended in a draw for only the second time ever, and the Reds have therefore retained the trophy. The full set of results are;

Mike Adamson beat Jeff Sherlock 6 and 5
Graham Copsey beat Adrian Levin 2 up
Jason Moss lost to Frank Sherlock 4 and 3
Pete Lyons lost to Pete Sherlock 3 and 2
John Shearn lost to Frank Buckley 2 up
Ian Crook beat Ray Smith 5 and 4

Total Score: 3:3

Rhuddllan was a great course and the weather stayed fair with the wind making it harder for those that hit their drives off the ground. The texas scramble was won by Jason Moss, Pete Lyons and Paul Morissey in a nerve jangling putt off at lunch time. Frank S tried as hard as possible to find a formula that would give him the points, but failed to do so.

The medal round was a much tougher affair with Pete Lyons yet again getting his name on the trophy with a steady round. Pete Sherlock was second with John Shearn putting himself in third in a round littered with penalties and lost balls…. Jason managed to beef up his points by taking all four afternoon Nearest the Pins with Ade smashing his way to the Longest Drive.

For the table of results for the day, click here, and for the latest Ryder Cup table, click here.

With their combined society experience of nearly 40 years, you would have expected that Jason and Ade would have been a bit wiser in the run up to Captain’s day, but “oh no!”. They knew better and went and put two excellent medal rounds together to give their handicaps a good kicking just in time for the big event. See here for the scores for the game at Northop, and here for the latest Ryder Cup table. Frank still leads but Jason has squeezed between the Sherlock brothers.

Some slow hackers (not us) and the onset of rain kept us down to only 15 holes at Pryors Hayes, but Frank birdied the last with a shot to win on a count back…… jammy git !! He also remains top of the RC table.

We always knew it would happen, but following a great performance by the Blues Brothers at Helsby, Frank has taken up the number 1 position in the Ryder Cup table. His great performance just wasn’t enough though to be the SMXIXHGS Master as brother Pete beat him on a back 9 count back.

See here for the RC table, and here for the full set of Masters results. Pete’s NTP gained him an extra bag of points.

Sorry to those that turned up today at Woolton – for the rubbish weather. Howling gale and rain. No wonder the first group got around in 2:45…..

See here for the results and here for the latest ryder cup table.

We rediscovered Eccleston Park today. A bit nippy but the greens were excellent, and whilst there were a few wet patches around, it was in better nick than the other courses we have played over winter. Jason played the best golf, and even with a fresh air putt (it was 30 yards!), he will have dented his handicap with 39 points. For the full results, see here, and for the first issue of the Ryder Cup table this year, see here……. Will the reds be rampant again this year?

With Pete scouring Everton for some real true Blues, the reds were a very worried bunch. The golf of the reds though was very much different. Some excellent scores – Graham only 1 over for the first 5 holes and Pete only 8 over for 18, and Jason only 11 over for 18. Overall, there were 3 resounding victories and only Frank managed to get a half as the Reds ran out 4.5 – 0.5 victors.

Pete Lyons beat Dave Fell 7/6

Graham Copsey beat Pete Sherlock 2/1

Jason Moss beat Jeff Sherlock 7/5

Adrian Levin beat Paul Morrisey 7/6

John Shearn halved with Frank Sherlock

Thank’s to everyone that turned up for Captain’s Day at Formby Hall. Whilst there was some pretty dodgy golf, there was also some sparkling golf, with Ian Crook deserving to retain the trophy with a great round. We also chose next year’s Captain, and this will be Graham Copsey. The results for today are below.