New Name

New tournament, new name on the trophy. Martyn beat off all and sundry to win a masterful Masters yesterday. There was some discussion after the event as to whether this was the least keenly contested Masters, based on a winning score of 35 points, but I can now reveal that last September Kevin won it with just 32 points. So, credit where it is due, Martyn is a worthy winner. It is also worth mentioning that this was the first event off the white tees, the competition tees, no less. Therefore a new standard has been set.

The story of the day is pretty uneventful. There were five competing for the trophy this quarter. Richard T and Harry hold the lowest handicaps ion the society and both were notable absentees. Malcolm was up in the air so could not defend his title, and Richrd M is now working!!

Heading off from the tenth, the first nine produced little excitement, especially in the first group of Mike and Kevin. Their combined stableford point score for this half was 23. Meanwhile the three ball of Charlie, David and Martyn produced a more compelling 14, 15 and 16 points respectively. The second half resulted in a combined 26 points for the leading pair, while Charlie, David and martyn carded 18, 15 and 19 apiece.

So final scores: Martyn 35 points, Charlie 32, David 30, Kevin 28 and Mike 21.

Congratulations to Martyn - we look forward to seeing whether the etching of Burnham & Berrow can compare the standards set in Tiverton.

As a postscript, it should be mentioned that Martyn was the pre-tournament favourite given that he had emailed me to complain his handicap was too high!