Golf

Mark Boughen and Keith Crowson stormed to a three-point win at Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s Stableford Pairs event. The duo raced to a score of 46 points in the men’s section competition, which was more than enough to take top spot. JamIe Stott and Rod Drew were second, pipping third-placed Gino Ciuffini and Ady Bills and fourth-placed Darrell Pacey ...

James Smith won the Gedney Hill Golf Club Roy Britton Open with a score of 40 points. Greg Walsh took second on countback after both he and third-placed Rob Bye scored 39 points. Adam Britton and Rob Newns (49pts) lifted the GHGC Pairs Open ahead of James Busveids and Stuart Shinkin on countback. Other results: Men’s section: May Day Cup ...

Spalding Golf Club ace James Crampton has won the 2022 European Seniors’ Championship. Crampton entered the final day with a three-shot lead, having been the only player to card two scores under-par in the opening two rounds at Pärnu Bay Golf Links, Estonia. South Holland star Crampton shot 71 in his first round, before improving to a 69 in his ...

Gedney Hill Golf Club will once again host a charity golf day in aid of St Barnabas Hospice this month – and you can get involved. Arranged by Terry Grantham, who has been organising the event over the past 13 years, it will take place on Friday, June 17 after a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Entry is £15 ...

Spalding Golf Club is playing host to the inaugural Tonic Health Charity Golf Day on Tuesday, June 28. Sponsored by Lightspeed Broadband, the day is designed to be a fun golfing event at the Surfleet course – which is considered one of Lincolnshire’s premier courses. The main event will be a team competition, which will be supplemented by nearest the ...

Spalding Golf Club began the defence of their Elsham County Foursomes title with a comfortable 3-0 victory over rivals Boston. All three pairs won their foursomes games at the Surfleet course, setting up an away tie at Cleethorpes in round two. Results: James Crampton & Tommy Hull won 7up; Harry Hunt & Craig Gibson won 2up; Jacob Williams & John ...

The team of Michael Barton, Barrie Mutimer, Ian Millett and Michael McCreery were victorious at Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s Ged Taylor Memorial event. The quartet scored a total of 123 points in the 4 ball Stableford competition, which put them well clear of the chasing pack. The battle for second place was much closer, with countback needed to separate ...

Joy Potter, Paula Brown, Janet Simpson and Judy Green emerged as the winners of Sutton Bridge Golf Club’s Lady President’s Day event. The quartet’s score of 25.2 was enough to win the nine-hole Texas Scramble event, with Karen Gillett, Nicola Elphick, Carole Caney (with coloured ball) second on 27.2. The top three was completed by J anet Groves, Alice Grant, ...

Robert Stott was the emphatic overall winner of Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s Spring Open event. A healthy 140 golfers took part in an individual stableford event, which was played amid excellent weather and with the course in fantastic condition. Stott’s score of 44 points was three better than Johnathan Housley-Stott (41pts) in second, with Lewis Lee (38pts) claiming third. ...

Eden Inglis reigned supreme at Spalding Golf Club’s Gold Medal with a narrow one-shot victory at the Surfleet course. The ladies’ section event, which is contested by all of the monthly medal winners across 2021, Inglis took the victory with a score of nett 77. Lesley Williams finished as runner-up with a round of nett 78. Olive Gooderson won the ...

Darrel Pacy and Andy Betts are celebrating after winning the 2022 Winter Pairs final at Tydd St Giles Golf Club. The duo managed a score of 43 Stableford points, which was enough to take the win by a solitary point. Behind them, John Mallett and Andy Sleath pipped Luke Rowell and Ady Rowell to take second on countback, after both ...

Sutton Bridge Golf Club were on winning form in two home matches across two different sections last week. In the men’s section, the Bridge team enjoyed a 4-2 win over their counterparts from March. Wins came from the combinations of Paul Penney and George Baines (2&1), Craig Pack and Sid Warner (2&1), Sam and Jonathon Shippey (4&3) and Terry Young ...

Maureen Orwell and Anita Cross emerged as the winners of Spalding Golf Club’s President’s Putter Competition. The ladies’ section defeated Sally West and Kay Green in the final – which was the culmination of several rounds of foursomes knockout matchplay competition held over the last six months at the Surfleet course. TYDD ST GILES GC Men’s section: Combined Stableford pairs ...

It was tight at the top of Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s March Medal with James Watson needing countback to beat Paul Hunt in Division One of the men’s section event. Results: Men’s section: March Medal: Division One – 1st James Watson 80-12=68 (ocb); 2nd Paul Hunt 76-8=68; 3rd Kevin Goude 68+2=70. Division Two – 1st Jason Ward 81-15=66; 2nd ...

James Neve and Michael McCreery are celebrating after winning the March Pairs event in Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s men’s section. Their score of 49 points was enough to push nearest rivals Stephen Jeffries and Neil John into second spot with a total of 46 points. Results: Men’s section: Men’s March Pairs – 1st James Neve & Michael McCreery 49pts; ...

It was incredibly tight at the top of the men’s Par/Bogey competition at Tydd St Giles Golf Club last week. Three players finished on +5 in Division One, with Simon Smith edging out both Dean Wright (second) and James Dack (third) after countback. Ali Anthony also needed countback to win the Division Two title, with a score of +5, while ...

Countback was needed to split the top three performers in Division One of Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s February Medal. Will Woodrow, Mark Cooper and Dean Wright all scored 66, but it was Woodrow who claimed the victory from Cooper in a very tight finale. The other divisional winners were Stephen Jeffries and Andrew Lynn. Men’s section: February Medal competition: ...

Dean Wright was on fine form to take victory in Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s January Medal competion last week. His score of 65 was three better than both Andy Sleath and Ian Cooper in Division One. The other divisional winners were Ali Anthony and Keith Crowson. Men’s section: January Medal: Division One – 1st Dean Wright 71-6=65; 2nd Andy ...

Andy Betts shot a stellar score of 59 (66-7) to top the standings in Division One of Tydd St Giles Golf club’s senior section monthly medal. The red-hot Betts won the top tier category by seven shots in one of the best rounds seen at the club for a while.Chris Moore (66) and Michael Flint (67) completed the top three ...

The end of 2021 saw long-serving Sutton Bridge Golf Club greenkeeper Andrew Norton retire after an amazing 58 years in the role. The Norton family came to the club in 1952, when Andrew was just 18 months old – and he began his work in 1965, eventually graduating to head greenkeeper in 1985. A presentation on behalf of all at ...