14-05-2025
Hole in one highlight of busy week at Taunton and Pickeridge Golf Club
Nearly 100 golfers travelled from Kent, Oxfordshire, Cornwall, Devon, Gloucestershire, Dorset, and all corners of Somerset, to participate in Taunton & Pickeridge's Senior Men's Open Pairs Betterball Stableford, writes Richard Walsh.
Played on Friday last week, there were some excellent scores posted but, undoubtedly, the highlight of the day was T&P member Bill Maginn's hole-in-one on the par three sixth hole.
The winning members' teams were:
Brian Trickey and Gary Wide (T&P/Vivary Park), 45 points.
Graham Adams and Martin Hogan, 43 points.
The winning visitors' teams were:
Greg Hassel and David Lyscom (Sherborne), 43 points.
David Harrop and James Herring (Weymouth), 40 points Back Nine.
David Edmondson and Alan Clydesdale (Exminster/Tiverton), 40 points.
Nearest the Pin:
Sixth hole for visitors: Paul Beynon (Minchinhampton).
Eighth hole for members: Andy Bond.
Sixteenth hole for all players: Mike Collard (T&P).
On Monday evening in the glorious sunshine, the T&P juniors played the second of three Pro Am Qualifiers.
There were some outstanding scores, with Cooper Baker leading the field with a whopping 52 Stableford points after playing his best round to date.
Second, with 42 points, was George Welsher, just beating Seb Childs, who finished third by one point.
The juniors have a busy weekend ahead with a league match at Long Sutton and the junior championship club comp at Saltford GC.
Our next Junior Club Night is Monday, May 19, playing an 18-hole medal for the President's Trophy.
For information on how your junior can get involved, please contact the pro shop team on 01823 421790.
Don't forget there's just over two weeks until entries for the T&P Junior Open close.
To enter, please visit the Taunton Golf website and follow the link from the website to the Opens Page.
