Bookham Amateur Golf Society

Chart Hills (CH) Thurs Jul 12

Chart Hills - If you escape the bunkers there is still the water to avoid on the 17th (photo credit Luke Kirby)

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Full Results
Novelty Prizes
Detailed Handicap Changes

When we arrived at Chart Hills, most of in us our shorts as we were expecting another hot day, we did a double take on the temperature as it was decidedly cool first thing. That quickly changed during the morning and we were left with a perfect day for golf. Nick Faldo who designed the course certainly loved his bunkers – as an example see the Strokesaver map of the 16^th on our web site- and they and the tricky greens certainly represented a challenge. There were many compliments about the course, Clubhouse and the food and it was disappointing that our numbers were only 35, good by some Society standards but not of course ours.

Jon and Patrick were in my group one from the back and while I was aware they were both scoring well, I little realised that they would finish first and third on the day with 36 and 33 points. This was Jon’s seventh BAGS day victory – only Graham, Ian B and Peter L have more with 9, 8 & 8 respectively – and his first for two years but he is always amongst the leaders and challenges every year for one or more of the Majors. His win here however came as a result of an unfortunate mix up on the 8^th by the leading group of four which included Luke when they played from the wrong tees – whites not yellows – and correctly reduced their scores (having checked the ruling in the Pro Shop afterwards) when the mistake was realised. Sadly for Luke after the error he ended up on 36, the same score as Jon and to rub salt in the wound, then lost on Countback. How unlucky can you be as this was his third runner up position in six appearances this season.

I rarely highlight Guest performances in these Newsletters as they are for BAGS members but Chris Brown’s 38 points off 1 at Chart Hills was golf of a level we rarely see at our events. Well done on a great display by the lad from Burnley.
Given his consistency it is not surprising Luke leads all three Majors, in this his first BAGS season but as things stand he is not playing at our August event at The Addington so could be overhauled in the Memorial by some of the chasing pack. Time to reorganise your diary Luke!
If you have not yet paid for The Addington please do so and the same applies if you have not yet made the final payment for the Cornwall tour as we are less than two months away from this trip. Some of the photos I have recently seen of St Enodoc show a Sahara type landscape with just eighteen green oases dotted around but I am pretty confident Mother Nature will correct this in due course though hopefully not when we are there! Should be a great tour and Trevose will provide a great base.
With only a few payments to come from this year’s Charity Day and surrounding activities, we can safely say that we will soon have matched last year’s figure of £30,000 which is a tremendous achievement by all involved.
The KOs are moving along but with another deadline of 29^th July now looming do make sure your matches are played so John and Roger do not have to adjudicate on any unplayed matches.
What a terrible accident to Steve Rout at Worthing. He much appreciates all the messages of support he received from his BAGS friends and I am forwarding separately a general note he has written and asked me to send to all members. He is being incredibly brave and resilient at such a difficult time. I know he is in our thoughts and that we all hope to see him later in the year even if it is only at one of our dinners in the first instance.
You may have seen some of the attractive BAGS 25^th anniversary clothing worn by some members. It really does look great and the quality is excellent too. Not many members have so far taken the plunge, our Captain being an honourable exception, so do consider ordering some and wear your BAGS gear with pride that you are a member of such a well respected Society.
As you are aware our day at The Addington is a 27 hole event. Though I am not issuing the OOP until payment is made by those involved, the tee off times will be 9am for the full day and 1pm for the 18 holers. The journey to Croydon should be fairly straightforward as the school runs will be taking a break for the summer which is a great relief.
Once our August event and the Tour are over we have just three events left in the season. There are currently no places left for Hindhead in December but the other two have spaces.

Enjoy the Open this weekend as they drive the ball 400 yards plus down the brown fairways……

Full Results

Position	Name	Score		Notes
1	Chris Brown	38		Guest Winner
2	Jon STEVENSON	36	countback	BAGS Winner
=	Luke KIRBY	36		BAGS 2nd
4	Patrick MURPHY	33		BAGS 3rd
=	John RAYNER	33
=	Robin SEWELL	33
=	Tom Longhurst	33		Guest
8	Peter BARKHAM	32
=	Simon CHEUNG	32
10	Trevor James	31		Guest
=	Alan Cook	31		Guest
12	Alan LANGFORD	30
=	Chris PRESLEY	30
14	Steve LITTLE	29
=	Geoff ROY	29
16	Richard LISTER	28
=	Mark LONGHURST	28
=	Derek SMITH	28
19	Roger BOYCHUK	27
=	Mike GRIESHABER	27
=	Andy HARPER	27
=	Kevin HAWKINS	27
=	Terry HULME	27
=	Harry MEDHURST	27
=	Lee Davis	27		Guest
=	Leon Espley	27		Guest
27	Jim CATTERMOLE	26
28	Tim AKERS	25
29	Hedley GREATBATCH	24
=	Keith Sapsed	24		Guest
31	Brian Waldron	22		Guest
32	David JACKSON	21
33	Steve BOND	20
=	John DAVIES	20
35	Ian BARRETT	19

Novelty Prizes

Description	Name	Note
Best front nine	John Rayner	20 pts
Best back nine	Alan Langford	19 pts
Nearest the pin	Luke Kirby	21 in
Nearest the pin in 2	Geoff Ray	23ft
Nearest the pin in 2	Tom Longhurst	97 in
Charity Nearest the pin	Brian Waldren	415 cm
Par 3 Winner	Patrick Murphy	11 pts

Detailed Handicap Changes

Par for the course = 72
SSS for the yellow tees = 68
SSS stableford points = 40 points.
After adjustment for the conditions the Competition Scratch Score (CSS) was 36 points.

The detailed handicap changes from the event are shown below. This only shows the members who played at the event. For a full list of handicaps please see the Handicaps page.

Member	Previous exact Hcap	Previous playing Hcap	Points from event	Difference from CSS	Revised exact Hcap	Revised Playing Hcap
Tim AKERS	15.6	16	25	11	15.7	16
Peter BARKHAM	28.0	28	32	4	28.0	28
Ian BARRETT	17.3	17	19	17	17.4	17
Steve BOND	24.6	25	20	16	24.7	25
Roger BOYCHUK	25.7	26	27	9	25.8	26
Jim CATTERMOLE	21.6	22	26	10	21.7	22
Simon CHEUNG	14.0	14	32	4	14.0	14
John DAVIES	26.5	27	20	16	26.6	27
Lee Davis	23.0	23	27	9	23.1	23
Hedley GREATBATCH	19.6	20	24	12	19.7	20
Mike GRIESHABER	21.3	21	27	9	21.4	21
Andy HARPER	17.8	18	27	9	17.9	18
Kevin HAWKINS	20.0	20	27	9	20.1	20
Terry HULME	22.3	22	27	9	22.4	22
David JACKSON	28.0	28	21	15	28.0	28
Luke KIRBY	9.8	10	36	0	9.2	9
Alan LANGFORD	10.3	10	30	6	10.4	10
Richard LISTER	16.1	16	28	8	16.2	16
Steve LITTLE	16.8	17	29	7	16.9	17
Mark LONGHURST	27.2	27	28	8	27.3	27
Tom Longhurst	25.0	25	33	3	25.0	25
Harry MEDHURST	15.3	15	27	9	15.4	15
Patrick MURPHY	14.6	15	33	3	14.6	15
Chris PRESLEY	21.9	22	30	6	22.0	22
John RAYNER	15.0	15	33	3	15.0	15
Geoff ROY	15.2	15	29	7	15.3	15
Robin SEWELL	21.9	22	33	3	21.9	22
Derek SMITH	25.9	26	28	8	26.0	26
Jon STEVENSON	7.2	7	36	0	6.6	7