The fifteenth annual outing for The Social Golfer Open Championship was held at Bletchingley Golf Membership in Surrey final week, the place greater than 50 golfers from everywhere in the south-east gathered to compete and lift cash for the upcoming 2024 Cairns Cup – incapacity golf’s premier worldwide match play occasion between groups from Europe and the USA, which is being held in Michigan later this summer time.
The TSG Open Championship, which was performed over 18 holes, included particular person Stableford competitions for women and men, and a yellow ball workforce competitors.
The boys’s competitors was a decent affair, with the winner, Kent’s Sam Cooke, taking the honours on countback after his 35-point whole was matched by John Moody from Buckinghamshire.
The ladies’s occasion noticed Chrissy Peachy ease to a four-point victory, together with her spectacular 39-point haul seeing the Essex participant end 4 factors forward of runner-up Ruth Model from Sussex.
The yellow ball competitors was gained by The Stooges workforce, comprising Jason Croucher, Wealthy White, Cass Stevens and Phil Meadows. Jason is a incapacity golfer who’s hoping to play within the Cairns Cup in 2026. Jason additionally gained the Golf Information Visitor Trophy, open to TSG’s members friends, with a rating of 35 factors.
Commenting on the day, ladies’s winner Chrissy Peacham mentioned: “How thrilling! I’ve by no means gained a golf occasion earlier than. This can be a improbable golf day and all for an incredible trigger. Huge because of all of the sponsors and donors. I can not wait to defend my title subsequent yr!”
Croucher added: “I’m so proud to win the Golf Information Journal – Visitor Trophy. A large thanks to The Social Golfer workforce for an incredible occasion and good luck to all The Cairns Cup gamers this yr in Michigan.”
After the match, rivals have been handled to a two-course American-style BBQ and the one-armed chip (sponsored by GoGoGo Sport Rangefinders),
The partnership between The Social Golfer and The Cairns Cup – which now in its fourth yr – noticed the attendees increase over £3,000 for incapacity golf on the day, offering much-needed funds for the European workforce to get to Michigan and for his or her supportive carers.
The prize raffle included four-ball vouchers to play at a few of the South East’s main venues, together with West Hill, Sundridge Park, The Shire, The Inspiration, Hanbury Manor, Wentworth and lots of extra.
The Social Golfer OPEN Championship outcomes (stableford)
Girls’s Trophy: 1st – Chrissy Peacham (Essex) 39, 2nd – Ruth Model (Sussex) 35
Males’s Trophy: 1st – Sam Cooke (Kent) 35 (on countback), 2nd – John Moody (Bucks) – 35, third – Steve Slater (Herts) – 34
Golf Information Visitor Trophy: 1st – Jason Croucher (Cambs) – 35, 2nd – Phil Meadows – 3
The One-Arm Chip competitors – John Donaldson (London)
Different prize winners….
Nearest the Pin 2nd gap – Kim Model (Sussex)
Nearest the Pin seventeenth gap – Sam Swanscott (Kent)
Nearest the Pin in two (eighth gap) – Matt Steele (Sussex)
Straightest Drive (ninth gap) – Judy Lilley (Kent)
Yellow Ball Workforce Winners – Jason Croucher (Cambs), Wealthy White, Cass Stevens (Essex) & Phil Meadows
For extra info on The Social Golfer neighborhood, go to www.thesocialgolfer.com
