A full field of 60 took part in this weeks event held at the Guildford Golf Club. With the hot and dry conditions the scoring was perfect and 24 players turned in scores of par or better. This week saw 2 players get their 2nd wins of the season, with Robin Perrin taking the “A” division and Jun Tan taking the title in the “B” division.
Robin recorded 11 pars and 1 birdie on his round of 78, net 66, to take the “A” side by a single shot over 3 other players. Jun scored a 3 shot victory on his round of 91, net 65, on the strength of his 5 par round.
In the Match Play event Butch Cusi and Kevin Jewell went head to head in a closely played match with Butch emerging as the winner on the 17th hole. Butch moves on to face Marc Thomas in his next round with Kevin taking on Felix Banting.
This week’s top performers were Butch Cusi with the low gross score of 77 and 12 pars for the day, and Kevin Jewell recording the most birdies for the round with 3.
The KP winners were Noel Ortiz, Mark Pitman, Kevin Jewell and Ken Emerson.
The race for the Player of the Year is heating up with Rene Cusi holding a slim 3 point advantage over Boy Holgado. With a Major tournament coming up at the tough Northview Ridge course and 12 points up for grabs 8 players are within striking range of the top spot.
The annual summer BBQ was also held this week after the round at Menchie’s new house. A big thanks to both Menchie and his wife Connie for opeining up their home for the night and a great job on the food and refreshments.