The 2009 Players Championship was held this past Saturday with a field of 43 members entered, at the Meadow Gardens Golf Club. With another perfect weekend for weather the scores were higher than expected, with only 12 players in the field scoring par or better. Craig Thomas turned in the round of the day with a score of 74 with 11 pars and 3 birdies.
Paul Dhaliwal recorded and eagle 2 on the par 4 10th hole, he did it the hard way by sinking a 70 yard shot from the trees, way to go Paul. This year’s Players Champion is Matthew Vibar turning in a score of net 62, 2 shots better than runner-up Craig Thomas.
This weekend also saw the conclusion of the Match Play event with Mark Pitman taking the title over Wilson Canupin.
Next Saturday’s tournament is the 2009 Presidents Cup to be held at the Hazelmere Golf Club. The format for this event is a 2 team match play event with the teams captained by Bob Hayes and Jun Tan.
Our end of the year windup party will be held on Saturday at the Coyote Creek Golf Club immeadiately following the round, the tournament results will be done at the party. For everyone attending a nominal fee of $10 per person will be charged. Hope to see everyone there.
For the complete results of the tournament check out the Weekly Results and Tournament Scorecard, and all the stats through the members stats page.