Costa Blanca Golf Society

Sponsored by Friends of the CBGS: Manolo Garay, Bill Williams, Bonalba Golf Club, Edi Rent-a-Car, Bodega Seleccion (El Campello) Venue: Bonalba Golf and Spa, January 8

This was our first Wednesday back after the Festive Season and we were raring to go and play our Monthly Medal, double score format. Although some of our regular players had not yet returned from their Christmas break, we had a good turn-out of 31 members and 1 guest.

It was a busy day today on Bonalba Golf Course. Looking around the practice area on tee 1, it was interesting to see the attire of different players and how they viewed the weather conditions. Some, wearing shorts, obviously regarded this morning’s weather as quite warm, while others wore woolly hats, warm trousers and quilted jackets.

It is never easy to get a good golf swing going when you are wearing multiple layers of clothing. Temperatures did rise later in the morning though, enabling us to swing more freely and some respectable scores were achieved. Congratulations to everyone on the winners’ list. Special congratulations goes to the winner, our President Gordon, the only player who broke net par. Keep up your good form, Gordon and keep knocking in those putts. Commiserations to Eddy Fagg, who, on hole 14, was done out of a hole-in-one, and of course our members out of a free drink, when his ball landed literally 2 inches from the hole.

Many thanks to David Payne for being in charge of today’s rota duty. Summarising the results: Nearest the pins:

Hole 4 Michael Davison Hole 8 (hcp<20) Graham Sutton Hole 11 (hcp>20) Richard Davis Hole 14 Eddy Fagg

There were two birdies today. They came from Michael on hole 4 and, of course, from Eddy on hole 8. They both received the customary golf ball.

The results of the main competition were:

5th place with a net 74 off 33 hcp – Mo Farouky

4th place with a net 74 off 27 hcp – Luc Verhaegen, beating Mo on the back 9

3rd place with a net 72 off 13 hcp – Michael Davison

2nd place with a net 72 off 11 hcp – Richard Davis, beating Michael on the back 9

1st place with a net 71 – Gordon Burton