Cort sets new record to seal Wollaton Park win
EIGHT-UNDER ROUND OF 63 TOPS THE PREVIOUS BEST BY A STROKE
MATTHEW Cort (Beedles Lake) fired a new course record of eight-underpar 63 at Wollaton Park GC to win the latest Golfing Days pro/am tournament.
He was the leading professional, three strokes ahead of fellow county competitor Matt Stephens (Charnwood Golf Centre), who had a fiveunder 66 return.
Cort had four birdies in each half of his round, which lowered the record by one stroke. They came at one, three, six and seven going out in 32 shots, and at 10, 12, 15 and 17, coming back in 31.
Stephens carded an eagle three at the 10th, five birdies and two bogeys in his round.
He also headed the winning team
with a tally of 94 points for their 22-under round.
Stephens’ line-up included two juniors, Ben Trevarhan (Charnwood) and Harry Midgeley, a member of both Hollinwell and Kedleston Park GCs, with Graham Mott completing the amateurs.
Cort and his team were third on 20-under for 92 points. His amateurs included former county and England cricketer Matthew Boyce, along with Tom Mayfield and Alex Frith.
Boyce had an ace at the par three 17th hole.
Harrison Woan, from Northamptonshire, and Lewis Atkinson, from Essex, shared third in the pro medal awards with four-under 67 returns.
A similar pro/am a few days earlier at Kedleston Park GC was won by Andy Willey (Oakmere Park) who hit a six-under 66, while Simon Lilly (Wellingborough) headed the top pro/am team with 94 points for their 22-under-aggregate.
Golfing Days is a Leicestershirebased specialist golf and travel company which run tournaments for men, ladies, professionals and amateurs around the country and overseas.
Cort and Craig Shave (Whetstone) ended tied seventh in the Midlands PGA order of merit championship at Morley Hayes GC. They both had level par 144 totals.
Cort shot 73-71 and Shave 70-74. There was a three-way tie for first between Ben Hall (Rushcliffe), James Whatley, of the host club, and Simon Lilly (Wellingborough), whose three-under 141 returns left them a stroke clear of the field.