Red team has the blues at Felixton Ryder Cup

FELIXTON Country Club’s (FCC) inaugural version of the Ryder Cup played out over the weekend as the chairman's ‘Red Hot’ team took on the captain’s ‘Blue Steel’ team.

The chairman selected his squad of 12 golfers linked to Felixton Village, while the captain’s ‘Internationals’ were drawn from a dozen players from Empangeni and Richards Bay.

The tournament consisted of three 18-hole competitions, all played as matchplay, so there were 24 points up for grabs.

Saturday's formats were betterball in the morning and drawn foursomes in the afternoon, while on Sunday the players were ranked in order of their handicap and played singles in matchplay (all players off a scratch).

The weekend saw some super golf being played, with the ‘visitors’ ending as overall victors.

More importantly, it was an exhibition of Felixton Country Club spirit and this will definitely become a permanent fixture on the FCC calendar.

Results:

Betterball: Blue Steel 1½, Red Hot 4½ Foursomes: Blue Steel 2½ - Red Hot 3½ Singles: Blue Steel 10½ Red Hot 1½

Total: Blue Steel 14½ - Red Hot 9½

Photos: Erwin Kruger The golf was great and the spirit of camaraderie was even better at the Felixton Country Cub’s inaugural Ryder Cup competition

Angel van Rensburg off the tee as Alan von Albach keeps an eye on the ball’s trajectory

Russel Maclntosh watches the progress of Teresa Wickham’s putt

Kim Swift keeps her head down for the fairway iron shot

Cliffy Rudolf watches the putt that refused to fall

Deena Naicker blasts one out the bunker