On the extremely dry Constable course and into a brisk wind, two of our Seniors golfers, played their winter singles final.Allen Smith was giving Roger Davies three shots.

On the first hole, Roger managed to find the right trees and after a drop, couldn’t match Allen’s 5.

Hole two saw Allen make par and storm into a 2 shot lead.

The 3^rd was a shot hole for Roger and he duly obliged with a 4 nett 3.

The next 3 holes were all halved with Allen remaining 1 up.

However, Roger won the next only to quickly give it back.

The 9^th saw a half for Allen to remain 1 up at the turn.

With the 10^th halved in 6s, it was Rogers turn to win a hole as he chalked up a nice par on 11^th.

12 was halved and then Allen stepped up with a par on 13 to get his lead back.

Roger was rattled by this and promptly sprang to life, winning the next two holes to take a very slender lead.

Allen made a superb birdie on 16^th to square the match, however, Roger had other ideas and cleared up on the 17^th to take a 1 shot lead to the last.

Yes, you guessed it, straight in the pond and despite a great attempt, he couldn’t beat Allen’s 4.

So, we went back down the 1^st again. Allen down the left but blocked by trees, Roger down the right and a clear shot in. Despite Allen’s best efforts, the trees saw the better of him and Roger claimed victory.

Congratulations to both Allen and Roger, they both played the Final in a friendly and gentlemanly manner and it was a pleasure to be part of it.

Many thanks to Captain, Malcolm Norton, for both refereeing this finaland providing a report on what was clearly a very well played match