Greetings golfers,

The club hosted two county competitions this week, below is a report on how things went.

Mens CAGU County Foursomes Championships

The 2015 County Foursomes Championship took place in ideal conditions at the Links Golf Club on Sunday. It looked to be an ideal day for low scoring, especially when early starters Owen Davies and James Reeson both from Brampton Park returned a brilliant score of 4 under par 68.

Unfortunately the rest of the field of 42 pairs were unable to match their dazzling golf and at lunch they led by the huge margin of 7 shots. In second place were Richard Temple and Gareth Bell of Gog Magog on 75 with the promising county juniors Olly Rust and Owen Meeds in 3rd on 76.

In the afternoon it was just a walk in the park for the leaders as they returned another fine round of 70 after dropping 2 shots on their final 3 holes for a total of 138. The next best afternoon score came from the experienced pairing of Steve Jarvis and Dave Quinney from Gog Magog who scored 72 and coupled with their 1st round score of 77, this left them in the runners up spot with 149. Finishing in 3rd place were Richard Temple and Gareth Bell with 152. Gareth finished 3rd last year with James Clough of the Links GC after earlier in 2014 both winning the County Fourball.

Tournament controller Neil Hughes said "It was a great day for golf, although not wholly reflected in the scoring, The Links GC are to be congratulated for their efforts on the course and the excellent service by caterers and staff".

Scoreboard

Cambs and Hunts Ladies 2015 Division 1 Meeting - Links Newmarket. 

The Ladies Cambs and Hunts Golf association held their 2015 division 1 meeting at The Links on Tuesday with some of the best lady golfers from the two counties taking part. On a difficult day when scoring was difficult Tabitha Brain from the Gogs won the Margery Newport Trophy with a gross score of 4 over par 76 beating defending champion our own Marcella Tuttle, into second spot with a score of 81. 

Other local wins included a 3rd handicap spot for ladies vice-Captain Lynn Lambert with a nett score of 77 and in the afternoon foursomes Marcella Tuttle and Sarah Greenall finished 3rd with 32points.



Captains Draw for Titleist AP1 Irons 

The Captains Charity draw is now entering its final phase. The prize for the winner will be a Tour Pro club fitting experience at the Titleist National Fitting Centre at St Ives, plus a set of either Titleist's AP1 or AP2's whichever is most suitable for the winner. The prize value is over £500. 

We have limited the draw to just 200 tickets and they are priced at £5 per ticket. The draw date is scheduled for the Clubs Charity Day on Saturday 30th May.