Day 3 - 2017 Links Championship Tour

After a grey day and a wet day, we finally get a nice sunny day... who says it always rains in Wales?

Nice to see all 16 players together for the group photo, well done John Alexander for organising one of the locals to take the pic!

 

The 2017 Links Championships Tourists

The only other time every one came together was in the bar the previous night when I got a round in to celebrate my 'hole in one'... did I mention I had a 'hole in one'??

With the fine weather came some spectacular views from the very challenging Pennard Golf Course.

View From The 17th Tee

Two or three rose admirably to challenge and posted respectable scores (primarily those that were tucked up in bed with a cup of cocoa by 9.00pm!)

		10-Jul		12-Jul		Champs
	Hcp	Ashburnham		Pennard		Total Pts
Rod Rapley	17	38		37		75
John Alexander	13	36		31		67
Steve Wallace	10	28		36		64
Bob Kirkwood	18	36		27		63
James Barnatt	14	32		25		57
Mike Steward	18	33		22		55
Cliff Smith	23	26		28		54
Dave Williams	15	28		26		54
Andy Wright	18	31		21		52
Glyn Rees	26	25		21		46
Angie Bassett	28	21		19		40
Mark Stevens	13	19		15		34
Alan Lake	21	20		14		34
Steve Miles	28	14		9		23
Knobby Bassett*	15	22		0		22

*Unable to play day 3 due to injury.

And so it came to pass, the winner of the 2017 Links Championship was Rod Rapley, shooting better than net par on both championship rounds and runner-up for the second year running was John Alexander.

2017 Winner Rod Rapley Receiving The Trophy From 2016 Winner Mike Steward

Of course, someone has to come last and take home the giraffe, unfortunately that honour fell to Knobby who was unable to play the final round due to injury... and for the second year running the official photographer failed to get a pic of the two together... or did he!

Knobby Proudly Standing Behind His Trophy.