Brian Heap Shoots 69 Gross To Become Senior County Champion
Brian Heap shoots 69 gross to become Senior County Champion
Brian Heap (Worcester G&CC) (right), seen here with County President Ian Rone, wins the County Senior Championship.
45 of the best Senior County golfers assembled at Worcester G&CC on Monday 14th June 2021 to contest the County Senior Championship.
The weather was hot and sunny, and the course was in beautiful condition, and was a stern, but fair test for the players.
The format of the competition is that the gross winner becomes the County Champion, and winner of the Nevil Carroll Salver, and is invited to represent Worcestershire in the English Senior Champion of Champions Tournament, which is being held this year at Woodhall Spa GC on Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th September. There is also an excellent prize for best nett, The Denis Hayes Salver. Prizes are also awarded for best gross and best nett in three age categories - 55-59, 60-69 and 70+. A player may only win one prize.
In the gross Championship there were some early creditable scores, with Steve Carpeneter (Hagley) & Nigel Taylor (Redditch KIngfisher) posting 75s, 74s from Dave Marshall (The Worcestershire) & Anthony Hill (Moseley). Darron Henn (Gaudet Luce) shot an excellent 73, but this was beaten by a superb one under par 69 from Brian Heap (Worcester G&CC). When the ever steady Bill Thompson (Kings Norton) posted an excellent 70, it was clear that Brian would take a hard earned victory.
In the nett event, both Steve Carpenter (Hagley) & Neil Mallet (Warley Woods) posted level par 70s, and Darron Henn (Gaudet Luce) & Nigel Cowley (Worcester G&CC) posted 3 under par 67s, which were only beaten by Brian Heap's nett 65. With Brian already taking the gross prize, the two 67s came into play, with Nigel edging out Darron on countback.
Nigel Cowley (right) took the Denis Hayes Salver for best nett.
However, to make up for the disappointment of missing out on best nett, Darron was awarded a special prize of a dozen ProV1x in recognition of his hole in 1 on the 6th hole.
Darron Henn (right) congratulated by County President, Ian Rone, for his hole in one!
The fill list of winners on the day (one prize only per player) were:
- Best Gross - Brian Heap (Worcester G&CC) - 69
- Best Nett - Nigel Cowley (Worcester G&CC) - 67
- 2nd Best Gross - Bill Thompson (Kings Norton) - 70
- 2nd Best Nett - Darron Henn (Gaudet Luce) - 67 (countback)
- Best Gross 55-59 - Anthony Hill (Moseley) - 74 (countback)
- Best Nett 55-59 - Nigel Taylor (Redditch Kingfisher) - 73
- Best Gross 60-69 - Tony Sanders (Worcester G&CC) - 76
- Best Nett 60-69 - Neil Mallett (Warley Woods) - 70
- Best Gross 70+ - Steve Carpenter (Hagley) - 75
- Best Nett 70+ - Grenville Rose (Worcester G&CC) - 71
Full, unsorted results, can be found by clicking here.
The County would like to thank Worcester G&CC for hosting the tournament. Particular thanks must go to the greens staff for producing a course in such excellent condition for the event. We would also like to offer our thanks to Jon and Julie in the office, and the catering and bar team, for providing their usual highly professional and friendly service.
Finally, Ian Rone, County President would like to thank the volunteers who helped make the event run so smoothly: referees John Whitehead & Brenda Binnie, semi-professional starter Alec Mackie, and Brian Morris & Debbie Pritchard on the admin desk.