The 2024 Men’s Open playing for the G.E. Sayce Cup took place on Sunday 5th May. A big thank you to Martyn & Tim Evans of Builth Wells Garages for their very generous sponsorship of the competition.
Noah Wilson (Bransford GC) winner of the G.E. Sayce Cup 2024. Also in picture Shane Claridge, Vice Captain.
The winner of the G.E. Sayce Cup 2024 was Noah Wilson (Bransford Golf Club) with a tremendous score of 67 - 8 = 59 winning by 2 shots from Paul Pearson (Builth Wells Golf Club) 76 - 15 = 61.
After a very long autumn/winter, the first open competition of 2024 took place at Builth Wells with the Seniors Team Open. The format was a team of four, 2 scores to count on holes 1-6, 3 scores on holes 7-12 and all 4 scores on holes 13-18 with 85% handicap allowance.
The golf course was in excellent condition given the extremely wet weather over recent months; it was pleasing to hear visiting players praising the condition of the course such as:
“This has been the first game of golf this year that I have enjoyed as the course is dry and the greens are excellent”
“As a past greens chairman I would like to commend the green staff on the condition of the course, it was a joy to be out there today, the greens were first class”
A big thank you to lady member, Val Rodgers for administering the scorecards and taking entry fees from start to finish.
The final 72 Club draw took place on SUNDAY 31ST MARCH 2024 and the lucky winners were as follows:
The final Open competition of a very successful Centenary year saw the team of three ‘Memorial’ competition played on Sunday 15th October. The weather was kind although the early starters encountered cold temperatures and mist.
The format was stableford, 2 scores to count apart from holes 6, 13 and 18 where all 3 scores counted.
The final day of the 2023 Open Weekend saw the Heart of Wales Trophy played for. 118 players entered this individual stableford competition which was played as a mixed gender competition.
The 2023 Seniors Open took place on Wednesday 5th July; the format for the day was individual stableford, 95% handicap allowance.
A good field of 90 players took part with 74 visiting golfers, a good number of which were in the prizes.
A special thank you to both Bargoed and Morlais Castle Golf Club’s for their valued support of the open.
The Seniors 4B/B/B Open took place on Monday 5th June; the weather was cool early on but soon warmed up! 40 pairs took part with 21 visiting pairs. The format was better ball stableford, 85% handicap allowance.
Competition was fierce with only 4 points separating the top 9 scores, 43 points being the winning score.
The 2023 Spring Open Weekend began with the 4 ball better ball stableford competition, the men playing for the John Jones Memorial Trophy and the ladies the S&S Golf Trophy.
The weather conditions were fantastic, blue skies and bright sunshine , ideal for golf!
Entry numbers were good - 118 players, 64 of which were visiting players representing 17 different golf clubs.
4 BALL BETTER BALL RESULTS 27/05/2023
DAY 2 - Team of four, Texas Scramble, Sunday 28th May
Another beautiful day for the playing of the Gerry Kershaw Memorial Trophy, a team of four Texas Scramble.
20 teams of four took part, with 33 visiting players and 47 members; 12 different clubs were represented.
TEXAS SCRAMBLE RESULTS 28/05/2023
DAY 3 - Team of three, 2 scores to count, 3 scores on holes 6,10,18, Monday 29th May
The final day of the Spring Open was another beautiful sunny day. Teams of three split into ladies and men’s sections. 22 teams took part with an even split of non members and members.