Gloucestershire Golf Union
English Men's County Finals - all the news and photos!
ENGLISH MEN'S COUNTY FINALS - WHITTINGTON HEATH GC - FRIDAY 27TH TO SUNDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER
The field: Cumbria, Essex, Gloucestershire and Lincolnshire.
Follow their progress: HERE
A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OUR 'GREEN ARMY' WHO CAME TO SUPPORT OUR TEAM
PRACTICE ROUND - THURSDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER
SHOT OF THE DAY!
Hole 13 Nathan Moore - stuck under tough lip of the bunker, looking like an impossible shot but hit out magnificently
QUOTE OF THE DAY!
Is this your J2O? ( this goes with the photo of Sam Sullivan who ordered his J2O at the bar and the bar lady had been having a bit of sport with Sam and Jake)
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DAY ONE - FRIDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER - GLOUCESTERSHIRE 3.5 V LINCOLNSHIRE 5.5
Due to adverse weather conditions overnight and flooded greens a delayed start this morning - play will be over 13 holes starting from the 6th. 18 holes singles to be played this
afternoon #goflashes!
SHOTS OF THE DAY!
Jake Phillips - hole 12 - hit a 7 iron to 5ft and holed it for a birdie
Calum Mortimore - hole 18 - hit a stinger 4 iron to 8 ft and canned it
Nick Day - hole 10 - hit a rescue off the tee, drew it slightly left and it ended up the other side of a tree! How did it get there???? Yes, it was "˜"¦Goin' on a Bear Hunt - can't go over it; can't go under it; can't go around it; Got to go through it (if you know your children's story books?)
QUOTES OF THE DAY!
"I just know when I see someone with an old style putter, they're just gonna be good!"
"Is that your buggy down there? Oh, yes, I'd better go back and get it!"
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DAY TWO - SATURDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER - GLOUCESTERSHIRE 4.5 V CUMBRIA 4.5 - MATCH HALVED
SHOTS OF THE DAY!
Nathan Moore - hole 16 - Neil Tocknell walked by Nathan saying, "Time for a chip-in here"¦" Nathan duly obliged and chipped in from 20 yards!
Ash Millington - hole 17 - 220 yards out, uphill, pin hidden by a bunker and Ash hit the green
Jake Phillips - hole 11 - 145 yards knockdown with a 9 iron, then a putt on a tough downhill slope - it was like hitting a ball off a car roof and stopping on a bonnet, when the ball rolled nicely in!
QUOTES OF THE DAY!
"˜That tree is the safe place (told to one of our players, by a spectator, as he was setting up to his shot! Helpful??? NOT!!)
"˜That's not your ball - that's a mushroom' (it actually WAS the player's ball!)
Is that another J2O???? (Sam Sullivan on the hard stuff again!!!!)
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| Team Mascot - Mia | Our oldest and youngest Supporters (84 years between them!) | Time for a re-fuel! | .... and to check their socials or complete their playing stats!!?? |
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DAY THREE - SUNDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER - GLOUCESTERSHIRE 4 V ESSEX 5
SHOT OF THE DAY!
Nathan Moore - hole 18 - (story leading up to this)"¦.Nathan was up 2 up with 3 to play. His opponent holes a 50ft putt down the green to win hole 16 and a subsequent huge shout and fist pump! 17th hole, Nathan in for birdie. His opponent cans a 40ft putt across the green to halve the hole and another huge fist pump! 18th green - both players on in 2, 35ft away. Nathan holes for a birdie and the win, followed by our eruption of a shout, and fist pump from Nathan, the team, and all the GGU supporters around the green!
QUOTE OF THE DAY!
"¦a final word from our County President- Ian Hughes - about our participating county players"¦'they are nothing but the greatest and I have the greatest admiration for the way they played. Bring it on next year"¦'
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ALL PHOTOS AND QUOTES COURTESY GARY AND DAWN WARD AND NEIL TOCKNELL. THANK YOU.
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