SOMERSET GOLF UNION

Champion Club 2009

Taunton & Pickeridge Golf Club - Sunday 24th May 2009

The Champion Club Competition is an Inter Club competition with teams of three using the 36 hole strokeplay results scored in the County Championship.

The winners represent Somerset Golf Union at the English Golf Union Champion Club Competition which This year will be held at North Hants GC on the 12th and 13th of September.

David Gregory, Ellis Cook and Justin Lane with Somerset President Dennis Longden

This year's Champion Club competition was a real nail biter with the last man in for Saltford needing to score two under to pip Burnham & Berrow. Burnham & Berrow had set the marker scoring a very satisfactory 211 points for all three players in the morning but Curtis Edwards had put Saltford into contention just two shots behind with a stunning performance shooting a three under par 66.

Lane, Gregory and Cook had posted a commendable 8 over par for the 36 holes but had to wait for Laurie Canter who could have snatched it for Saltford. Needing a gross 67 was a tall order but Canter gave it an excellent try with a level par 69. The Burnham & Berrow triumph owed much to the 68 and 69 by Lane and Gregory in the morning round with Gregory, playing some fine controlled golf returning another 69 in the afternoon. 

We wish Burnham & Berrow success in the finals at North Hants later in the year.