Five pars and a birdie set Dave up for a terrific start to the year. However, three blobs saw him dropping six points from target, letting Russ win by one point with 36. Eleven bogies, which was one more than the other three players, along with a hat-trick of pars towards the end of the front nine, marred by just the one blob lead him to victory.

Mike and Geoff had a terrific wooden spoon battle, which Mike won by three with 29 points. Four blobs to Geoff’s five made for most of the difference.