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CENTRE PARCS
Saturday 29th November 2003
THE CENTRE PARC OPEN 2003
Just within reach of the trophy, Tony gets gunned down by Dave
DAVE RETAINS CENTRE PARCS TROPHY
Geoff wins the Donald, but takes first loss in matchplay thriller
It has been two years since the last Centre Parcs when Dave smashed the record by six strokes. Was it a one-off freak performance or could the feat be equalled or even bettered. Tony was the man with the answer, as he posted a spectacular first round score of one-over! Beating the one-round record he hit a fabulous eight par total of 28. However, Dave and Con were still nicely poised with 32s, only one over the previous record. Any sign of weakness and Tony could be a goner by Sunday evening.

The next day saw Tony's demons coming to haunt him. After two holes he had been overhauled by Dave, who was showing some good Centre Parc form. After nine holes, Tony had dropped 14 shots behind Saturday's score, whilst Dave improved one shot to easily win from Con with a superb 63, one shot off the record.

Gavin and Geoff stormed around the Ruislip Course in 2hr 45mins to stay ahead of the bad weather until the 18th. They are claiming this as a new record for the fastest round.In the Matchplay there was never more than two in it as Gavin took an early lead. Geoff levelled by the 6th and led by 1 after nine. Gavin won the 12th outright and stayed 1 ahead until the 16th to then lead by dormy two. Geoff's last chance to draw level on the rainy 18th disappeared with a poor tee shot. As the only contenders to turn up for the Donald Duck Splashdown, Gavin and Geoff finished level on net strokes. For once Geoff took a win on countback.  
Dave Con Tony Mike Phil Geoff Gavin Gv-G
1 2** 3* 3* 3* 4 5 5 Level
2 3* 4 3* 4 4 9 8 Gv +1
3 4 4 3* 5 4 7 6 Gv +2
4 4 4 3* 3* 3* 5 8 Gv +1
5 5 3* 4 4 3* 4 4 Gv +1
6 4 3* 3* 3* 4 5 6 Level
7 4 4 3* 5 4 5 4 Gv +1
8 3* 3* 3* 4 3* 5 7 Level
9 3* 4 3* 4 4 5 7 G+1
10 3* 4 6 4 5 7 7 G+1
11 3* 5 5 4 6 5 4 Level
12 3* 4 5 6 5 7 6 Gv +1
13 3* 4 5 3* 4 5 5 Gv +1
14 4 4 4 3* 4 5 5 Gv +1
15 3* 3* 4 4 5 8 8 Gv +1
16 4 5 3* 4 4 5 4 Gv +2
17 4 4 6 3* 4 5 6 Gv +1
18 4 3* 4 4 4 7 5 Gv +2
in 31 36 42 35 41 52 50 Gavin
out 32 32 28 35 33 50 55 wins
total 63 68 70 70 74 102 105 by 2
Dave Con Tony Mike Phil Geoff Gavin
1 2 3 3 3 4 2 2
2 5 7 6 7 8 2 3
3 9 11 9 12 12 2 5
4 13 15 12 15 15 5 5
5 18 18 16 19 18 7 7
6 22 21 19 22 22 10 9
7 26 25 22 27 26 11 11
8 29 28 25 31 29 13 11
9 32 32 28 35 33 15 11
10 35 36 34 39 38 16 12
11 38 41 39 43 44 17 14
12 41 45 44 49 49 18 16
13 44 49 49 52 53 20 18
14 48 53 53 55 57 22 20
15 51 56 57 59 62 22 20
16 55 61 60 63 66 23 22
17 59 65 66 66 70 25 23
18 63 68 70 70 74 25 24
HANDICAPS
ALAN 16.7 17
DAVE 19.8 20
CON 17.9 18
MIKE 22.2 22
GEOFF 22.8 23
TONY 24.5 25
GAVIN 26.0 26
TOM 28.0 28
RUSSELL 28.0 28
STABLEFORD
ALAN IN CONTROL
Alan 38 35 34 33 32 172
Geoff 36 34 33 33 31 167
Gavin 38 33 32 32 31 166
Tom 37 33 33 30 30 163
Dave 36 32 31 31 30 160
Tony 33 33 30 29 29 154
Mike 33 32 30 29 27 151
Russell 34 33 24 26 117
Con 40 28 27 95
LOW SCORE CONTEST