LAST WEEK 2003 IN FOCUS
MATCHPLAY
ARCHIVES LOW SCORE
RUISLIP Saturday 17th January 2004
THE LONDON OLYMPIC SHIELD
DAVE HITS HIS STRIDE
Six-par blast from Con cannot halt the charge
"There are no flies on me, missus!" Drug test reveals high levels of Flit Fly Spray in Dave's system.

With the prospect of the Olympics coming to London, Fort Baxter was in inspired form. Quality golf errupted from every green, as Dave charged to victory in the Olympic Celebration event and three matchplays remained tense throughout. The big battle was between Dave and Con. In spite of a six-par surge in an eight-hole stretch around the turn, Con could not shake off the damage of his four blobs and Dave's scintilating form. Matching him in the par count, Dave only slipped to one blob, thus posting a 37 pointer and a three hole victory. Gavin had an absolute nightmare game with five big blobs gifting the round to Tom. The most competetive game was between Mike and Geoff. The most dramatic hole was the 14th where Mike's triple bogie won by five strokes! In spite of this eleven stroke par three on the card, Geoff managed to just hit the ton, which showed that he played some quality golf throughout the rest of the game. Mike showed flashes of his old form and in spite of not having posted a par on the last two games, he notched up a birdie and three pars to stay in touch with Geoff. With the game being all square with one to go, Geoff hit a great chip and a long put to par and win by one.

SCORES LONDON OLYMPIC
Dave Geoff Con Mike Tony Tom Gavin
1 7 6 7 6 7 6 8
2 6 7 6 8 6 6 11
3 4* 5 5 5 3** 6 5
4 5 6 6 7 7 7 11
5 4 4 4 3* 5 4 4
6 6 5 5 5 8 6 7
7 5 5 5 4 4 5 4
8 4* 4* 4* 7 4* 7 6
9 5 5 7 4* 4* 5 6
10 5* 6 5* 11 7 8 7
11 3* 4 3* 3* 4 5 5
12 7 8 4* 7 7 6 5
13 4* 5 4* 6 6 6 6
14 4 11 6 6 7 6 4
15 6 6 5* 7 7 6 7
16 3* 5 5 2** 4 5 5
17 6 5 7 6 5 7 10
18 4 3* 4 4 7 4 6
in 42 53 43 52 54 53 55
out 46 47 49 49 48 52 62
total 88 100 92 101 102 105 117
net 68 77 74 79 77 78 91
pts 37 32 31 29 29 25 22
Dave Geoff Con Mike Tony Tom Gavin
1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
2 2 3 2 2 3 5 0
3 5 5 4 4 8 7 3
4 8 7 5 5 9 8 3
5 10 9 7 8 10 10 5
6 11 12 9 10 10 12 6
7 12 13 10 12 12 13 8
8 15 16 13 12 15 13 9
9 17 18 13 15 18 15 10
10 20 20 16 15 19 15 11
11 23 22 19 18 21 16 12
12 24 22 22 19 22 18 15
13 27 24 25 20 23 19 16
14 29 24 25 21 23 20 19
15 31 26 28 22 24 20 20
16 34 27 29 26 27 22 22
17 35 29 29 27 29 23 22
18 37 32 31 29 29 25 22
Birdie- 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Par- 6 2 6 4 3 0 0
Bogie- 13 10 10 8 9 4 4
Blob 1 2 4 2 4 3 5
Games 3 3 2 2 3 2 3

HANDICAPS

MIKE GOES BACK

ALAN 16.9 17
CON 17.9 18
DAVE 19.5 20
MIKE 22.5 23
GEOFF 23.0 23
TONY 25.0 25
GAVIN 25.6 26
TOM 26.7 27
RUSSELL 28.0 28

STABLEFORD

DAVE IN THE LEAD

Dave 37 32 30 99
Geoff 32 32 32 96
Gavin 37 33 22 92
Tony 29 29 27 85
Tom 39 25 64
Con 31 30 61
Alan 30 27 57
Mike 29 23 52