LAST WEEK
19th March 2005 Ruislip
THE DAVE ALLEN SHIELD
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2004 IN FOCUS
MIKE WINS SPRING CHAMPIONSHIP
Tom walks away with the Low Score Trophy, as Baxter boys struggle with the Summer conditions
MATCHPLAY
LOW SCORE
Mike
37
37
37
32
31
174
Tom
36
36
36
32
30
170
Gavin
36
36
35
32
31
170
Tony
36
34
34
33
32
169
Geoff
38
35
32
32
31
168
Alan
38
36
31
31
30
166
Con
33
32
31
30
26
152
Dave
32
32
30
27
27
148
Alan 15.6
Dave 17.8
Con 18.4
Mike 19.1
Tom 20.5
Geoff 23.3
Tony 25.7
Russ 27.0
Gavin 27.2
MATCHPLAY ROUND ONE
T M A Gv G Ty D C
Tom
*
2
0
0
0
2
2
Mike
0
*
1
1
2
0
0
Alan
1
*
0
0
1
Gavin
2
2
*
0
2
2
Geoff
2
1
2
*
2
0
2
Tony
2
0
2
0
*
2
0
Dave
0
2
1
0
2
0
*
1
Con
0
2
0
0
2
1
*
6
8
6
2
3
6
8
7
THE BOYS LOVE GETTING TOGGED UP FOR THE BIG ONE
In the end, it was an anti-climax. With Mike struggling through the first half, it looked like, he was not going to improve upon his 28 point target. Tom was also struggling, but Gavin looked good. A mere 34 points could take the title and he had 16 in the bag, with eleven holes to play. He was also looking good for the Dave Allen, as he was four clear of Russell in second place. The Baxters were not having a good day!
Suddenly the wheels came off faster than a Schumaker pit stop. With only one point over the next few holes he found a new challenger in Dave who had sneaked a lead with eight to play. At this stage, Con was hovering in third place, but prepared to make his customary second-half challenge. However, Mike had not given up on his 28 point challenge, in spite of a paltry 13 point first half. A rare par on twelve gave him the inspiration to cling on to his trophy lead and stay ahead of Tom in his match.
Realizing that he may have thrown his match and the championship down the drain, Tom set to improve on his ten point first half and to come back from four holes down in the match. Three pars on the next five holes gave him dormy two. With two pars on the last, he could still take the trophy. Unfortunately a blob on the seventeenth gave it to Mike, who had played his best second half of the year to lengthen his one point lead and take his second championship with 174 points. His 31 points was not good enough for the Dave Allen, as Con took that on countback.
Consolation for Tom, who scooped the low score contest with a fine 69 point total, which included four birdies.
Hole Con Mike Dave Tom Gavin Geoff Tony Russ
1
7
6
8
8
7
7
7
7
2
7
7
9
9
6
8
8
7
3
5
7
5
6
4*
4*
7
6
4
5
6
6
8
6
7
8
5
5
3*
4
3*
4
5
4
5
3*
6
6
6
6
5
5
7
7
7
7
5
5
3*
4
4
4
7
7
8
5
5
3**
6
6
6
4
6
9
4*
4*
5
5
7
7
7
8
10
8
7
6
8
8
7
6
7
11
4
4
3*
4
5
4
3*
4
12
5
4*
5
5
6
6
7
7
13
5
5
5
4*
5
6
7
5
14
3*
5
6
3*
6
5
5
7
15
5*
6
9
6
7
8
7
7
16
3*
3*
6
3*
4
4
4
7
17
6
5
7
7
6
6
8
7
18
6
4
4
5
5
5
4
6
in
45
43
51
45
52
51
51
57
out
47
50
48
55
50
54
60
56
total
92
93
99
100
102
105
111
113
net
74
74
81
80
75
82
85
86
points
31
31
27
27
30
23
21
21
Hole
 Con Mike Gavin Dave Tom Geoff Tony Russ
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
4
0
0
1
1
3
3
3
2
8
2
1
4
2
5
4
5
4
10
3
1
5
2
8
5
8
6
11
6
3
7
3
11
6
9
7
14
7
5
8
4
12
7
10
8
16
10
7
10
4
12
8
12
10
17
14
8
11
7
13
9
15
13
17
16
10
11
7
13
10
15
14
17
18
10
12
9
14
11
17
16
18
21
12
14
12
16
12
19
19
20
23
15
16
13
17
13
21
21
22
25
18
18
13
19
14
24
22
23
25
21
19
15
19
15
27
24
24
25
23
19
16
20
16
30
27
27
25
26
21
19
20
17
31
29
29
25
26
22
19
21
18
31
31
30
27
27
23
21
21
Birdies
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Pars
5
3
1
4
3
3
2
1
Bogies
11
10
6
10
10
8
5
4
Blobs
3
1
2
6
5
3
6
5
Games
6
11
9
9
8
10
8
8