On Saturday 24th November, 15 teams of 4 players competed in the Progressive Am-Am. With a strong easterly wind and a few showers, the first few holes were challenging. Despite the weather, the scoring against the par score of 108 points was excellent. There were only three 2s recorded and…
On Thursday 22nd November the annual Prize Presentation evening was held at Melton Mowbray Golf Club. The evening was very well attended not only by winners, but supporters and family members too. Doug Woolley hosted the event in his inimitable comic style, which made the evening extremely enjoyable and Sue…
Sunday 18th November saw a shotgun start for Round 2 of the popular Autumn Trophy played as a 3 Ball Better Ball. Again the weather was kind to the 50 plus players, although the receptive greens meant an aggressive approach was necessary to get close to the pin. The result…
On Saturday 17th November, on possibly one of the last sunny days of the season, MMGC ran a Texas Scramble with over 50 competitors in the field. The event was won by the team of Rob Allen, Andy Blunt, Ray Smith and Alan Hodgkinson with a net score of 58.7. David…
Following some heavy which made the course play very long and created very receptive greens, there was still a good turn out of 64 golfers for the Greensomes Pairs. This competition is where both players tee off and pick the best drive, then they play alternate shot up until they…
The annual inter team challenge got underway on Sunday 4th Nov with 6 teams made up of a Ladies’ team, Scratch, Senior, Mixed, B and C Team all fighting it out for the prestigious inter team trophy. It was a shotgun start as normal, where all the players started from…
20 teams turned out to play in the yellow ball peril on Saturday, despite the very strong winds. The yellow ball peril is a fourball Stableford competition where the golfer with the yellow ball and one other player scores on each hole. The heavy, strong wind made the right club…
On October 18th, the men’s C Team held their end of season bash on a perfect autumn day in beautiful sunshine. Winner of nearest the pin on the 16th was David Bailey and winner of nearest the pin in two on the 3rd was Steve Tagg. The top three players…
On an almost dry Sunday (weather-wise at least) 64 players met in the clubhouse at 8am to take part in the first Autumn Trophy challenge of this year. Everyone was very grateful for the extra hour in bed and breakfast in the shape of bacon or sausage cobs with tea…
The Gent’s competition season at Melton Mowbray Golf Club came to a thrilling conclusion on the world famous Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa on Saturday 21st October. The Race to Woodhall Spa (RWS) competion saw Ian and Geoff Townsend, Kevin Robertson, Ray Catton and David Taylor join Order of Merit…
