Spring Tour 2021

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Spring 2021 was meant  to see the BBC visit Celtic Manor but due to the hotel still being closed, the decision was made to visit 2 local courses instead:

April 24th: Castle Combe

April 25th: Cleeve Hill

Castle Combe - 24th April

The stableford scores, and therefore finishing positions, were as follows:

1. Alun Watkins - 36
2. Prev Rajh - 35
3. David Horner - 34
4. Ben Mason - 33
5. Simon Kelly -  32
6. Frankie Pankhurst - 32 
7. Ian Stuart - 32
8. Marcus Dunk - 31
9. Tom Budd - 31
10. Dave Cox - 29
11. Lloyd Brown - 27
12. Matty Wright -  27
13. Paul Netto - 23

This has the following bearing on handicaps...

Finishing position / overall winner adjustments:

1. Alun Watkins - drop by 15% 

2. Prev Rajh - drop by 10%

3. Dave Horner - drop by 5% 

11.  Lloyd Brown- increase by 5% 

12. Matty Wright - increase by 10% 

13. Paul Netto - increase by 15%

Stableford score adjustments:

Alun Waktins - Front 9 (5% cut)

Ian Stuart - Front 9 (5% cut)

Versus winner adjustments:

Paul Netto + 1 shot

Order of Merit:

1. Alun Watkins - 10 points

2. Prev Rajh - 8 points

3. Dave Horner - 6 points

4. Ben Mason - 5 points

5. Simon Kelly - 4 points

6. Frankie Pankhurst - 3 points

7. Ian Stuart - 2 points

8. Marcus Dunk - 1 point

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For the 13 players that played, this meant that handicaps will be adjusted as:

1. Alun Watkins moves from 29 to 23
2. Prev Rajh moves from 0 to +1
3. Dave Horner moves from 14 to 13
4. Ben. Mason stays at 8
5. Simon Kelly stays at 30
6. Frankie Pankhurst stays at 18
7. Ian Stuart moves from 14 to 13
8. Marcus Dunk stays at 18
9. Tom Budd stays at 18
10. Dave Cox stays at 18
11. Lloyd Brown moves from 18 to 19
12. Matty Wright moves from 13 to 15
13. Paul Netto moves from 18 to 22

Cleeve Hill - 25th April

The stableford scores, and therefore finishing positions, were as follows:

1. Dan Harris - 35
2. Alun Watkins - 34
3. Tom Budd - 33
4. Marcus Dunk - 33 (4th on countback)
5. Lloyd Brown - 31
6. Ben Williamson - 31 (5th on countback)
7. Ben Mason - 30
8. Bob Ashley - 30 (8th on countback)
9. Simon Kelly - 29
10. Prev Rajh - 29 (10th on countback)
11. Dave Cox - 28
12. Ben Garbett - 26
13. Ian Stuart - 22
14. Richard Slade - 18

This has the following bearing on handicaps...

Finishing position / overall winner adjustments:

1. Dan Harris - drop by 15% 

2. Alun Watkins - drop by 10%

3. Tom Budd - drop by 5% 

12.  Ben Garbett- increase by 5% 

13. Ian Stuart - increase by 10% 

14. Richard Slade - increase by 15%

Stableford score adjustments:

Alun Waktins - Front 9 (5% cut)

Marcus Dunk - Front 9 (5% cut)

Versus winner adjustments:

Ian Stuart + 1 shot

Richard Slade + 2 shots

Order of Merit:

1. Dan Harris - 10 points

2. Alun Watkins - 8 points

3. Tom Budd - 6 points

4. Marcus Dunk - 5 points

5. Lloyd Brown - 4 points

6. Ben Williamson - 3 points

7. Ben Mason - 2 points

8. Bob Ashley - 1 point

Fair form reset:

Richard Slade +1 shot

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For the 14 players that played, this meant that handicaps will be adjusted as:

1. Dan Harris moves from 18 to 15
2. Alun Watkins moves from 23 to 18
3. Tom Budd moves from 18 to 17
4. Marcus Dunk moves from 19 to 18
5. Lloyd Brown stays at 19
6. Ben Williamson stays at 22
7. Ben Mason stays at 8
8. Bob Ashley stays at 11
9. Simon Kelly stays at 30
10. Prev Rajh stays at +1
11. Dave Cox stays at 18
12. Ben Garbett moves from 25 to 27
13. Ian Stuart moves from 13 to 16
14. Richard Slade moves from 22 to 29 

These changes are reflected on the main handicaps page.