South Wales Open Seniors 2019
St Mellons G.C. 14th / 15th July
Mike Hayward’s birdie run gives him open seniors’ championship
With glorious weather and a course in great condition and firm but true greens it was going to take two good scores to take the Open Seniors’ title. Current Welsh Seniors’ Champion, Glamorganshire’s Nick Grimmitt set the early pace with a first round 71. In second place was Royal Porthcawl’s Mark Phillips on 74 with a posse of strong players close behind.
After 9 holes of the second round Radyr’s Gwyn Jones, Nick and Newport’s Mike hayward were in close contention. However Hayward with 3 birdies in the last 7 holes pulled clear of Jones, paying in the same group who played them in level Par. This left Grimmitt needing a birdie on the last to tie on 143 however he had his worst hole of the day, a triple bogey 7 to finish in third place.
Overall a great couple of days hosted most impressively by the St Mellons club with a course that was universally praised by all competitors and a credit to the course manager and his staff. Our (and the players’) thanks to all concerned.
CSS was SSS+2 for Round 1 (73)
and SSS+1 for round 2 (72)
Leading Scores
Rd 1 | Rd 2 | 36 | |
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Mike Hayward | 75 | 68 | 143 |
Gwyn Jones | 74 | 70 | 144 |
Nick Grimmitt | 71 | 76 | 147 |
Nigel Evans | 76 | 72 | 148 |
Colin WM Jones | 76 | 73 | 149 |
Andrew Williams | 75 | 74 | 149 |
Jeffrey Thomas | 76 | 75 | 151 |
Mike Roper | 79 | 73 | 152 |
Phillip Evans | 76 | 76 | 152 |
Chris Hunt | 75 | 77 | 152 |
Colin Watkins | 81 | 74 | 155 |
Brian Rigby | 78 | 77 | 155 |
Paul Lamb | 84 | 73 | 157 |
Pat Regan | 78 | 79 | 157 |
David Phillips | 74 | 83 | 157 |
Andrew Ritter | 83 | 75 | 158 |
Kevin Spear | 79 | 79 | 158 |
Keith Stimpson | 79 | 79 | 158 |
Mike Gwyther | 79 | 79 | 158 |
Kerry Jones | 78 | 80 | 158 |
Nick Caulfield | 80 | 79 | 159 |
Prize Winners
Catagory Winners
Sunday 2nd Nett | Christopher Hunt | St Mellons | 75 - 4 | 71 |
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Sunday Best Nett | Paul Molton | Newport | 74-5 | 69 |
Sunday 2nd Gross | Mark Phillips | Ryl Porthcawl | 74 | |
Sunday Best Gross | Nick Grimmitt | Glamorganshire | 71 | |
Monday 2nd Nett | Jon Cook | Celtic Manor | 79-11 | 68 |
Monday Best Nett | Paul Lamb | Newbury & Crookham | 73-6 | 67 |
Monday 2nd Gross | Gwyn Jones | Radyr | 70 | |
Monday Best Gross | Mike Hayward | Newport | 68 |
36 Holes Prizes
3rd Nett | Mike Roper | Newport | 75+69 | 144 |
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2nd Nett | Colin Watkins | St Mellons | 75+68 | 143 |
Best Nett | Jon Cook | Celtic Manor | 74+68 | 142 |
3rd Gross | Nick Grimmitt | Glamorganshire | 71+76 | 147 |
Runner-up | Gwyn Jones | Radyr | 74+70 | 144 |
Champion 2019 | Mike Hayward | Newport | 75+68 | 143 |