Last year Chris completed an unprecidented treble of the Boys, U21s and U21s Matchplay titles. In his last year as a Junior, and as Warwickshire Boys Captain, Chris committed himself to all the County matches and the qualifying for National competitions. His record was very impressive, hardly losing a match and winning the Midland Boys title by a distance. In looking for senior experience (Chris is looking to turn Pro at around 21) Chris missed out the three of the five Majors for Warwickshire Juniors, Championships around which the JoM is based. He could have played as a Guest in the Warwickshire Schools, he missed the Warwickshire Boys and the U21s (and therefore qualifying for the U21s Matchplay) as he was trying his luck in the English Amateur, and in National competitions he learnt a lot but did not make the higher reaches of those respective leaderboards. Had he played in the Championships he missed, he would have been clear of the rest and have his second JoM Title.

Dale Marson started the season very impressively, winning the Warwickshire Schools and making top 3 in the Boys trials. He then went on to be a key part of the Boys team, earning more JoM points, and finished 2003 with Open and Club points to leave himself just under 1800 points behind Evans.

Chris Hazeldine became Boys and U21s Champion with a 5 under par score at Moor Hall. That, together with winning his Club Championship, launched Chris up the JoM. He consolidated his position with Junior Open Points and was just over 2000 points behind Chris Evans.

Rob Browning scored well in a National Championship, was consistent in Warwickshire County event but made his JoM total by scoring nearly 2000 JoM points in Junior Opens, the highest amount in this section of the JoM by a card holder.He was 1995 points behind Chris Evans with the JoM Championship to go.

I can t believe it! I felt yesterday (Friday) I could play well today but I knew that my short game wasn t up to it

so I spent 5 hours yesterday chipping and putting. It was all down to how well Chris played and maybe today wasn t his day. After seven holes I had had only 9 putts and Chris had lipped out 4 times. I knew I had the lead.

Chris Evans was philosophical about losing his title, The JoM is great, it really is. This year wasn t to be. I knew what I had to do and today I just couldn t pull it off. Rob played really well.

My year really started when I won the Handsworth Junior Open. I did well at Coventry and Stoneleigh as well , said Rob, I ve worked much harder this year (on my golf) and I suppose this shows that I have come a long way ... but I can work harder.

Sam Foster - I just had a really bad day

Chris Hazeldine - I was never in touch after starting with two bogies.

Only Jamie Melton (Nuneaton) could birdie the 18th at WMids GC (a very similar hole to the 17th at Sawgrass in the US). Only Chris Hazeldine could birdie the 499 yard par 4 8th.

Rob Browning started birdie, par, bogey - he then had four birdies in a row to turn in 33 - 4 under par. He lead the field by 5 points after nine holes. The worst score he could have shot for the back nine (and still have win the overall JoM) was 11 points - he managed 16 points.

This is the second year of the Warwickshire Junior Order of Merit.

Its open to any Junior who is a member of a Club in the Warwickshire Union

They have a calendar of events they can play in, divided into three sections

Warwickshire Union and National events - 5 Junior Majors in the County

20 or so Junior Opens

10 Club competitions and Club matches

A final JoM Championship only open to the top 24 in the JoM

This year there are over 170 Junior on the JoM (There were 90 last year)

Prizes totalled £750 in value, sponsored by Stratford Consulting and supported by TaylorMade Adidas

The 2003 JoM Championship

Held at the West Midlands Golf Club on Saturday 25th October

18 holes handicap stableford for the Top 24 in the JoM up to 10th October,

playing for one final set of points to count and make up the final JoM table

JoM Championship results (points)

40 - Rob Browning (Maxstoke) - OoM - 3000 - Won a TM Carry Bag

37 - Stuart Yates (Kenilworth) - Leigh Pritchard (Maxstoke) - 2000 - Yates on B9 - Holdall - Pritchard - an umbrella

35 - Mark Massey (Moor Hall) - Andrew Bate (Moor Hall) - Dale Marson (Rugby) - 1000

34 - Chris Dougill (Stoneleigh) - Stuart Slater (Maxstoke) - Russell Heritage (Shirley) - 750

33 - Daniel Keswick (Nuneaton) - Neil Taylor (Rugby) - Steven Mumford (Hearsall) - 550

32 - Chris Hazeldine (Moor Hall) - Andrew Evans (Maxstoke) - Jamie Melton (Nuneaton) -

Chris Evans (Maxstoke) - 400

31 - Mark Davies (Hearsall) - 200

30 - Jamie Carney (Shirley) - 200

29 - David Ashley (Nuneaton) - 200

28 - Andrew Geraghty (Maxstoke) - 200

26 - Sam Newey (Shirley) - 100

25 - Scott King (Shirley) - Sam Foster (Maxstoke) - Stuart Leddy (Nuneaton) - 100

Final JoM Table

1 - Rob Browning - Maxstoke - 7845 - Won a TaylorMade 540 driver (RRP £300)

2 - Chris Evans - Maxstoke - 7240 - Won a Taylormade 3 wood (RRP £150)

3 - Dale Marson - Rugby - 5975

4 - Chris Hazeldine - Moor Hall - 5230

5 - Jamie Melton - Nuneaton - 4955

6 - Stuart Yates - Kenilworth - 4945

Other - Jamie Carney (Shirley) - Warks Schools U11s Champion - 16 Handicap - 750 County Points - 250 Junior Open Points - 1490 Club Points - Total (inc JoM Championship) - 2690

THE FULL AND FINAL JOM IS NOW AVAILABLE