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Tough at the Top
Matthew Cryer returned from the Italian Championship having played some of his best golf and lost out in just R2 of the Matchplay Stages. Cryer followed a 71 with a 66 to comfortably make it through in qualifying and in R1 of the knockout stage, was heading for an approximate 64 to win 2&1.
Cryer and Steele take honours
Matt Cryer returned from his first Home Internationals with 4 points as his contribution to the 21.5 from the 10 man England team who came second in the 2005 Championships, whilst on Saturday 10th September, in some very wet conditions, Rob Steele retained his Howitt Bowl title at North Warwickshire.
Rob Steele will play in the Open
At the third attempt, Rob Steele will play in the British Open this week after rounds of 67 and 69 in the final stage of pre-qualifying when over 380 players tried for just 12 places.
The McEvoy Interview - Part II
McEvoy is a very busy man. He has an imminent trip to South Africa to go with the finishing touches to his new position as Business Development Director for Playgolf, the company building the new six hole golf courses. Near London it will be a chance for golfers to take on the 12th and 16th from Augusta, as well as the Postage Stamp from Troon and the 12th at Royal Birkdale. There is all this plus concerns about losing three highly rated squad members for the 2005 Walker Cup in this conclusion of this interview..
Peter McEvoy – talking of the Future, and the Past
Peter McEvoy is one of the greats of England Golf - a very respected golf writer responded to an enquiry about McEvoy by saying ‘quite possibly one of the last of the great amateurs’. McEvoy has not played at the highest level for nearly 20 years and with a young family, he now contents himself with a couple of rounds a month at his beloved Copt Heath, venue of the McEvoy Trophy each Spring for very the best juniors. The handicap is still scratch and the quality evident, and Peter happy if play is not slow. Time which was spent on honing a wonderful golf game is now devoted to many business interests but McEvoy took an hour out of his day to talk about the game of golf, for this web site – it’s a feature interview you must read.
The 2004 Warwickshire Union Dinner
With the EGU President Paul Fisher as principle guest, the 2004 WUGC Annual Dinner saw some 200 club members and guests celebrate and very successful season for Warwickshire Golf, as was reflected in the praise given, in speeches from Paul Fisher and WU President Jim Dean, of the three team titles, the individual honours at National and Regional level and of course the Warwickshire Champions themselves. After the more conventional part of the evening, many guests were then reduced to tears of laughter during more than an hour of stories from raconteur Mr Bob Webb