FOUR handicapper Kevin Howells clinched victory when Ross Golf Club saw 97 men members competing in their annual Winston Wildsmith Salver honours board stableford competition.
With fast running fairways some consistency in players’ short game on and around the greens was likely to be the determining factor and so it proved.
Howells certainly found conditions to his liking and with three birdies on his front nine holes he amassed 21 points at the turn.
With another birdie to follow, his 40 points total was just enough to edge out fellow four handicapper Alex Duncanson with 39 points.
Duncanson was followed by fellow 39 pointers Charles Reeve-Tucker and Andy Petersen, and 38 pointers Robin Eckley, Alexander Harris, John Parker, Justin Halfpenny, Jordan Hughes, Paul Element and Nick Hall.
Howells has enjoyed his best season since joining the Ross Club in 2021 after a long term lay-off from the game which now sees him boasting a 2.7 World Handicap Index and his lowest-ever.
The Ross member will probably remember most with fondness his winning of the annual Spring Scratch Cup in May in which 114 members took part.
This being one of the Club's Blue Ribbon events which saw Howells card an impressive gross 73 medal score when conditions were particularly challenging.
In so doing Howells edged out the 2024 Ross Club's Men Champion Cam Haines and Harvey Hancock, who has made a habit of winning the event in previous years.
Other sports results from across Herefordshire:
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Herefordshire County Bridge Association
Herefordshire Clubs Online Pairs (October 16): 1. Mike Ralph & Chris Chowney 61.25%; 2= Pamela Pearce & Susan Sharp/Linda Blunt & Owen Evans 55.00.
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