Billy produces above-par display to win 19th hole competition at Galgorm

At the halfway stage in the 19th Hole Trophy v Par Competition played at Galgorm Castle Golf Club four players were tied for the lead.
By The Newsroom
Published 5th Jun 2016, 08:00 BST
Ryan Gregg of Rainey & Gregg Property Services presents a sponsorship cheque for the Galgorm Castle Golf Club 19th Hole competition to club captain Ian Henry. INBT 21-210CSRyan Gregg of Rainey & Gregg Property Services presents a sponsorship cheque for the Galgorm Castle Golf Club 19th Hole competition to club captain Ian Henry. INBT 21-210CS
Ryan Gregg of Rainey & Gregg Property Services presents a sponsorship cheque for the Galgorm Castle Golf Club 19th Hole competition to club captain Ian Henry. INBT 21-210CS

They were Billy Cull (8), Adam Martin (16), Vincent Miskelly (5) and Thomas McNeill (10) who were three up, while Michael Brown (10) was 2 up followed by Patrick Bamber (4) and Paul Sittlington (9) who were 1 up.

Approaching Beechers Bamber who was having a good run of three pars and two birdies was 5 up and leading from Cull, Martin, McNeill and Brown who were 4 up. Miskelly and Sittlington were 2 up. Cull gained shots to par at the Grove and the Lowlands and came home 6 up to win Overall from A.Martin (Overall Runner-Up) who finished 5 up. Bamber and Miskelly finished 3 up and with a better back nine Bamber won Division 1 with Miskelly second. McNeill, Brown and Sittlington were 2 up at the finish and with a better back nine Sittlington came third.

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In Division 2 at the turn Chris Djorjani (11) and Keith Clements (11) were 1 up to par and leading by one from Gary Crabbe (13) and Shawn Pedlow (13) who were all square. Through The Maple the players’ positions had changed with Crabbe and Pedlow 2 up and leading from Djorjani and Clements who were 1 up. Up the Grove Pedlow who had gained two to par through fourteen and fifteen was now 4 up and leading Crabbe who was 2 up, followed by Djorjani and Clements 1 up. Pedlow double bogeyed the Lowlands and bogeyed the last to finish 2 up and was joined by Djorjani and Clements who gained shots at the Lowlands. However Crabbe parred the Lowlands to go 3 up and held on with a par at 18 to win by one. Pedlow with a better back nine took second place with Djorjani third.

After the front nine in Division 3 David McIlroy (16) and Michael Burton (18) were 1 down to par and leading David Brown (16), Des Cousley (18) and Brian Watt (19) who were 2 down. John Caulfield (19) was a further hole down. Through The Maple McIlroy, Burton and Brown were all square and leading from Watt and Caulfield who were 1 down with Cousley 2 down. In a very close and exciting finish Brown parred Beechers to go 1 up and held on over the closing three holes to win 1 up from Burton, McIlroy, Watt, Cousley and Caulfield who all finished all square. Caulfield with a better back nine took second place with Cousley third.

Turning for home in Division 4 Michael Simpson (21) was 3 up and leading from Kevin Duffin (20) 2 up followed by Tony Quinn (20) 1 up and James Campbell all square. With three holes left to play Duffin and Simpson were 2 up. Duffin after parring Beechers to go 3 up double bogeyed the Grove and ‘dinged’ the Lowlands and finished 1 up. Simpson double bogeyed the Lowlands and finished level with Duffin who took first place with a better back nine. Quinn and Campbell finished 1 down and with a better back nine third went to Campbell.

Steven Penney (1) won the Gross 1 up with Amarnath Dan (23) (all square) winning the Seniors with a better back nine.