Report 10/1/18 Villamartin
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T.M.G.S.
visits an old favourite 10/1/18
For the
first time in 18 months we visited one of our old
favourites, Villamartin. We played this course for
many years until the green fee was increased so much
that it is just not affordable! You may have noticed
the up-turn in popularity of the courses on the
Costa Blanca this is due mainly to northern
Europeans not wanting to risk their lives in Turkey
for a round of golf and I don’t blame them for that,
however if it wasn’t for the residents of the Costa
Blanca there wouldn’t be any courses to play on,
why? Because during those dark days of the economic
crisis it was the residents that kept the local
courses going, now there are more players than tee
times available and market forces prevail and the
prices rise. What will happen when this subsides?
The courses will be chasing the Societies again and
in my 22 years of living here this is the 3rd
time that I have seen this happen in the meantime
those of us who have played on a weekly basis now
find ourselves only being able to afford to play
maybe two or three times a month! Well back to our
visit, we did however receive a warm welcome from
the caddie masters Jose and Oliver just as if we
hadn’t been away. The course it’s self was in good
condition especially the greens and as always true,
but now extremely fast. Playing it’s full length
high scores were not expected and it proved to be so
with no player breaking par, in fact the best score
of the day went to the winner of the Gold category,
Jim Imrie who returned an impressive 35 points
playing from handicap 4. Competition Results:
N.T.P.’s Hole 6 J. Imrie, Hole 9 J. Hillier, Hole 13
P. Skarnes, Hole 17 T. Sormul. H. Woerdemann and L.
Williamson share the €36 from the 2’s pot. Best
guest was Gordon Imrie 28 points H/Cap 3, Bronze
cat. 3rd J. Hillier 25 pts. 2nd
M. Mhyrvold 26 pts. 1st O. Haubner 31
pts. Silver category; 3rd D. Sullivan 31
pts. 2nd I. Parkinson 33 pts, 1st
P. Skarnes 33 pts. L/H. Gold category; 3rd
J. Eyre 229 pts. 2nd P. Bradley 32 pts. 1st
J. Imrie 35 pts. Catch up on the latest info about
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