Lance and Charlie Forster, representing Basingstoke Golf Membership, gained the seventy fifth staging of The Antlers 36-hole Scratch Foursomes Medal occasion at Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Membership in Richmond final weekend with a complete rating of 142, together with a formidable opening spherical of 66.
They had been positioned forward of Liam Cella and James Lennon (Sandy Lodge GC) in second place and Stephen Ross and Jacob Austin (Sunningdale GC) in third spot after a countback on scores achieved on the well-known JH Taylor course.
Charlie Forster, who gained the Peter Alliss Memorial Trophy on the identical course final yr, performs at Lengthy Seashore State School in america and has simply been chosen for the GB&I group for the St Andrews Trophy. He and his father had been offered with a brand new trophy for the occasion – the Martin Christmas Trophy – in reminiscence of the host membership’s former president.
Greater than 50 groups entered The Antlers competitors this yr and a handicap poll was wanted to cut back the variety of groups to 48. It included membership representatives from Sunningdale, The Berkshire, Wentworth Membership, Royal Wimbledon, Walton Heath, Worplesdon, Centurion, Sandy Lodge, Burhill, Felixstowe Ferry, Fairhaven, Frilford Heath, Roehampton, Burnham Beeches, Copthorne and Effingham.
“The event was an enormous success, with the largest and very best quality subject in a few years,” mentioned membership basic supervisor Mark Gailey. “We had great suggestions from the rivals who complimented the situation of the course and the greens, in addition to the catering and basic organisation. As soon as once more, The Antlers proved itself because the main scratch foursomes occasion within the nation,” he added.
The Antlers, which takes its identify from the membership emblem, was first performed at Royal Mid-Surrey in 1933 and was as soon as considered the ultimate alternative for the GB&I Walker Cup captain to check out potential foursomes’ pairings forward of going through the US group. Amongst previous winners on the clubhouse roll of honour board are well-known names in broadcasting comparable to Bruce Critchley (1974) and Richard Boxall (1981).
