Shaun blows 'em away!

From the left: Tom Roberton, Shaun Hearmon, Angelo Esposito and GM editor Bob Warters

With superb greens, amazingly slick for this time of year, yawning bunkers and soggy fairways, most struggled to live up to their handicaps but no one failed to enjoy the opportunity to pitch their golf games against a formidable course, in trying conditions but among fellow Golfmagic members, many of whom were meeting for the first time.

New long term friendships were struck with fellow golfers, many of whom previous only masqueraded under pseudonyms on the Golfmagic forum.

From the left: Alan Taylor, Kate Evans, David Murthwaite, Bob Taylor

His stableford points tally of 37 was outstanding and beat his nearest rival Alastair MacDonald from Hampshire by three points.

Shaun, who works in the building industry with playing partners Gerry Dempsey and Patrick Little as a ‘roofer’, said the highlight of his round was a birdie at the par-3 13th over water.

Nick Carter retrieves his ball at the 8th helped by Lindsay Griffiths

"But my round was pretty steady. I didn’t do anything silly," he said, confirming that he wants to play in at least a couple more of our London area events.

For MacDonald, a birdie four into wind at the exacting 500-yard, par-5 11th and par at the stroke index one 16th, helped contribute to an excellent 19 points on the back nine.

For several players, their rounds ended ignominiously as they tried to emulate the pros by 'going for the green' over the 200-yard watery chasm that dominates the par-5 17th hole. Most failed but felt 'what the hell, I might never get another chance!'

The longest drive award went to Angelo Esposito from Lamerwood – using his TaylorMade r7 driver, while Tom Roberton, a 12-handicapper from Shortlands GC near Brom;ley picked up the nearest the pin award from the 150 yard 5th.

Sajid Bhatti, Michael Varley, Nadeem Sayed and Tim Lenihan

There's still time to join us at one of the next six events.

37 points Shaun Hearmon(handicap 13); 34 Alastair MacDonald (11); 32 David Everett (23); 30 Nick Roberts (4), Michael Varley (15), Tom Roberton (12); 29 David Murthwaite (13), Chris Biggs (10); 28 Bob Warters (10); 26 Eugene O’Sullivan (19), Alan Taylor (14); 25 Nadeem Sayed (6), Mark Vyvyan (11).

Mark Vyvyan, Peter Kahl, Sal Muhammad and Dave Everett

24 Steve Bendall (11), Peter Kahl (8); 23 Gerry Dempsey (7), Adam Laird (12), Lindsay Griffiths (5); 22 Kate Evans (11), Tim Lenihan (14), Bob Taylor (9), Alan Crofts (12), Neil Trew-Smith (10); 20 Sal Muhammad (12), Adian Fallon (20); 19 Andy Norris (13), Patrick Little (18); 17 Sajid Bhatti (6); 16 Michael Bird (17), Angelo Esposito (8), Nick Harrington (13); 15 Kay Bird (22).