The Swindlers on Tour

2023
A new destination beckoned for 2024 as we set off for The Dorset Golf & Country Club near Bere Regis with twenty Swindlers and ex-Swindlers.

The club offers three nines - The Parkland, Lakeland and Woodland and we played all three twice. On day 1 it was the Lakeland and Parkland courses.

Paul Knowles and Tim Horan both produced impressive rounds scoring 40 points each with "Fingers" edging the day on a countback.

Tim Horan took the prize for nearest the pin on the 7th hole with Simon Hill winning the Longest Drive on the 11th.

Course:	Lakeland/Parkland			Date:	16-Aug-22
NAME	Gross Score	Nett Score	Stableford Points	2's Scored	Par 3 Points	Scratch Points
Paul Knowles	95	69	40	0	8	16
Tim Horan	80	69	40	2	11	30
Phil Hames	77	70	38	0	6	31
Simon Cook	89	73	35	0	8	19
Paul Budge	89	73	35	0	10	19
Nigel Guillaume	93	74	34	0	10	16
Simon Lloyd	97	82	34	0	8	23
Bryn Owen	90	76	34	0	5	21
Chris Daniel	102	79	33	0	6	13
Paul Reardon	97	86	29	0	3	19
Trevor Vincent	102	85	29	0	8	15
Scott Browning	101	80	28	0	7	11
Andy Vittery	104	82	27	0	7	12
Peter Brown	102	83	27	0	7	12
Colin Reardon	102	81	27	0	3	9
Nick Hayward	101	85	27	0	2	15
Simon Hill	112	88	26	0	4	9
Phil Nathan	117	94	24	0	3	10
Paul Sims	110	87	24	0	7	9
John Machin	119	91	22	0	6	4

An excellent 3-course meal was taken followed by a few competitive frames of pool (and more alcohol!)

Day 2 saw the visit to the notorious Woodland course. A relatively short track but tighter than the Parkland and Woodland and with trees strategically (ridiculously!?) placed in front of par 3 greens!

Surprisigly, the scores were better on the second day with Tim Horan continuing his fine form to win the day with 39 points from Phil Hames on 38. Tim also won the Nearest the Pin competition with Paul Budge taking the Longest Drive.

Course:	Woodland/Parkland			Date:	17-Aug-23
NAME	Gross Score	Nett Score	Stableford Points	2's Scored	Par 3 Points	Scratch Points
Tim Horan	75	66	39	0	10	30
Phil Hames	74	67	38	0	9	31
Bryn Owen	81	68	37	1	11	25
Simon Lloyd	84	69	36	0	20	21
Paul Reardon	79	69	36	0	8	26
Paul Knowles	95	72	35	0	16	0
Simon Cook	86	70	35	0	10	20
Phil Nathan	96	74	34	0	10	17
Simon Hill	99	76	34	1	9	15
Scott Browning	93	73	34	0	9	15
Colin Reardon	92	71	34	0	12	15
Chris Daniel	99	77	33	0	15	0
Nick Hayward	89	74	33	0	11	0
Paul Sims	96	73	32	0	9	12
Peter Brown	92	73	32	0	7	16
Paul Budge	91	75	30	0	9	17
Nigel Guillaume	99	81	28	0	10	13
Andy Vittery	109	88	26	1	9	9
Trevor Vincent	108	92	23	0	15	0
John Machin	120	91	21	0	7	3

A beautiful evening allowed everyone to relax after the round with a few drinks before dinner.

 

The final day saw us lose Trevor Vincent to attend a funeral (the Woodland course made the decision easy for him!)

As usual, the groups were formed of those with the most Swindle points after two days going out last. Tim Horan and Phil Hames were leading the pack with Paul "Fingers" Knowles in 3rd place and Bryn Owen making up the final fourball.

The final day belonged to the Pauls and Simons - taking all top seven places! Simon Cook won the day with 37 points from Simon Hill on countback. Paul Reardon and Paul Knowles both posted 36 points.

With Tim Horan getting just 23 points and Phil Hames 27 for the day it allowed Paul Knowles to win the tour from Simon Cook in second place and Simon Lloyd coming in third.

Paul Reardon won Nearest the Pin and Pete Brown won the Longest Drive prizes. Paul Budge won the prize for the most points on the Par 3's with 30 points from Nigel Guillaume-Smith on 29 points.

The most points on the par 3s was won by Andy Vittery with 27 points.

Course:	Woodland/Lakeland			Date:	18-Aug-23
NAME	Gross Score	Nett Score	Stableford Points	2's Scored	Par 3 Points	Scratch Points
Simon Hill	91	68	37	0	8	16
Simon Cook	84	68	37	0	10	21
Paul Reardon	79	69	36	1	9	27
Paul Knowles	93	69	36	0	3	14
Simon Lloyd	88	73	35	0	8	22
Paul Sims	94	72	33	0	12	12
Paul Budge	96	80	32	1	11	20
Bryn Owen	92	79	32	0	8	20
Nick Hayward	91	76	30	0	8	18
Peter Brown	98	79	29	0	9	15
John Machin	108	77	29	0	8	5
Scott Browning	96	76	29	0	9	10
Phil Hames	92	86	27	0	6	22
Nigel Guillaume	108	90	24	0	9	11
Chris Daniel	111	88	24	0	2	8
Colin Reardon	104	83	23	0	3	9
Tim Horan	100	93	23	0	4	18
Phil Nathan	112	90	22	0	7	9
Andy Vittery	122	101	14	0	6	3
Trevor Vincent	159	142	1	0	0	0

 

FINAL POSITIONS

		Total	Ave	Swindle
	Rounds	S'ford	S'ford	Pts
Paul Knowles	3	111	37.0	55
Simon Cook	3	107	35.7	51
Simon Lloyd	3	105	35.0	47
Tim Horan	3	102	34.0	47
Phil Hames	3	103	34.3	46
Paul Reardon	3	101	33.7	45
Bryn Owen	3	103	34.3	44
Simon Hill	3	97	32.3	39
Paul Budge	3	97	32.3	35
Scott Browning	3	91	30.3	29
Chris Daniel	3	90	30.0	27
Nigel Guillaume-Smith	3	86	28.7	26
Nick Hayward	3	90	30.0	25
Paul Sims	3	89	29.7	24
Peter Brown	3	88	29.3	24
Colin Reardon	3	84	28.0	21
Phil Nathan	3	80	26.7	19
John Machin	3	72	24.0	12
Trevor Vincent	2	52	26.0	12
Andy Vittery	3	53	17.7	11