29/08/2026
SENIOR OPEN- 2026
Thanks to the rains of the day before, Royston golf course was in very good condition for the Senior Open which saw 96 players in teams of 3 competing. The weather stayed mainly sunny and dry apart from a sharp 5 minute shower in the early afternoon, although the breeze got progressively stronger as the day went on. The players represented 37 different clubs from as far afield as Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and Lancashire.
With the scoring format of best 2 stableford scores on each hole, apart from all counting on par3's, the day was won with an impressive score of 90.
The club president Alan Greenbank along with Roger Craigen, the organiser, awarded the prizes in the form of John Lewis vouchers, to the following:
1st place with 90 points team representing Waterstock GC in Oxfordshire, David Luther, Patrick Hingley and Steve Rogers.
2nd place with 86 points team representing Hainault Forest GC, Frederick Holmes, Roy Sammons and Keith Taylor.
3rd place with 83 points, on countback from 4 other teams, representing Bawburgh GC, Norfolk, Tim Sims, Phil Rank and Owen Williams.
Best front 9 with 42 points representing Chesfield Downs and Chalgrove Manor GCs John Harper, Simon Juniper and Steve Poulsen.
Best back9 with 49 points representing Ogbourne and Marlborough GCs in Wiltshire, Steve Sear, Neil Baker and Colin Smith.
Nearest pins on par3's were won by Frederick Holmes, Hainault Forest GC, Ian Hookway, Rochford Hundred GC, Paul Slaughter, Cambridge Country Club, and Michael Stainton, Bush Hill Park GC, on 12th and 16th.
Nearest the pin-in-2 on 18th saw 4 players taking full advantage on the strong backwind and eagling the hole! They were Paul Slaughter, Michael Stainton, Keith Taylor and Rob Burleigh, Haverhill GC. All received a prize after we scrambled around and found another 3 vouchers!
All competitors had a good day out and one email just received from a team playing the course for the first time sums up the day:
Thank you very much indeed for a great day yesterday at Royston Golf Club Seniors Open which my team and I very much enjoyed. Having never played your course before - it is certainly interesting and challenging!!!! The overall organisation of the day was brilliant, together with the delicious food served when we came in was superb - thank you to you and your team
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