Gary played a virtually flawless round and won by an amazing 8 points. Handicap cut on its way!
Our esteemed Titans Captain for 2019 laid on a smorgasbord of Scottish prizes for the greedy purple horde with whiskey galore (great film), hip flasks and even some shortbread for the MAGNI winner. A magnificent Captain, magnificent player and of course a magnificent Titan. And for his Captains Day he aimed to make it as inclusive as possible - inviting along the the best of the Lady Titans and a complete hotch-potch of male Titans "Talent" - including a fair selection of criminals, drunks, and even a couple of aliens!
Hazlemere Golf Course proved to be a tricky golf course with continual elevation changes and the wind making some holes pretty much unplayable - think Par 5's where you have played 3 shots and still have 100yds to the hole (Ed - Stop whinging about your own inadequacies and get on with the unbiased journalism)
So in the interests of unbiased journalism - journeyman McErlean was cruelly pushed into 5th place on count back by Men's Tour Leader Chadwick (Ed - I told you to stop it). Rob was third with 29pts and Richard got his best ever result by coming 2nd with 30pts. But the mens champ on the day was Gary Toal who was playing his first round as a fully fledged Titan. Naturally before the game Gary was keen to know what his new handicap would be and expressed surprise when he learned that it would be 18. 18 holes later the Titans handicapper realised (too late) that Gary was surprised that the handicap was so generous!! No - It was an absolute masterclass of strong driving off the tee, some glorious recoveries after the occasional fluffed shot, and critically no blobs. 38pts on such a testing course was a great performance and a deserved win.
Hylton won the guest prize and Ben won the LD (<16), and NP2. Tail-end Greg won LD (>16) with a 6 iron off the tee after no-one else had hit the fairway. (Ed - shame on you). Paul won the ££. And who won the shortbread? Well that was Nigel who also won the use of Magni in the next game which could be very good planning on his part as next up is the Super Titans.
Finally on the mens side - a special mention must go to James who thought that he had won the LD with a great effort on the 7th. However the Captain had neglected to put out the markers on this hole and had moved the competition to the 14th!
Hazlemere Golf Course proved to be a tricky golf course with continual elevation changes and the wind making some holes pretty much unplayable - think Par 5's where you have played 3 shots and still have 100yds to the hole (Ed - Stop whinging about your own inadequacies and get on with the unbiased journalism)
So in the interests of unbiased journalism - journeyman McErlean was cruelly pushed into 5th place on count back by Men's Tour Leader Chadwick (Ed - I told you to stop it). Rob was third with 29pts and Richard got his best ever result by coming 2nd with 30pts. But the mens champ on the day was Gary Toal who was playing his first round as a fully fledged Titan. Naturally before the game Gary was keen to know what his new handicap would be and expressed surprise when he learned that it would be 18. 18 holes later the Titans handicapper realised (too late) that Gary was surprised that the handicap was so generous!! No - It was an absolute masterclass of strong driving off the tee, some glorious recoveries after the occasional fluffed shot, and critically no blobs. 38pts on such a testing course was a great performance and a deserved win.
Hylton won the guest prize and Ben won the LD (<16), and NP2. Tail-end Greg won LD (>16) with a 6 iron off the tee after no-one else had hit the fairway. (Ed - shame on you). Paul won the ££. And who won the shortbread? Well that was Nigel who also won the use of Magni in the next game which could be very good planning on his part as next up is the Super Titans.
Finally on the mens side - a special mention must go to James who thought that he had won the LD with a great effort on the 7th. However the Captain had neglected to put out the markers on this hole and had moved the competition to the 14th!
 Annabelle announced as the ladies winner - and disputes the decision? |  And she was right - Fay wins! Sportsperson of the day award goes too Annabelle. |
The ladies also had fun on the course but there was even more fun to be had in the awards giving. Fay announced that the winner probably didn't even realise that they had a winning score because of some scorecard errors. Who would this confused winner be? When Annabelle was announced as the winner nobody was surprised as she will surely be one of the first players to enter the planned Titans Hall of Fame (Allegedly this will be housed in a shed somewhere in Brentford). But as she came to accept the trophy she vehemently denied that she could have won. After a feverish recalculation of scores the winner was announced by Fay as - FAY!! Brilliant stuff. She was indeed surprised!
Thanks again goes to the 2019 Captain Will Smith for a very enjoyable Captains Day.
Thanks again goes to the 2019 Captain Will Smith for a very enjoyable Captains Day.
Gary smashes another powerful drive down the middle of the fairway. Unusually for a Titan it was down the correct fairway!
Carol teeing off on a typically hilly hole at Hazlemere.
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