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Sir Stuart McGregor - 2022 Nearly Champion

The Final green - and putt(s)!!!!

The Presentation

Sir Stuart of Hunstanton

Day 4 - Hunstanton

Tee Times - Round 4

Todays Scores - Round 4

Todays Round 4 Scores 


33 - Stuart McGregor

32 - Matt Hobbis & Adrian Langham

31 - Jon Hill & David Taylor

30 - Tom Scott

29 - Paul McMenemy & Chris Grimston

27 - Jon Hunter

26 - Brian Frampton

24 - Tom Tragett

22 - Tim Bullman

19 - Hugh Evans

16 - Vinny Thompson



Todays Scores - Round 4

Todays Scores - Round 4

Tour Winners


King o' The Heath - Stuart McGregor71


King o' The Links - Stuart McGregor 67


The Memorial - Stuart McGregor 40


Maurice Flitcroft - Matt Hobbis 32



Final Scores - After Round 4

Final Scores - After Round 4

The Championship 


1st - Stuart McGregor 138

2nd - David Taylor 131

3rd - Adrian Langham 130

4th - Paul McMenemy 127

5th - Jon Hunter 123

6th - Chris Grimston 120

7th - Jon Hill 119

8th - Matt Hobbis 117

9th - Tom Scott 113

10th - Hugh Evans 106

11th - Tim Bullman 105

12th - Vinny Thompson 103

13th - Brian Frampton 89

14th - Tom Tragett 81

15th - Mark Stavens 33


Day 3 - Sheringham GC

Todays Scores - Round 3

Todays Round 3 Scores


35 - John Hunter

34 - Adrian Langham & Stuart McGregor

32 - Paul McMenemy, David Taylor, Chris Grimston, Matt Hobbis

30 - Hugh Evans

29 - Brian Frampton

26 - Jon Hill, Tom Scott, Tim Bullman, Tom Tragett

25 - Vinny Thompson





Leaderboard - Round 3

THE CHAMPIONSHIP


1 - Stuart McGregor (105)

2 - David Taylor (100)

= 3 - Paul McMemeny & Adrian Langham (98)

5 - Jon Hunter (96)

6 - Chris Grimston (91)

7 - Jon Hill (88)

= 8 - Vinny Thompson & Hugh Evans (87)

10 - Matt Hobbis (85)

= 11 - Tim Bullman & Tom Scott (83)

13 - Brian Frampton (63)

14 - Tom Tragett (57)


Maurice Flitcroft

1 - Matt Hobbis - 32

2 - Tim Bullman - 26

3 - Tom Tragett - 57



Tee Times - Round 4

Tee Times - Round 4

Group 1 - 3.00pm  

Tragett - Hobbis - Bullman


Group 2 - 3.10pm 

Hunter - Tragett - Grimston


Group 3 - 3.20pm

Frampton - Evans - Hill - Scott


Group 4 - 3.30pm

McMenemy - Taylor - Langham - McGregor

Day 2 - Hunstanton

Tee Times - Round 2

Leaderboard - After Round 2

Todays Scores - Round 2

Group 1 - 2.10pm

McGregor - Scott - Tragett


Group 2- 2.18pm

Bullman / Hill / Evans


Group 3 - 2.26pm

Langham / Thompson / Hunter / Hobbis


Group 4 - 2.34pm

mcmanemey / Taylor / Grimston / Frampton

Todays Scores - Round 2

Leaderboard - After Round 2

Todays Scores - Round 2

Todays Round 2 Scores

Stuart McGregor - 40

Chris Grimston - 35

Paul McMemeny & Brian Frampton - 34

David Taylor & Tom Scott - 32

Hugh Evans - Jon Hill - Vinny Thompson - 

Adrian Langham - 30

Jon Hunter - 29

Tim Bullman - 28

Matt Hobbis - 25

Tom Tragett - 12

Mark Stevens - NCR


Shirts of Shame

Tom Tragett & Matt Hobbis & Tim Bullman



Leaderboard - After Round 2

Leaderboard - After Round 2

Leaderboard - After Round 2

1 - Stuart McGregor (71) 

Can't lose from here!!!

2 - David Taylor (68)

3 - Paul McMenemy (66)

4 - Adrian Langham (64)

= 5 - Vinny Thompson (62)

= 5 - Jon Hill (62)

7 - Jon Hunter (61)

8 - Chris Grimston (59)

= 9 - Tom Scott (57)

= 9 - Hugh Evans (57)

= 9 - Tim Bullman (57)

12 - Matt Hobbis (53)

13 - Brian Frampton (34 - 1 Round)

14 - Mark Stevens (33 - 1 Round)

15 - Tom Tragett (31)



Day 1 - Royal West Oxford

Champions Lunch

The 23rd Nearly Open Field

The 23rd Nearly Open Field

After a break in traditon of Champions Dinners, a Champions Lunch was held prior to the 1st Round of 23rd Nearly Open at The Ship (or should that be SIP...) in Brancaster.  Whether this helped or hindered our nearly "Talented" group remains to be seen but this lunch was a chance for the guys to get together in a show of support, strength and love for our great mate, Gavin Holmes' road to better health.  Plenty of laughs and stories were shared over lunch and we are sure that these will be further shared with Gavin soon.  A treasured item was the Nearly shirt worn duing the legendary 2012 Australian Open Victory by Gavin - the only victory in the colony by the Northern contingent.  C'mon Gav!!!  

The 23rd Nearly Open Field

The 23rd Nearly Open Field

The 23rd Nearly Open Field

Back Row

Sir Tom Scott, Sir Adrian Langham, Sir Chris Grimston, Sir Mark Stevens, Sir Jon Hunter, Vinny Thompson, David Taylor, Mr Stuart McGregor, Tom Tragett & Mr Hugh Evans

Front Row

Mr Matt Hobbis, Mr Paul McMenemy, Mr Tim Bullman, Jon Hill


Sir Jon Hunter displaying the 2012 Nearly Australian Shirt

Leaderboard - Day 1

The 23rd Nearly Open Field

Leaderboard - Day 1

1 - David Taylor (36) Can't lose from here!!!

2 - Adrian Langham (34)

3 - Mark Stevens (33)

4 - Paul McMenemy (32)

= 5 - Vinny Tompson (31)

= 5 - Stuart McGregor (31)

= 5 - Jon Hill (31)

8 - Tim Bullman (29)

9 - Matt Hobbis (28)

10 - Hugh Evans (26)

11 - Tom Scott (25)

12 - Chris Grimston (24)

13 - Tom Tragett (19)

MIA - Brian Fampton


Round 2 Wrap

Round 2 Score Update

Day 4 - Sheringham GC

Tee Times - Round 3

Group 1 

Tragett - Hobbis - Bullman


Group 2  

Stevens - Frampton - Evans - Scott


Group 3 

Thompson -  Hunter - Hill - Grimston


Group 4

McMenemy - Taylor - Langham - McGregor

Todays Scores - Round 3

Todays Round 3 Scores


35 - John Hunter

34 - Adrian Langham & Stuart McGregor

32 - Paul McMenemy, David Taylor, Chris Grimston, Matt Hobbis

30 - Hugh Evans

29 - Brian Frampton

26 - Jon Hill, Tom Scott, Tim Bullman, Tom Tragett

25 - Vinny Thompson





Leaderboard - Round 3

Leaderboard - Round 3

THE CHAMPIONSHIP


1 - Stuart McGregor (105)

2 - David Taylor (100)

= 3 - Paul McMemeny & Adrian Langham (98)

5 - Jon Hunter (96)

6 - Chris Grimston (91)

7 - Jon Hill (88)

= 8 - Vinny Thompson & Hugh Evans (87)

10 - Matt Hobbis (85)

= 11 - Tim Bullman & Tom Scott (83)

13 - Brian Frampton (63)

14 - Tom Tragett (57)


Maurice Flitcroft

Matt Hobbis - 32

Tim Bullman - 26

Tam Tragett - 57



23rd Nearly Open

Basically 11 months to the day have past since the last Nearly Open which saw Rookie Mark Foley claim the 22nd Nearly Championship in Aberdovey, Wales.   The world has possibly come to grips with COVID and while not gone, is not the major threat in the world today.  Also during this time, our great mate and the only Northerner to be crowned a Nearly Australian Open Champion at Metropolitan in 2012 - Sir Gavin Holmes - suffered a major health issue in mid May that is still continuing and his fight for better health is  being supported every minute by Tracey, Gav's children and family, his friends and of course, all the people of the Nearly Open all over the world.  Gavin - Bling Bling, Gavlar is larger than life and we all wait for the day when we get to hear that special laugh that epitomises everything about Gavin, is ringing out before us in a bar or golf club surrounded by those who love him.   The 23rd Nearly will be an event where his great mates from both on and off the golf course will gather and jointly give all their thoughts, love and prayers for better health for Gavin....c'mon Gav!!


The Open Schedule

2nd July - Day 1 and the Champions Opening Lunch @ The Ship, Brancaster followed by Round 1 to be played at Royal West Norfolk GC at 3.00pm

3rd July - Day 2 Hunstanton GC

4th July - Day 3 Sheringham GC

5th July - Day 4 Hunstanton foloowed by the Champion Presentation


The Field

Champions - Sir Chris Grimston / Sir Jon Hunter / Sir Adrian Langham / Sir Tom Scott / Sir Mark Stevens

Tour Winners - Mr Tim Bullman / Mr Hugh Evans / Mr Matt Hobbis / Mr Paul McMenemy

Rookies - Brian Frampton / Jon Hill / David Meikle / David Taylor / Vinny Thompson / Tom Tragett

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