Nearly Open

Nearly Open: Where Champions Are Made, Nearly

We crown our Champion Sir Adrian - Again and again and again!!

It has been 27 years in the making but UK Nearly history was made in Portugal with Adrian Langham winning his 3rd Championship after a stunning final round at Quinta Peru.

Starting the final round 5 shots behind 1st round, 2nd round and overnight leader Tim Bullman, Adrian played a tremendous last round, drawing on his many years of experience and brushing away the Grandmothers favourite tag and recorded 39 points and win by a massive 7 shots over a fast finishing dual Champion, Mark Stevens in 2nd place, evergreen Vinnie Thompson playing his best ever Nearly Open in 3rd position 11 shots behind and what will go down as possibly, nearly, another missed Champion chance, Tim Bullman in 4th, 12 shots in arrears.

The rest of the field placings are

5th - James O'Docherty

6th - Elliot Blair

7th - Neil Manley

8th - Stuart McGregor

9th - Nick Squire

10th - Brian Frampton

11th - Martin Langmaid

12th - Stephen Hunt

13th - Colin Webb

14th - Randy Neely

15th - David Taylor

16th - John Beecroft

At the other end of the table, The Maurice Flitcroft went to Barry O'Connell (last years Champion??)

followed by another 3 Champions? Mike Gore, Paul McMenemy & Tom Scott followed by Tim Williams, Andrew Ensom, Jon Hill and the final spot went to Sam Wells.

It must be mentioned that Andrew Emson also created not only UK Nearly history but WORLD Nearly history with an unbelievable 1st round of 2 points - quite an an achievement that will take some serious drinking the night before to beat!! He did make a big comeback and comfortably kept his name OUT of the history books for the lowest 4 round total by 6 shots - massive!!

Trophy Winners

Champion & Gold Medal - Adrian Langham

King O' The Heath - Tim Bullman

King O' The Links - Adrian Langham

The Memorial - Adrian Langham

Maurice Flitcroft - Barry O'Connell

The Gentlemen's - Andrew Emson

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Champions

27th Nearly Open - The Field

After taking the Nearly Open offshore in 2015 to Faro, Portugal for the 1st time in Nearly history, last year saw France as host and now we head back to Portugal with Lisbon our destination for the 27th Nearly Open.

Defending champion from 2025 Sir Barry O'Connell welcomes a star studded field that includes no less than 8 former Nearly Champions in the field of 24

Dual Champions

Sir Adrian Langham (Portmarnock 2002 & Castle Stuart 2013)

Sir Mark Stevens (Loch Lomond 2017 & Royal Porthcawl 2020)

Single Champions

Sir Mike Gore (Royal Liverpool 2014)

Sir Tom Scott (Royal St Georges 2018)

Sir Stuart McGregor (Hunstanton 2022)

Sir Paul McMenemy (Gullane 2023)

Sir David Taylor (Saunton 2024)

Sir Barry O'Connell (Golf de Harelot 2025)

Tour Winners

Mr Elliot Blair

Mr Tim Bullman

Satellite Tour Winners

John Beeccroft

Jon Hill

Steve Hunt

Vinny Thompson

Tour Try Hards (or Nearly Nuffies)

Brian Frampton

Neil Manley

Randy Neely

Colin Webb

Sam Wells

Rookies

And we welcome 5 - yes 5 Nearly Rookies to the Nearly brotherhood

Andrew Emson

Martin Langmaid

James O'Docherty

Nick Squire

Tim Williams

Can Barry become the 1st Nearly Back to Back winner in Nearly history? Can he handle the immense pressure that the Nearly brings? New names bring new challengers

27th Nearly Open - Itinerary

7th June

Depart Heathrow BA500 @ 7.15am and arrive in Lisbon @ 10.05am and then head straight to the 1st tee (12.29pm) at Quinta da Marinha for the 1st Round of the 27th Nearly Open - hosted by 26th Champion - Sir Barry O'Connell followed by Welcome & Opening Dinner

8th June

Round 2 will be played at Dunas at Comporta (approx 90 mins drive) On coach entertainment will be supplied by Vinnie "The Voice" Thompson

1st Tee time - 12.30pm

9th June

3rd Round played at Oitavos Dunes, the 1st Tee a mere stumble out of bed and across the road!

1st Tee Time - 12.24pm

10th June

The Final Round will be fought out back at Dunas at Comparta, trophies presented.

1st Tee Time - 12.30pm

11th June

Depart Lisbon BA503 @ 3.00pm and arrive Heathrow at 5.45pm

Nearly Professional Golfers Association (NPGA)

Nearly Professional Golfers Association (NPGA)

Arise Sir Adrian Langham III

Nearly Open: Where Champions Are Made, Nearly

We crown our Champion Sir Adrian - Again and again and again!!

Our Nearly Courses (click on logo for course details)

27th Nearly Open - The Field

Nearly Champions

Nearly Tour & Satellite Winners + Nearly Nuffies

Nearly Rookies

27th Nearly Open - Itinerary

Nearly Professional Golfers Association (NPGA)

Nearly Professional Golfers Association (NPGA)

Arise Sir Adrian Langham III

Nearly Open: Where Champions Are Made, Nearly

We crown our Champion Sir Adrian - Again and again and again!!

Our Nearly Courses (click on logo for course details)

27th Nearly Open - The Field

Nearly Champions

Nearly Tour & Satellite Winners + Nearly Nuffies

Nearly Rookies

27th Nearly Open - Itinerary

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