AGE BEFORE BEAUTY

Courtesy prevailed at Turn­berry on Sunday, as all the young pre­tend­ers politely opened the door for the old gentleman; all except the not-so-young Stewart Cink and fate it­self. Tom Watson hard­ly put a foot wrong, even playing a near-perfect approach to the 72nd hole, only to see his ball roll gently off the back of the green to nestle against a collar of rough. The orig­in­al script would have seen him left with a simple two-putt to be­come the oldest man ever to win a Ma­jor.  Although the sub­se­quent ­play-off over four holes proved to be an an­ticlimax, Cink was humble enough to concede that although he won the Claret Jug, the 2009 Turn­ber­ry Open would al­ways be re­mem­bered as Tom Watson’s Open.

A GREAT WELCOME AT SAN ROQUE
A wonderful day at San Roque, when guests of Golf Leisure Breaks took part in a special competition, was round­ed off by a great per­form­ance by Henrik Andreason, who scored 36 points off a hand­i­cap of one. Hen­rik’s gross score of 73 was achieved despite the fact that this was his first round on the chal­leng­ing new course, which has host­ed the Spanish Open.

His feat was generously rewarded by San Roque, who presented Hen­rik with a courtesy round for two, in­clud­ing buggy. In 2nd place was Lionel Muñoz (h’cap 4) with 34 points, while 3rd place went to An­ita Traut­man (h’cap 15) with 30 points. Our thanks to the San Roque Club, who ensured that we received a warm wel­come and who pro­vid­ed excellent value for mon­ey.

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