Yorkshire Union of Golf Clubs

2010 NEWS, TEAM SELECTIONS, NEWSLETTER

July 11

	ADAM FRONTAL Yorkshire Amateur Champion 2010		Presentation Fulford Captain and Yorkshire Presiden

YORKSHIRE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

The winner of the 2010 Amateur Championship is Adam Frontal from the Cookridge Golf Club with a 3 and 2 win over Nathan Rodgers from the Tankersley Park Golf Club.
The morning round of the 36 hole Championship favoured Nathan with a 1 hole advantage at lunch, he took an early lead with a birdie at the second hole and increased it to two holes at the twelfth when Adam hit a single small tree from 30 yards with his second shot. Adam reduced the deficit at the 14th with a par and sank a long put on the eighteenth for a four to match Nathan's tap in four.
In the afternoon, missed puts by Nathan at holes 2 and 4 set the scene for the rest of his round and contributed to Adam eventually taking the lead for the first time in the match at the twelfth hole. He increased it to two at the 14th but a wayward drive at the 15th almost gave a hole back, but once again the putting gremlins bit and Nathan could only three put for a half. Adam sealed the win on the sixteenth with an easy par after Nathan had bunkered his tee shot and failed to make the green with his recovery shot.
Adam was presented with the Trophy by the Yorkshire President Mr Jay Whittam of the Howley Hall Golf Club.

June 9

EGU Northern Counties Mens Championship

Yorkshire finished second in the Championship to Lancashire by a margin of 30 strokes. Lancashire had a total of 842 with a total of 20 under par after the morning round with Yorkshire 3 over par.
The wind increased during the afternoon and scoring increased but Daniel Wasteney of the Bondhay Golf Club broke the Course record with a 66 and supported by Paul Lockwood of Hessle who returned two rounds of 70 gave Yorkshire the second spot.
Lancashire now go to Hunstanton to represent the Northern Counties in the English County Finals.

 May 29

Northern Counties League, Yorkshire v Cumbria at Penrith Golf Club

Yorkshire had their first win of the season against Cumbria at Penrith on Saturday. The morning Foursomes were played under overcast skies but no rain which had been forecast and Yorkshire went into lunch with a 4 matches to 2 lead. The singles in the afternoon were played in rain as had been forcast and after 6 holes looked to be going in Yorkshires favour but the top three matches were eventually decided on the eighteenth, the next eight matches were decided on the 16th and 17th holes and only the last match finished on the 15th. The final result was a win for Yorkshire, eleven games to seven.