Captain's Day Medal 

A big THANK YOU to all those players and others, who played in the competition and/or contributed to my chosen charity, 'The Multiple Sclerosis Society'. In particular 'The Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre Norfolk'. 

Also a BIG thank you to our Lady Captain, Sharon Black, and her (not so little) Helpers, Jonty and Christina, who worked all morning in the 'Half-Way House', providing refreshments and encouragement to all those participating. Finally, thanks goes to my ''Good Lady", Lin, without whom Saturday would not have been as successful or run so smoothly. 

Congratulations to all Winners, golfing wise or raffle, and again a big thank you to all who contributed to what appeared to be a very successful day.

 Please click here for results from the competition.

 

It had been a while, but it was fantastic to see Padraig Harrington win again on the European Tour, his first Tour title for eight years at the weekend's Portugal Masters. 

He's won three Majors of course, but you could tell this one meant a lot, and his gritty up-and-down at the final hole summed up what he's all about. 

"It's a big win," said the 45-year-old. "I tried to be really aggressive. The golf course really suited me and I just tried to go after every pin I could. 

"I have a pretty good short game that was on form this week. No matter where I hit it, I felt like I could get it up and down." 

That short game helped him get to 23 under par, but it was his chip on the 18th that secured the title after his final approach had cannoned into the grandstands. 

The impressive Andy Sullivan watched on with interest - as a playoff looked on the cards - but the Irishman's chip to five feet was right out of the top drawer, and he cleaned up for the win. 

The moral of the story? Hard work and perseverance pays off! Well done Padraig. 

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