Tommy Povey - Gross Average Championship 2019

Tommy Povey - Gross Average Championship 2019

Tommy Povey Trophy  Final Standings 

For those of you that may be curious , Tommy Povey was one of the most talented individuals to ever grace our beloved course and he won the Bailey Cup back in 1954 but developed his game to such a standard that he progressed to win the JFord in 1959,1960 and 1968 . This competition is a celebration of our elite golfers measuring their performance in white tee medal competitions but can also allow us mere mortals to look down the leaderboard to see our own position . In reality , your Tommy Povey finishing position effectively defines your ranking at the club . Your observer is proud to have moved up two places to 38th after this seasons exploits . 

Glen Rothwell ( 441 from 21 rounds ) was the dominant performer at the club and showed why he has been the Club Champion 4 of the past 5 years . He notched up 11 top gross performances and was in the top 4 on 17 occasions with his best round coming in round 2 of the J Ford 25th August showing true champion quality . This is his 5th consecutive Tommy Povey and 6th in all adding to his 2011 victory ! His qualifying ‘best 6’ rounds total is 9 strokes higher from last year but still too classy for the rest of us .

73,75,78,79,81,90       -476 29 June.        

 73,75,78,79,79,81.     -465 30 June             

  73,75,77,78,79,79     -461 07 July

73,75,75,77,78,79,      -457. 04 August     

 73,75,75,76,77,78       -454. 11 August            

73,74,75,75,76,77       -450  18 August

72,73,74,75,75,76.      -445. 25 August      

72,73,74,75,75,75       -444  01 September      

72,73,74,74,75,75       -443  07 September

72,73,73,74,74,75       -441  08 September 

Danny Miller (453 from 17 rounds) - A superb level of consistency from the great man but again missing out on this prestigious prize Danny had 3 top gross performances and was in the top 4 on 10 occasions with his best round coming in round 2 of the J Ford 25th August . He has improved one position and his qualifying ‘best 6’ rounds total were 4 strokes lower  from last year . 

83,80,77,77,82,84 - 483 23 June            

 75,83,80,77,77,82   -474 29 June           

 75,83,80,77,77,80.    -472 30 June

75,75, 80,77,77,80. - 464 13 July            

 75,75,75,77,77,80   -459 04 August.           

75,75,75,77,77,77     -456  11 August

74,75,75,75,77,77   - 453  25 August

Stewart Royle (457 from 11 rounds) - Stewart’s appearances this season were few which doubtless restricted his chances to win this trophy . That said he still managed to finish gross top twice and top 4 on 7 occasions with his best round coming in the Ray Gellatly 9th. June .He has gone down one position and his qualifying ‘best 6’ rounds total were 9 strokes higher from last year . 

79,77,80,78,74,75   - 463.  30 June        

 79,77,78,78,74,75   -461 18 August             

 75,77,78,78,74,75  -457 07 September 

Nathan Butterworth (471 from 12 rounds) - Nathan has clearly had a stellar season and managed to have one top gross performance and was in the top 4 on 6 occasions with his best round coming in the Captains Bowl 13th July .He has improved eight places and his qualifying ‘best 6’ rounds total were 10 strokes lower  from last year .

80,81,78,89,79,86  -493   06 July               

 75,80,81,78,79,86  -479 13 July              

 75,80,81,78,79,80  -473    21 July

   79,75,80,78,79,80  -471   08 September 

Greg Harding (472 from 10 rounds)  Greg has had an excellent season restricted to just 10 medal rounds by his employment . He managed to be gross top once and was in the top 4 on 5 occasions . His best round was his opening medal of the season , the Monthly Medal Qualifier on 21 April .He has improved 8  places and his qualifying ‘best 6’ rounds total were 12 strokes lower from last year . 

76,82,82,80,84,78   -482 18 August            
 76,82,82,80,78,78    -476   25 August        

 76,78,82,80,78,78   -472   08 September 

Andy Miehe (475 from 18 rounds) One of our most consistent ball-strikers Andy Miehe had a very good season ... no gross top performances but no less than 7 top 4 finishes .His best round came in the Coronation Cup on 7th July . He has improved 10 places and his qualifying ‘best 6’ rounds total were 16 strokes lower  from last year . 

86,88,82,79,83,93   -511 29 June                
86,88,82,79,83,80   -498 06 July 

 86,77,82,79,83,80   -487   07 July

83,77,82,79,83,80   -484 13 July            

  83,77,82,79,80,80   -481   21 July                

  79,77,82,79,80,80   -477   18 August

79,77,80,79,80,80   -475 07 September 

Special mention ...

Stuart Mason has improved his Tommy Povey finishing position from 30th in 2018 to 12th this year . His best 6 scores totalled  490 this year with scores from 77-84 markedly better than his 2018 best 6 of 529 with scores 84-90 . A stellar improvement from the Captain-elect .