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Gary, William win BMW Social for March
Gary Langthorne and William Neilson romped home to win the recent BMW Members & Guests Social played at Sharjah Golf & Shooting Club on Friday.
The regular partnership have been out of sorts over the past few months failing to make it onto the podium, however produced two superb nines of 34 & 30 for an 8 under net 64 and victory by a clear 3 strokes. They really excelled during the back 9 better ball format whereby they fired 7 net birdies and one solitary drop shot to come back in 6 under.
With Langthorne and Neilson playing in the morning round they set the bar high with the afternoon golfers turning up knowing they would have to combine well to beat their score. It didn’t quite happen on this occasion as Chris Bates and Dave McGrath fell three strokes short returning a net 67, however still claimed the afternoon winner’s award.
The front 9 Shambles Better Ball format winners were Adi Husaini and Rizal Ibrahim with a 32 during the morning play and Jukka Torvella & Eero with a 33 during the afternoon’s shotgun.
Whilst Sanjoy Das and Vivian Verma took the Better Ball prize in the morning leaving SGSC Golf Professional Joe Marshall and his brother who is in the UAE visiting to win during the afternoon. It proved to be a memorable day out for visiting golfer James Marshall who also claimed both the Nearest The Pin and Longest Drive Awards to add to his Best Back 9 prize. Clearly thriving on the perfect conditions in the UAE compared to his native Yorkshire climate.
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