Yasmin’s certainly got the Hang of golf

Golf at Goodwood’s Yasmin Hang has become one of the youngest players to win the under-18 Sussex girls’ order of merit at just 12 years old.

She beat Worthing’s Megan Edwards by just one point.

The remarkable feat was the culmination of an outstanding season for the youngster, who had claimed the coveted title of Sussex junior girls’ nett champion earlier in the year.

Yasmin, who plays off a handicap of 19, has now been selected to play in the Sussex girls’ team in the Alresford Cup this Sunday – a prestigious competition in which nine counties from across the south compete.

Elsewhere, she also played a key role in theGoodwood ladies’ team that won the Sussex county inter-club championship division three.

She rounded off an exceptional season winning the Lady Helen junior open at Goodwood with a gross 87, also picking up the nett prize with a score of 68.

She has been inspired by Goodwood ambassador and former US Open champion Justin Rose, recent star of Europe’s Ryder Cup win, who conducted a junior clinic earlier this season which duly motivated a number of players.

COWDRAY PARK

The annual ladies’ pro am is always an eagerly-awaited event at Cowdray Park in which teams of three ladies invite a professional to join them.

The day was sponsored by Barons of Hindhead and overseen by the Sussex Professional Golfers’ Union.

The day’s format was 18 holes medal, two best scores to count. Sixty-three ladies and their pros played on a day when there were a few showers mixed with glorious sunshine, providing near-perfect conditions which were reflected in the scoring.

The golf was followed by a two-course meal and prizegiving.

The winners with an excellent score of 13 under par were Lil Cummins, Kathy Donohoe, Sang Porter and pro Brad Harris, who is based at The Dyke GC.

Second, also with 13 under but missing out on countback, were Val Ward, Pat Currie and Carole Houston with Hever Castle pro Sam Pitcairn.

Marilyn Davis, Sarah Hussey and Sue Munday with Cowdray pro Tim Allen were third on 12 under par.

The winning pro was Lee Cooper from Burgess Hill with 68; second was Dan Clark from Bournemouth with 69.

The raffle raised £330 for the captain’s charity, Chestnut Tree House hospice.

The Daily Mail Foursomes competition is open to members of golf clubs in England, Scotland and Wales. The winners in the qualifying round held at Cowdray Park were Barbara Parker and Pam Leach with nett 73.

Marilyn Davis and Angela Pike were second with 75 and Solveig Burton and Tessa Stockwell came third with 76.

The heavy overnight mist took until mid-morning to burn off for the Cowdray Park seniors’ October medal, making life for the first half of the field very much more difficult, with vision restricted to barely 110 metres.

This made the achievement of winner David Heard all the more meritorious as he recorded his score during the worst of the conditions.

When he reached the end of the front nine he had registered 43 shot gross, but, by then, the sun had cleared the mist and he completed the back nine in gross 33 to finish with 76 (68 nett) to win on countback.

At the other end of the field, in the penultimate group, John Newman, John Lee and Frank Cheevers returned nett 68s while, in the final group, Cliff Davis also scored a nett 68 but took second place on countback.

BOGNOR

The Hollymead Cup, sponsored by the local Hollymead Retirement Home, was a competition the top 40 players after this year’s major competitions were invited to play in.

Each position in our majors carries points and re-setting of the points before the final event meant that if any of the top five won the final event, they would win the Hollymead Cup.

John Cable won the final event with an excellent nett 65, enough to move him from 25th to second place in the Hollymead Cup. Henry Leo scored a nett 66 in which meant he held on to first place and won the Hollymead Cup for 2014.

Results: 1 Henry Leo, 2 John Cable, 3 Martin Leo, 4 Alan Simonds , 5t Dave Maskell.

Bognor seniors played host to Singing Hills in excellent weather. Bognor won 5½-2½, with captain of the day Mike Oates and his partner Richard Kaemena hitting top form in their 7&6 win. Richard’s score alone was nett 65.

Results: Mike Oates & Richard Kaemena won 7&6, Ken Catt & Alan Fitzgerald lost 2&1, Barry Ingate & Gary Steventon halved, David Turner & Steve King won 4&3, Trevor Till & Paul Black won 2 up, John Woodhead & Chris Hickling won 4&2, Richard Hedge & Peter Collins won 5&4, Vic Ward & Clive Millett lost 4&2.