The County Zone Golf Magazine Issue 3 | Page 30

SURREY News Chris gains advantage with Virgin win Chris Gane (Lefthandedgolf@ Silvermere) held his nerve in a play-off to claim the 2014 Virgin Atlantic PGA Southern Open Championship in spectacular style at the Drift Golf Club. Gane shot two 67s on the final day for a thirteen-under-par total of 206, and then splashed out to 18 inches to make a terrific birdie on the play-off hole and claim victory from fellow southern stars David Callaway (Foxhills) and Benn Barham (PGolf Coaching@Pedham). His stellar performance earned him £2,500, one of the biggest pay cheques of the season, while Barham and Callaway took home £1,375 each. Gane had only just qualified, shooting two birdies at the 16th and 17th to make the cut with a 72. 30 Just champion: Hindhead’s victorious trio (from left to right), Kieran Lovelock, David Corben and Cameron Phillips Corben leads Hindhead to County Club title H INDHEAD’S team of David Corben, Kieran Lovelock and Cameron Phillips are the new Surrey club champions after emerging triumphant at the County Championships, which was played this at Kingswood and Surrey Downs Golf Clubs this year. It was only the second time in the championship’s 90year history that Hindhead has been victorious, the previous occasion being in 1993. The trio will now move forward to represent Surrey in the English Club Championship to be held at Trentham Golf Club, Staffordshire, from September 20-21. Corben shot a fantastic seven under par to be top qualifier of the 16 golfers who competed in the knock-out stages of the individual County Amateur Championship which was played at Kingswood over the following two days. David successfully made his way to the final, where he was narrowly defeated on the last hole, by fellow County team-mate Oscar Granström-Livesey from Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club in Richmond. Corben, who is Surrey’s first team captain, and Lovelock have been members of Hindhead Golf Club since they were both juniors. The County Zone SOUTH EAST ISSUE 3