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Nightingale wins Sussex
Championship by ten
S
cott Nightingale
insists he is playing
the best golf of
his life after a recordbreaking performance
at the Sussex Mid-Age
Championship.
President:
David Richardson
- (Eastbourne Downs)
County Secretary:
Anup Vasant JP - (Dyke Golf Club)
Assistant County Secretary:
Nicky Reeves - (Eastbourne)
Nightingale shot a course
record 63 on the West
Course at Royal Ashdown
Forest to wrap up a massive
ten shot victory, the biggest
margin in the 18-year history
of the competition.
The Worthing amateur also
returned a three under 69 on
the Old Course to record an
eight under aggregate of 132
– also a record.
“I think the key is that I am
just having so much fun. I
am older and wiser now so it
doesn’t matter as much and I
can just go out and enjoy it.
It continued an amazing run
of success for the 38-year-old
who also won the Worthing
club championship for a
record seventh time along
with victory in the Seaford
Tusks last month.
“I’ve got two children now
so I don’t get to play as much
as I used to so when I do get
a chance to play it is a real
treat.”
Nightingale said: “I have
been playing incredibly
well this year. I’ve won five
competitions in total and my
handicap is the lowest it’s
been since I was a teenager.
“I can’t even remember when
I was plus-three before but
it was a long time ago. I’m
definitely playing my best
golf ever at the moment.
ISSUE 3
The County Zone SOUTH EAST
Sussex Golf Union
Nightingale reeled off five
birdies and an eagle at
the par five third on the
West Course to eclipse the
previous amateur record held
by Lawrie Tremlett.
He added: “I played really
well in the afternoon
although I could have gone
even lower. I bogied the
first and the last which was
a bit annoying but I can’t
complain really.”
Captain:
Alan Covey - (Ifield Golf Club)
Junior Manager:
Ian Jaggard - (Mannings Heath)
Treasurer:
Ray Smith - (Crowborough)
Committee Members:
Ron Collie - (Haywards Heath)
Michael Phillpot - (West Hove)
Gerry Honeysett - (H. Heath)
Richard Stewart - (Dyke GC)
Mike Grindell - (Dyke GC)
Richard Thomas (W.Sussex)
Past Presidents:
Michael Vans Agnew - (Dyke GC)
Derek Sparrow - (Dyke GC)
Richard Palmer - (Royal Ashdown)
Bernard Yates - (Dyke GC)
David Harmer - (Willingdon)
John Bury - (East Sussex National)
Vice Presidents: Joe Pierce - (Ham
Manor) David Alderson - (West
Sussex Golf Club)
John Wilson - (West Chiltington)
Gary Scarfield
Kerry Scott JP - (Copthorne GC)
Trevor Greenfield - (Pyecombe GC)
www.sussexgolf.org
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