GOLF NEWS
Ex Ryder Cup Captian dies age 83
Bernard Hunt , MBE , who twice captained Great Britain and Ireland ’ s Ryder Cup team as well as The Professional Golfers ’ Association , has died at the age of 83 .
Hunt , described by PGA chief executive Sandy Jones as ‘ a gentleman of golf and one Britain ’ s best players ’, had a long association with the Ryder Cup . In addition to captaining Great Britain and Ireland against the USA in 1973 and 75 , he played in eight out of nine matches between 1953 and 69 .
That included the encounter at Lindrick in 1957 when the home side earned a victory that was as famous as it was rare .
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Jones double at Stinchcombe
Canford Magna ’ s Paul Jones won both the team prize and set a new course record in the Stinchcombe Hill Pro-Am .
He shot three-underpar 65 to share top prize with Richard Dinsdale ( Parc Golf Academy , Newport ).
The course records were set as the club has lengthened the 10th and 18th holes since last year ’ s pro-am .
On a rare sunny day , Jones birdied the opening hole but dropped shots at the third and seventh .
He returned in a fourunder 31 picking up shots on the 10th , 13th , 14th and 16th .
Dinsdale ’ s round was faultless in the increasing afternoon wind . He did not drop a shot and made birdies at the sixth , eighth and 16th .
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Maguire off the mark
Matt McGuire picked up his first win of the season thanks to his two-shot victory at the Walmley Pro-Am .
McGuire ( Stoneleigh Deer Park GC ) shot a five-under par 67 that included an impressive seven birdies to claim the top prize . Five of these came on the back nine with his only dropped shots coming on fifth and 17th .
Daniel Greenwood ( Forest Pines GC ) was his nearest challenger at three-under – his task not being helped by a double bogey at the seventh .
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