DARTMOUTH GC’s seniors held a non-qualifying individual bogey competition on Monday, November 10.

Play was from the red tees, with the standard 95% handicap allowance in place. The concept of bogey golf is simple: each player competes against the course using stroke-play rules.

On every hole, a player aims to beat the “bogey” score to go +1. A nett bogey results in a half (no change), while a double bogey or worse means the player goes –1. The goal is to finish with as many holes “won” as possible, and a final score of around +2 is generally considered very good.

A field of 36 seniors took part and the conditions were, as always, testing. Scoring from the red tees with reduced handicaps is never easy as final scores suggested.

The easterly wind was challenging with a raft of holes playing extremely difficult. Nobody equalled or beat the course.

High handicappers Mark Gannon and Bernard Young led the way, both finishing two over par.

They won the overall comp alongside the Division Two spoils. Division One honours went to Andy Dykes & Paul Harding who were four and five over the par respectively.

Birdie twos were recorded at the par threes by Trevor Pretty (hole five) and Bernard Taylor (hole 18).

Thanks go to Nigel “Ozzy” Osborne, who handled the countback and scoring duties as efficiently as ever.

Following play, the Seniors Annual Business Meeting confirmed the committee for 2026/27. David Sparks is the captain, Nigel Osborne is the competition secretary & DMVGA representative, Richard Bevan is the secretary, Mario Aresti is the treasurer, Michael Whitelaw is the match secretary and last but not least, Gordon Holmes is the press officer.

Next week sees the return of an old favourite — the 3-2-1 competition. Check this column for results!