Dartmouth Golf Club

As Rob Knight was away last Wednesday, the midweek circus was organised by David Thompson and Lou Easter.

They decided to include a team event as well as the normal ­individual format. They could not have possibly imagined the outcome of that decision.

He has ploughed his fields, scattered his seed, replaced his lacklustre chickens and now awaits the benefits of his hard labour. While he is on a semi-holiday, there is much golf to be played – and boy, did he make the most of it last week.

Bob Wotton, farmer extraordinaire, played as well as anyone has ever seen. He won the front nine with 21 points, he won the back nine with 20 points and scored a total of 41 points, destroying the field.

His team of John Garner and Mike Griffiths only contributed a few points in the team event, but a total score of 95 won him that as well. He never missed a shot all the way round: no bunker work needed, no divets taken out in duffed shots, he parred the 15th then birdied the 16th.

All in all a great day on the course, so well played Bob.

On Saturday, June 4, the Dartmoor League was played, again at home, against Thurle-stone, with Dartmouth again coming up trumps to win 4-1.

This latest win takes them to the top of the league with six matches to go, five of them away, but the last game, which could be a nail-biter, will be at home.

The results of the Men's Monthly Badger Trophy round one were first Roger Mawson (70), second Mike Whitelaw (75), on countback from third-placed Paul Humphreys (75), fourth Rob Waye (76) and fifth John Wood (77).

Monday morning and the weather was fine and dry at Dartmouth Golf Club as the seniors took to the fairways for the second round of their Seniors Cup competition.

This is their only medal competition and is played over five rounds, with the best three scores counting to decide the eventual winner.

Although it was an early start, the course was already bathed in warm sunshine, with the fairways freshly mown and the greens in superb condition; indeed, no real excuses for anyone not to be playing at their best.

The day, however, belonged to one man, David Rowsell, who shot a net six under-par 66 to take all the ­plaudits. It was a ­magnificent display of control on what turned out to be a tricky day, with the wind coming from the northeast rather than the more normal prevailing southwest.

Never worse than bogey, with eight pars and two birdies, a ­richly deserved victory on the day.

The next four places went to a net score of two under par 70, with Chris Musgrave ­grabbing the runners-up spot on countback from Mike Shalders, Mike Whitelaw and Bob Wotton.

Each of them are now strongly placed to secure the overall prize if they can keep their form over the next four rounds. It looks as though it will once again be a very closely contested competition this year.