Thurlestone Golf Club

The ladies fell foul of the weather again on Wednesday as trollies and buggies were not allowed on the course. This meant the March medal was ­cancelled, although some ladies went out to play 11 holes but had to carry their clubs, writes Liz Line.

However, on Sunday the course was open with no restrictions, so the junior March stableford went ahead. On a wet and windy Mother’s Day, nine dedicated golfers battled in the last round of the Liz Line Cup, which is for the best stableford scores in the January, February and March stablefords.

The Congu cup was wide open, with only two points separating the top three. The non-Congu cup wasn’t so close, though, with eight points separating first and second.

Leading the competition and going out first was Finn Whelan partnered with Noah Mulligan, followed by George Messias and Lucas Bellamy. The last group were the two challengers for the cup, Ethan Bellamy and Alfie Messias.

All players coped well with the weather and it went down to a countback. The winner was Finn Whelan (9) with 34 points on countback from Ethan Bellamy (9). Third was Noah Mulligan (14) with 32 points. Finn Whelan was the winner of the Congu Liz Line Cup, with scores of 28, 25 and 34 for the three stablefords. Ethan was a very close second with 28, 23 and 34.

The non-Congu competition was played in great spirit, with some excellent golf from all three, but the most consistent, Aiden Mulligan (41 handicap) won the day with 16 points from Louis Tollins and Dom Holt Wilson. The overall winner of the non-Congu cup was Aiden Mulligan.

The Winter Adult Foursomes Knockout semi-final was on Sunday, reports Phil Holland, father of George.

This year’s semi-final featured a formidable father, ex-county champion Dave Eva, and son, 19-handicap Conner Eva, combination up against the lower combined handicaps of Rob Came and George Holland, who were soon to find out that you had better be right on the top of your game if you want to beat an ex-county champion in his own back yard.

There is currently a battle-scarred tiger stalking through the jungle, waiting for his chance to emerge at full speed from behind the camouflage, allowing his prey little mercy – and so it is with Dave Eva, showing the benefit of last year’s swing changes, hard ­practice and wonderful results playing for Devon County Seniors.

Despite an early two-up lead and a possible four-up position after four holes of Came and Holland, the Eva partnership stealthily turned this early deficit into a four-hole winning streak just after the turn.

This led to a mere toying with the opposition by the Evas, who then put off the inevitable until victory was secured on the 16th green.

Any prospective opposition in the final had better be sitting on an elephant armed with blunderbuss.