Status: Completed
Welcome to the second Member and Guest MTGS meeting of 2025.
It is being held at the oldest heathland course in the UK - Woking Golf Club ( Pond Road, Woking, GU22 0JZ - 01483 760053 ) - on Tuesday 13th May 2025
The format of the day will be:-
7.30 Clubhouse opens
8:15 Bacon Rolls & Coffee available
09:00 Shotgun Start, 18 Hole Stableford, off 95% Course or Social Handicaps
14:00 3 Course Carvery Lunch followed by prizegiving
Division 1 players will be competing for the Mercantile Salver and Motor Trophy
Division 2 players will be competing for the John Hopkins Trophy and Wentworth Cup
There will be NTP and LD Competitions
Stableford points will contribute to the Player of the Year prizes at the end of the year.
We would like to welcome participants from the Fellowship of the Motor Industry as our guests.
A massive "Thank You" to Autoprotect for their continued sponsorship of this event
News and information from this event
Thank you to the 71 players, including 28 guests (4 from the FMI) who came along to our 2nd Member/Guest Day of 2025 at Woking Golf Club on Tuesday. We were blessed with one of the best weather days of the year so far, with sunshine and temperatures reaching 24 degrees.
Woking is a tough test of golf and historically not many visiting players beat handicap. We are very lucky to be one of only half a dozen societies allowed a shotgun start annually. Whilst still in great condition, the course had obviously had a lot of work since our last visit and the lack of rain had not quite allowed some of the fairways to recover in places from the drainage works. The greens were incredibly fast, with many putts resulting in balls sailing past the hole. There was only one Member who managed to play to handicap. Well played Mike Edwards.
Following a welcome shower, everyone enjoyed a drink on the veranda.
In order to keep costs down there was no starter for the meal this year. It was a choice of a beef carvery or an unexpected chicken curry for main course, followed by a choice of desserts. Whilst nearly everyone kept to the carvery option, the chicken curry was very tasty. Following the meal, our President, Joff Suter, gave a short speech thanking the club for looking after us so well, AutoProtect for kindly sponsoring the event, the FMI for co-hosting with us, congratulated Martin Kennedy on his eagle on the stroke index 1 hole 6, and invited any invited guests, with Motor Trade background, to apply for Membership. He then gave out to prizes to the MTGS Members and Guests. This was followed by a short speech by Peter Cottle, President of the FMI, thanking the Club and the MTGS and giving out the prizes to the Fellowship.
The winners were
Division 1
Winner Alex Lugt 34 points (countback)
Runner Up Andrew Hill 34 points (countback)
3rd Place Rene Glennister 34 points (countback)
NTP Alex Lugt
NTP in 2 Matt Boyles
Division 2
Winner Mike Edwards 36 points
Runner Up Oliver Harris 34 points
3rd Place Roger Prowting 33 points
NTP Graeme Nieman
NTP in 2 Mike Edwards
Guests
Winner Casey Legg 37 points
Runner Up Oliver French 35 points (countback)
3rd Place Peter Tandy 35 points (countback)
Well done to all our winners today.
Thank you, once more, to AUTPROTECT for their continued sponsorship of this event.
