MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS' FOURSOMES PREVIEW
By Jo Thesiger
It’s that time of year again as the spring comes into bloom, golfing mothers and daughters have dusted the winter cobwebs off their golf clubs for their annual get together at Royal Mid Surrey golf club in Richmond, to do battle in a unique and historic open foursomes event which was first played in 1932.
The event which will be played on Saturday 9th April, appropriately just after mother’s day this year, attracts the very the best mother and daughter combinations from all over Britain, who return year after year to play 27-holes of medal foursomes in a quest to put their names on the winners honours board alongside many illustrious women amateur golfers from years gone by.
The most notable absentees from the field this year are the Peters from Notts Ladies. England International, Alexandra Peters, 17, with her mother Ann have won the event for the past three years and their domination looked set to continue. However, this year, Alexandra’s amateur golfing career has taken precedence as she tees off in the Irish under-18 Stroke-play.
As the world of golf has gradually evolved towards professionalism since the inauguration of the Mothers and Daughters nearly eighty years ago, it is unlikely that any winning pairs nowadays will ever match the extraordinary feat of Angela Uzielli, who won an audacious 22 times with her mother, Peggy Carrick and once with her daughter Caroline.
This year the field is still dotted with past winners looking to regain the coveted trophy. Liz Boatman and Alex Howe, winners from 2005 to 2007, who were forced to drop out at the last minute last year due to the ash cloud, will be back with renewed determination to reclaim the title that has eluded them for the past three years.
However, it is set to be an exciting contest and hard to predict as there are so many contenders. The Griffiths, from Walton Heath, who have the lowest combined handicap, could well stand in the way of Boatman and Howe, while Surrey Champion, Lauren Blease, a one handicap, playing with her ten-handicap mother look extremely dangerous.
Once again, there are an exciting number of juniors playing, all hoping to emulate the success of Martha Lewis from St George’s Hill, who at only ten, won the 27-hole handicap prize last year with her mother Evelyn. A year on Martha and her mother will be back to defend their trophy but she is no longer the youngest competitor. That honour goes to Georgia Oboh from Bury, aged ten, who already plays off a seventeen handicap. Partnering her mother, a tidy seven-handicap, Oboh is another another name to keep an eye on!
It’s that time of year again as the spring comes into bloom, golfing mothers and daughters have dusted the winter cobwebs off their golf clubs for their annual get together at Royal Mid Surrey golf club in Richmond, to do battle in a unique and historic open foursomes event which was first played in 1932.
The event which will be played on Saturday 9th April, appropriately just after mother’s day this year, attracts the very the best mother and daughter combinations from all over Britain, who return year after year to play 27-holes of medal foursomes in a quest to put their names on the winners honours board alongside many illustrious women amateur golfers from years gone by.
The most notable absentees from the field this year are the Peters from Notts Ladies. England International, Alexandra Peters, 17, with her mother Ann have won the event for the past three years and their domination looked set to continue. However, this year, Alexandra’s amateur golfing career has taken precedence as she tees off in the Irish under-18 Stroke-play.
As the world of golf has gradually evolved towards professionalism since the inauguration of the Mothers and Daughters nearly eighty years ago, it is unlikely that any winning pairs nowadays will ever match the extraordinary feat of Angela Uzielli, who won an audacious 22 times with her mother, Peggy Carrick and once with her daughter Caroline.
This year the field is still dotted with past winners looking to regain the coveted trophy. Liz Boatman and Alex Howe, winners from 2005 to 2007, who were forced to drop out at the last minute last year due to the ash cloud, will be back with renewed determination to reclaim the title that has eluded them for the past three years.
However, it is set to be an exciting contest and hard to predict as there are so many contenders. The Griffiths, from Walton Heath, who have the lowest combined handicap, could well stand in the way of Boatman and Howe, while Surrey Champion, Lauren Blease, a one handicap, playing with her ten-handicap mother look extremely dangerous.
Once again, there are an exciting number of juniors playing, all hoping to emulate the success of Martha Lewis from St George’s Hill, who at only ten, won the 27-hole handicap prize last year with her mother Evelyn. A year on Martha and her mother will be back to defend their trophy but she is no longer the youngest competitor. That honour goes to Georgia Oboh from Bury, aged ten, who already plays off a seventeen handicap. Partnering her mother, a tidy seven-handicap, Oboh is another another name to keep an eye on!
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