The Titleist Devon Alliance was held on the Cornish links course of Perranporth Golf Club. The golf course is one of the best draining courses in England, as even with heavy rain the previous days the course was in great condition. The players started their rounds in light rain but the conditions took a turn for the worse and heavy rain came when the first groups reached the back nine and made the conditions very difficult.

Even though the conditions were very testing the scores was brilliant. The Pro-Am event was won by Fingle Glen Professional Mark Hurst and his partner Danny Hoskins with a fabulous 45 points. The Fingle Glen pair won by two points from Ben Martin and Guy Westaway (Hele Park) on 43 points.

In the Am-Am event, it was the Saunton pairing of Charlie West and Chris Norman who won with 41 points. They won on count back from the Boringdon Park pairing of Scott Lawry and Martin Kent. It was the Alliance specialist Nick Cook who won the Kenyon individual with a fantastic score of 38 points (2 under par). Nick was four under par with three holes to play before 2 bogies in the final few holes but was still a fantastic effort. In joint second place were Paul Hendriksen (Churston) and Hele Park Professional Ben Martin.

Nick Cook extends his lead in the Kenyon to 24 points, six points clear of Ben Martin and Barry Austin (Crediton) on 14 points. In the Amateur Kenyon Charlie West from Saunton is leading with 8.5 points. The Devon Alliance Captain Stuart Disney thanked Perranporth Golf Club for allowing the Devon Alliance to visit Perranporth. Stuart also thanked club secretary David Mugford, Derek Mitchell and his staff in the Pro shop, the Green staff for presenting the course in fantastic condition and the entire bar and catering staff for a fantastic carvery to follow the golf.

Winner Nick Cook (right) with Captain Stuart Disney

The next Alliance fixture is on Thursday 27th January 2011 at East Devon Golf Club and I will look forward to seeing you all then.