Devon Open
Woodbury Park Golf Club
Sunday 18th September 2011

The Devon Open was held on Sunday 18th September 2011 at Woodbury Park Golf Club. Woodbury is one of the finest golfing venues in South West England and the Devon Open was played off the Golf tees measuring 6,800 yards. 25 Professionals and 35 Amateurs competed on a testing golf course in fine condition. The weather was wet and windy and the scoring was fantastic considering the difficult conditions.

After heavy rain in the morning round, it was East Devon amateur David Blick who was leading with a fantastic four under par 69. This was enough for a 1 shot lead over home player Tom Jessamine and Teignmouth’s Billy Hemstock. Royal North Devon’s Jimmy Mullen, Paul Hendriksen (Dinnaton) and Barry Austin (Crediton) were one shot further back after 2 under par rounds of 71.

The afternoon round remained mainly dry, but the breeze strengthened and offered a different challenge to the morning play. It was Hele Park Professional Ben Martin who shot the best round of the afternoon. Ben shot a 69 (-4) for a 36 hole total of five under par 141. His 141 total was matched by Billy Hemstock who added a 2nd round 71 to his morning round of 70 and this meant a two way play off.

The 18th hole at Woodbury – a 170 yard Par 3 with water in front is a fantastic play-off hole and both players hit the green with their tee shots. Martin two putted for his par 3 and it left Hemstock to hole a 15 foot putt for a birdie 2 and clinched the Devon Open.

In joint third place was Jimmy Mullen, who finished as best amateur shooting a second successive 71 to finish on 142, alongside Barry Austin, who also shot 2 successive rounds of 71.

Devon Alliance Captain Stuart Disney thanked Woodbury Golf Club for hosting the day, especially the greenkeeping team and the entire bar and catering team. He also thanked the Pro shop team for their assistance in organising and running of the event.