Captain's Report
This year’s tour was based on the South Coast staying in Holes Bay, Poole Harbour. We started by meeting at Ferndown for a tasty plate of fish and chips before teeing off at 13.00. The early starters got around in dry conditions but those of us bringing up the rear came home in the rain. The course was playing long and true with their usual immaculate greens, in fact this could be said of all three courses that we played during the tour.
A short drive to the hotel in Holes Bay was followed by a Thai Banquet in the Nusara restaurant in our own private dungeon. It turned out to be a great success as there was little decision making and a lot of delicious food.
Wednesday dawned warm and sunny for the round at Parkstone, which has long been one of my favourites, it did not disappoint. The whole club and course were well presented, not a blade of grass out of place and wonderful tees and greens. I was pleased by the number of tourists who considered this the best course that they had played in England. There were some good scores on this challenging course and the overall winner would come from the best two days out of the three leaving it all to play for on day three.
We rounded off the day with a convivial meal at Da Vinci’s restaurant on the quay.
Brokenhurst Manor was delightful on the last day, the weather was kind to us again and all was set up for the final round decider for the Claret Jug with several contenders needing a good round on day three to carry off the prize. The scores were not to the high standard of the previous days but Tom Lyons prevailed to become the worthy winner.
I must thank Tom and Nigel for all the hard work that they put in behind the scenes checking the cards and getting the results out in quick time. This was the first time that the two nights and three rounds of golf format has been adopted and I am unsure as to the tourist’s preference, next year Anthony has planned four rounds of golf.
RESULTS
| Player | Points (best 2 rounds) | |
| Tom Lyons | 70 (wins on c/b at Brokenhurst) |  Tom Lyons - Winner of the Tour Claret Jug |
| Anthony King | 70 | |
| Peter Cherry | 69 | |
| Stu Butler | 68 | |
| Tom Cox | 64 |  Ray Corstin - winner at Ferndown on Day 1 |
| Mike Nixon | 64 | |
| Tony Gunby | 61 | |
| David Backhouse | 61 | |
| Ray Corstin | 59 |  Peter Cherry - winner at Parkstone on Day 2 |
| Barry Thornton | 58 | |
| Mike Dickman | 57 | |
| Roger Palin | 55 | |
| Richard Burman | 55 |  Stu Butler - winner on Day 3 at Brokenhurst Manor |
| Nigel Dowdall | 54 | |
| Roger Whitefield | 53 | |
| Ian Senior | 53 | |
| David Hobart | 52 |  Anthony King - 2nd place overall |
| George McCaffery | 50 | |
| Alastair Beedie | 46 |