Click on an image to enlarge
Mothers and Daughters hat trick for Alex and Ann Peters
19 April 2010
Sixteen-year-old Alex Peters and her mother, Ann, completed a hat trick of successive wins in the Mothers and Daughters 27-hole scratch foursomes at Royal Mid Surrey.
Alex, an England girl international who plays off plus-two, played immaculately with her five-handicap mother, to score a virtually flawless level par 71 in their morning round – and take a six-shot lead.
Ann Peters admitted that nerves got the better of her in the afternoon and blamed herself for the pair squandering a few shots to finish with a disappointing six-over-par 41, over the remaining nine holes . Nevertheless, their magnificent morning round had given the holders an unassailable lead.
Jennifer Fallows and Kathryn McGawley from Manchester played the best golf of the afternoon with a two-over-par, 37, to finish in second place, a position they have had to settle for on several occasions before.
With many young golfers competing this year, it was the very youngest, Martha Lewis, aged only ten, who with her mother Evelyn, outplayed the large field of 64 couples to win the 27-hole handicap prize. It was an outstanding, nerveless, performance by the minute Martha, a 23-handicapper, who said the highlight of their round was a two on the short 6th, followed by another birdie on the long 7th hole.
Alex Peters was also ten when she first played in the Mothers and Daughters and to have won a hat-trick of titles by the age of 16 is a remarkable feat that has never been achieved before. Ann Peters praised her daughter’s golf, admitting in her winner’s speech, that she was very lucky to have such a brilliant partner, “Any mother playing with Alex would win!”
Final leading scores
112 Ann Peters & Alex Peters (Notts Ladies) 71 41
116 Jennifer Fallows & Kathryn McGawley (Manchester) 79 37
117 Elizabeth McPhail & Flora McPhail (Frilford Heath)77 40; Christine Griffith & Charlotte Griffith (Walton Heath) 79 38
118 Sue Todd & Hayley Todd (Royal Ashdown Forest)77 41
121 Bea Cummins & Carly Cummins (Parkstone) 79 42; Gillian Atwood & Sarah Atwood (Gog Magog) 78 43
122 Sue Stradling & Annie Stradling (Worplesdon) 82 40
123 Wendy Laud & Katie Fewster (Thurlestone/Worplesdon) 83 39; Evelyn Lewis & Martha Lewis (St George's Hill) 83 40; Pat Huntley & Sarah Webb (Frilford Heath) 82 41
124 Judy Kendall & Vicky MacDonald (Wentworth/ Worplesdon) 83 41; Linda Sneath & Hannah Sneath (Puttenham) 83 41; Vi Dolton & Diana Holt (Basingstoke) 84 40; Jill Thornhill & Caroline Weeks (Walton Heath)83 41; Elaine Barrow & Laura Barrow (Brockenhurst Manor) 85 39
125 Barbara Round & Sam Round (Tadmarton Heath/Cotswold Hills) 81 44; Elsie Provan & Sarah Saggers (East Herts) 86 39
126 Jenny Hamilton & Nicole Hamilton (Dartford) 84 42; Alison Taylor & Katie Taylor (Walton Heath) 81 45; Sue Heeles & Rebecca Heeles (Royal Norwich) 85 41
