The Outwood Cricket Club Golf Championship took place on Thursday at Bletchingley Golf Course, with another highly competitive day of golf, dubious handicaps and, for some, a fairly loose interpretation of where the fairway is supposed to be. With conditions set and bragging rights firmly on the line, the competition proved incredibly tight.

The Main Event
A sizeable clump of players finished the day locked together on 27 points, but it was Dave Strudwick who managed to rise above the pack and claim 3rd place.

At the top, things were even tighter.

Bill Morle and Marcus Malley finished joint first, meaning the title had to be decided on countback....then another countback.

After two countbacks, Marcus finally emerged victorious and was crowned the 2026 Outwood Cricket Club Golf Champion!

Marcus takes home the famous Green Jacket, along with a brand-new range finder. Whether the range finder will make him even more dangerous next year remains to be seen.

• Champion: Marcus
• Runner-up: Bill
• 3rd Place: Dave

Nearest the Pin -As if winning the whole thing wasn't enough, Marcus also picked up Nearest the Pin.

Longest Drive - The big-hitting honours went to Harry Crawford, who claimed the Longest Drive prize. Whether it found the fairway is, of course, completely irrelevant.

The Wooden Spoon There can only be one and this year's prestigious Wooden Spoon goes to Chris Yeldham, who successfully fought off some strong competition at the wrong end of the leaderboard.

Special recognition must go to Dru Tunstall, who pushed Chris all the way and finished a very close second from bottom.

A huge thank you to everyone who played and helped make it another brilliant Outwood Cricket Club Golf Championship.
Until next year...

Marcus, enjoy the Green Jacket. Everyone else, get practising.