The eagerly awaited lowcostholidays.ie Men’s Winter League teed off on Sunday with a 14 hole single stableford competition.
After the first round Greece are setting the early pace on 148pts with Thailand two points further back. Portugal lie in third on 144pts.
With all eight of their players in action, Greece were able to discard three cards and rely on five counting cards which featured three players on 28pts and two on 32pts, with Eugene J Hanratty and Kevin Barry returning the top scores.
Thailand, with seven players in action, were led home by Sean Quigley on 32pts with their lowest counting card being 24pts.
Sean Hession was top scorer for Portugal with 32pts and their top five dove-tailed well as their lowest counting score was 27pts.
With France in fourth on 141 and three further teams on 140pts, there are six teams within eight points of the leaders as the league moves to its second round next week.
The individual competition was won by 22 handicapper Pat Daly on 33 points who is not taking part in the League. As a free agent he is sure to be the subject of many approaches for his signature over the coming week as some team captains look to beef up their squads ahead of the next round.
Sunday, January 11, 2015.
Singles Stableford 14 hole Competition
1st: Pat Daly (22) 33 pts
2nd: Sean Hession (10) 32/18 pts
3rd: Sean Quigley (18) 32/17 pts
lowcostholidays Men’s Winter League Standings
(After Week 1)
1 Greece 148
2 Thailand 146
3 Portugal 144
4 France 141
5 Malta 140
6 Caribbean 140
7 Italy 140
8 Canada 139
9 Turkey 137
10 Australia 135
11 Egypt 130
12 Spain 126
13 USA 120
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