Course Records

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Course Records

The official course record for the Codrington Course is 61 set by Jamie Abbott on July 10th 2014 during the 1st round of the Jamega Tour’s Players Masters.

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A score of 62 was recorded by Luke Donnelly during the 2018 Stage 1 European Tour Q-School during the 3rd round over the Championship course.

Placing was in effect:

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In November 2019  student Craig Passmore (+2) playing off the Winter tees shot a 58. The round even included a bogey at the 4th. After being level par after 4, Passmore played the next 14 holes in 14 under going out in 30. The round included 3 eagles, none of which were better than at the 18th where a crowd had hope to see him get up and down from 50 yards to break 60 and record the magical 59. He did even better holing it for a 58. Off plus 2 Craig Passmore recorded 48 points with 3 one pointers!    

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A score of 63 was set by Matthew Ford during the 2009 Europro over a course measuring 6950 yds.

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Three other scores of 64 were recorded during the same 2009 Europro.
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4 3 4 2 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 1 4 4 Paul Dwyer who produced some fireworks with ace at 16 caught on camera by Sky TV.
5 2 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 6 3 3 4 2 4 3 Barrie Traynor also scored a last round 64 which included a couple of bogeys.

An Amateur score of 63 was recorded (placing in operation) by Bradley Moore in the Jamega Tour Sept 2015.
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The Amateur course record is 62 set by Ryan Lumbsden during the 2019 Stage 1 European Tour Q-School
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The Amateur course record for the Championship course is 68 by Mark Charlton.
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The best score for the Championship course playing from the very back tees is 72 by  John E Morgan.

The best score for the Stranahan course is 60 by Gordon Brand Jnr whilst playing in the 19th June 2013 Midweek medal which included a 28 back nine. He has also shot 59 in a friendly.
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Jack Cope (+6) scored a 57 in practice on the Stranahan July 8th 2020.                      

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The Amateur course record for the Stranahan course is 61 by Nick Day in the Stranahan Trophy 1st August 2015.
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This score was equalled by 15 year old Charlie Pearce-Ward in the Summer Cup July 8th 2023, the 61 included 3 bogeys!

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Holes in one

Codrington

2nd Hole

Brian McElhinney (2005 Amateur champion). A Merton. Kim Whiting. Paul Lawrence. Ali Young. Julian Adams. Dayson Pearce. Kwan Yip. Gary Roberts. Bert Kynaston, Derek Woodward (Bert & Derek were playing in the same group). Mark Davidson. Barry Brain. Neil Duggan. Kev Taylor. Lyn Smith. Mark Bowen. Steve Roberts. Kev Neal. Duncan Rea. Simon Kendall. Darryll Mendoza. Matt Mumford. Loui Scotto. Dan Molloy. Matthew Turner. Kev Hodge. John Cooper. Peter Aitken.

4th Hole

Ian Harrison. Neil Duggan. Nick Mason. Kwan Yip. Ian Ward. Robin Stewart. Andy Johnson. Charlie Pearce-Ward. Peter Darnell. Andrew Wilkinson (Q School 2023).

10th Hole

Michael Jones (Europro). Rob Sheppard. Stephen Dolling. David Morgan and Paul Jones (made consecutive holes in one during the 2010 West Region PGA championships, though not in the same group) Tim Hanson. Martin Jenkins. Martyn Burt. John Stewart (whose brother holed out on the 4th in the same round). Bradley Moore (en-route to a 63). Joe Long. Mark Wetmore. Ashley Millington (11 years of age and at 225 yards). Paul James (at 225 yards). Jeff Hall. Cliff Hill (aged 81). Richard Tarr. Mike Rawlins

13th Hole

Alan Lyddon. Adrian Stiff. Paul Williams. Barry Hume (Europro). Ian Ward. Martin Jenkins. Fraser Hughes. Sarah Willis. Wayne Goodfield. Jeff Hall. John Keast. Paul Gravell. Martin Bond. Larry Kennedy.

16th Hole

Gordon Brand jnr. Martyn Bull. Geoff Bond. Ian Ward. Steve Dolling. Paul Dwyer (during 2009 Europro and caught on TV). Mark Shail. Andrew Ferris. Steve Horswell. Geoff Bond (2nd time and went on to finish 1 3 3). Denis Haynes. Paul Heyburn. Colin Freeman. Steve Horswell (2nd time). Derek Wilcox. Tom Williams. Mike Broom. Ashley Mansell (during 2018 West Region PGA championship). Paul James. Jack Hayward. Dan Molloy. Erik Flores (Q School 2022). Stuart West.

17th Hole

Jeremy Coburn holed his tee shot on the 17th November 2012, the ball pitched at the edge of the hole and stayed in the cup, the hole that day measured about 280 yards.

Stranahan

1st Hole

Andy Johnson. Chris Bailey. Kelvin Bush. Keith Williams. Ashley Millington (aged 10). Paul Gardiner. Duncan Rea. Peter Dury.

6th Hole
Connor Iles, Peter Iles

10th Hole

Terry Parsons (while it was a temporary par 3)

11th Hole

Phil Mayne. Craig White. Steve Chard. Clive Margenout. Alex Ault. Ian Watts. Sean Malyon. Nigel Gravelle. Mike Wheatley. Daniel Cliff. Sam Bailey. Wayne Marks.

14th Hole

Nick Davies in The Stranahan Trophy 2019.

15th Hole

Steve Gower. Lee Bruton. Nick Banwell. Dave Barron. Mary Lindfield. Jon Jones. Rhodri Owen. Jay Baker. Richard Bawn.

16th Hole

Sean Malyon.

17th Hole

Paul Bennett from the forward tee

18th Hole

Jeff Roberts. Shane Bowden. Ginny Peachey. Steve Twiddy. Paul Gravell. Ali Young. Stuart Woodland.

The following players have made Albatross 2’s

5th Hole

Mike Jarvis. Lee Archer. Chris Lloyd.

9th Hole

Martin Sell (Europro 2011, but listed as a par 4). Lee Godwin.

11th Hole

Adam Constable. Ben O’Dell. (both during Europro but the PGA list these holes as par 4)
Chris Iles (and then followed it with an eagle at the 12th). Steve Weitz.

12th Hole

Mark Shail. Christian Hutton. Richard Bawn.

12th Hole Stranahan

Martyn Burt.

13th Hole Stranahan

John Keast. Darren Hawkins.

Other holed second shots

Codrington

1st Hole

Cath Hirst (for 6 points) Brian Hellyer. Keith Langridge. Nick Perkins. Chris Minton (Q School).

3rd Hole

Chris Dawe. Steve Ashley. Rob Hamilton. Zac Annear. Scott Davidson. Dan Molloy. Robin Hood. Jamie Amor. Luke Donnelly (Q School). John Dillani (Q School). Robert Millington. Steve David. Ashley Millington. Brian Hellyer.

6th Hole

Andy Rudge (Europro). Mark Andres. Denis Haynes. Mat Edwards. Conor White.

8th Hole

Martin Purvis made a strange 3, his first tee shot was out of bounds but he then holed from the tee, a distance of 353 yards.

9th Hole

Richard Lamb (on the first day the course opened). Kim Whiting.

14th Hole

Greg Hyde (Europro). Phil McTiffin. Mark Connor.

18th Hole

Paul Barrington (drove to 6 inches). Brian Sims. Mark Sawyers. Nick Perkins. Stuart Davis. Callum Mortimore.

3rd Hole Stranahan

Dave Jones.

5th Hole Stranahan

Simon Kendall. Mark Bowen.

7th Hole Stranahan

Alex Ault. Richard Bawn.