As I write this, I can barely believe we have just held our 27th Wedge Trophy. This biannual event that takes place at Deal in March and Walton Heath in October is now crayoned into everyone’s diaries as one of their favourite fixtures of the year. The matches are typically 10-aside and 36 holes foursomes.…
Falling in the immediate shadow of the imperious 25th Wedge Trophy, there was a risk this Wedge could have been a damp squib. No such half measures in The Wedge – it was actually biblically wet! Many non-Wedge Walton members were bemoaning the weather and jumping on the arc sized bandwagon to curse the cruel…
Welcome to the 25th playing of the Wedge Trophy! Who would have thought, 13 years ago that from such a humble gathering of mates, one of the most highly anticipated golfing fixtures on the calendar would be born. Complete with commemorative ties, logod golf balls, team jumpers and a speech by the Deal club captain.…
I simply cannot believe we have just played our 24th edition of The Wedge Trophy. Like many ideas, The Wedge Trophy was devised between two great friends (myself and Michael) as we returned from a three day bender in Southern Spain. Twelve years on we are still going strong, with 95 players having battled it…
Schedule of Events Saturday 29th October 2023 @ Walton Heath 08.15 – Meet for Bacon 09.00 – Kick off on the New Course 12.30 – Light lunch – no J&T required 13.30 – Afternoon round on the Old Course 17.00 – Drinks and Presentation 18.00 – Local Drinks Start Sheet Please click on this link…
A star-studded celebration of The Wedge, and surprisingly ‘Sturge the Surge’ enjoyed the warmest reception of the evening. Though even with Guinness goggles, Waudo was only sufficiently charmed to be seen offering his orange based conserve. The sole major indiscretion of behaviour was confronted by Her Majesty no less, elegantly addressing the elephant in…
I am sure we are all familiar with this famous children’s rhyme – ‘Liar, Liar, Pants are on Fire’, but I am sure you would agree that this is not something you would expect to be the headline of a match report on The Wedge Trophy website. More on this later… So on Saturday the…
Please do delve into the extensive and marvelous Wedge statistics that Mike Hedges has generously managed over the years. One can only imagine the spreadsheet behind the scenes! There is plenty to look into – including: Individual stats for every Wedger that has ever played Pairings with the best records Head to head battles Dog…
Bright golden morning, salivating at the prospect, excited, perhaps nervous, it was mixed emotions as Stephen Tillie pulled up to the McDonald’s arches. He had decided the usual Wedge social in the clubhouse preceding the golf was an inferior offering than that of Ronald McDonald. He perhaps thought of keeping his little pre-Wedge pitstop secret,…
The 20th playing of The Wedge Trophy In a time of great uncertainty, it was great to bring some certainty back to our lives with the playing of the Walton Heath leg of The Wedge Trophy. Now in our 20th playing, we had planned a big anniversary lash up, but alas, we had to tone…