After missing last year’s Deal Wedge, it was an absolute treat to return to Royal Cinque Ports for the 13th playing of The Wedge Trophy. As always, excitement was rife as the two teams gathered to do battle, but not before some appropriate sustenance was taken on board to get us through until lunch. As…
Sadly for those who have already read the summary of TATTCORCPGCWT (The Assistant To The Captain Of Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club Wedge Team), I am woefully short of facts and figures to dazzle you with. In fact this inadequacy is a fitting metaphor for the way the last five Wedges have unfolded. A cocky…
Five fruitful years of the Wedge and we find ourselves mulling another Monday Wedge hangover having just completed the 10th Wedge Trophy. How far the Wedge Trophy has come since Charles Waud & Michael Hedges hatched a gin inspired plan to unite Walton Heath & Royal Cinque Ports in golfing matrimony. At this landmark anniversary…
Morning Foursomes (OLD COURSE) Walton Heath Team v Royal Cinque Ports Team Shots 1 MYLES WAUD & PETER ROBERTS SAMUEL MASON & TOM MUNRO FLAT 2 JAMES BRODIE & STEPHEN TILLIE LIAM BROWN* & TIM HOOLAHAN RCP 2 3 DAVID PAYNE & PHILIP RICHARDS MICHAEL HEDGES & SARAH MCNAUGHT* FLAT 4 ANDREW BERRYMAN & EDWARD STORY SAM FARAGE* & MAX MCGAHAN…
Spring is Coming I left London on the morning of the latest Wedge feeling strangely optimistic. The day started crisp, cold and gloriously sunny, a whiff of spring was in the air. Interpreting this as a metaphor for Walton’s fortunes, I was confident that the barren winter of the previous five Wedge Trophies was behind…
Finally The Wedge Trophy seems to be getting the media recognition equal to the gravitas and status of the fixture. Here were just a few of the quotes following Saturday’s Wedge: – “I didn’t think I could see this team play like this, they were fantastic.” – Clive Woodward – “Just goes to show what…
Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club – Saturday 21st March 2015 * denotes rookie Morning Foursomes Match Royal Cinque Ports Team versus Walton Heath Team Shots 1 FEWSTER & SEELEY WEBSTER* & PAYNE RCP 6 2 HEDGES & CORK WAUD C & ZORKO WH 5 3 EARLEY & GLYNN ROBERTS & RICHARDS WH 2 4 UFTON & FENT WAUD M & YOUNG-WOOTTON FLAT…
In order of Wedge caps: Michael Hedges – Oh Captain Oh Captain. Deals unconventional captain leads through the unique use of defeatist rhetoric and modest humility. His method only works due to the gravitas of the Hedges golfing dynasty and a dehydratingly dry satirical approach. Easily the most decorated player from either team and on…
The results are in, they have been counted and recounted. Blood tests and urine samples have been returned and (aside from various STDs) they were clean as a whistle. There is nowhere to hide, no more excuses to make, Deal’s dandies have administered a thorough spanking to the Walton weaklings, right in their own back…
The greatest dichotomy in Wedge history was on 24th March 2012. A Walton Wedger remembers a day of jubilation and dominance as the forth wedge on the trot was won in embarrassingly convincing fashion on Deal soil (/sand). For a Deals ‘not so’ Dandies it was a dark day indeed, having been close in early…