EMIRATES SHIELD - RESULTS

26/10/2009

LADIES WALK AWAY WITH MAIN PRIZES

Jutta Klotz and Kerstin Schwinghammer walked away with the two main prizes of the 3rd Malta Golf Association Emirates Shield that was hosted at the Royal Malta Golf Club in Marsa during last week.

The competition was based on a two day aggregate medal (handicapped) with the ladies playing their first day on Thursday 22nd and the men on Saturday 24th. A cut was applied after the first day play to allow the players with the best 72 scores to go forward to the final second day round on Sunday 25th.

31 ladies, 100 men and 5 juniors signed up for this competition - an extraordinary number representing approximately 25% of the local golfing fraternity - all members of Royal Malta.

The ladies made full use of the good weather on Thursday as well as of their additional two shot allowance courtesy of the course rating and set the pace for the competition with Klotz carding a net 61, followed by Schwinghammer with a net 65.

The men’s Saturday first day play was characterised by a near gale force wind that resulted in high scores pushing the cut to 79 strokes at the end of play. The least deterred were Charles Robson who carded a net 66 followed by Sean Bradshaw and Patrick Brown both on a net 67. All five junior boys (Chris Bergedahl, Danny Holland, Luca Caruana, Quint Van Beek and Bernard Abele) managed to make the cut.

The second 18 holes for the tournament were played in calmer weather conditions. David Urpani, Lew Collins and young Luca handed in the best net scores (65) for the day whilst Joanne Cassar and Kerstin Schwinghammer had the best scores for the ladies with a net 67.

The first day leader, Jutta Klotz, registered a net 69 on the second day for an aggregate score 130. This was absolutely sufficient for her to win the competition and be presented with the MGA Shield by the MGA President and Executive Council Members. Klotz placed two shots ahead of Schwinghammer and 4 shots ahead of third placed Patrick Brown.

Mr Paul Fleri Soler, Regional Manager of Emirates, in the presence of Mr Guy Chamberlian and Mrs Eileen O’Brien, RMGC Captain and Lady Captain respectively, presented all winners with their prizes.

The full list of prize winners are outlined below (after count back considerations where applicable).
Overall Winner: Jutta Klotz (130)
Overall Runner Up: Kerstin Schwinghammer (132)
1st Best net aggregate score from a gentleman player: Patrick Brown (134)
2nd Best net aggregate score from a gentleman player: David Urpani (135)
3rd Best net aggregate score from a gentleman player: Charles Robson (135)
1st Best net aggregate score from a lady player: Sue Wibrew (137)
2nd Best net aggregate score from a lady player: Karen Fletcher (137)
3rd Best net aggregate score from a lady player: Manuela Roth (138)
Best net aggregate score from a youth golfer (21 years and under): Luca Caruana (137)
Best net aggregate score from a senior player (65 years and over): Danny Saliba (137)
Best net score on Day 1 from a lady player: Jutta Klotz (61)
Best net score on Day 1 from a gentleman player: Charles Robson (66)
Best net score on Day 2 from a lady player: Joanne Cassar (67)
Best net score on Day 2 from a gentleman player: Lew Collins (65)