With a course record breaking 63 in the first round Gareth Phillips (Creigiau) took the Glamorganshire Baffie with a two round aggregate of 139. Leigh Ivory (Wenvoe Castle) was second with 144 (73/71) and County player Mike Hearne (Southerndown) third on 145 (71/74).
With County Captain Richard Hooper finishing joint 7th Gareth's victory meant he was the 2009 Carling C2 Order of Merit winner by a margin of 21 points. With maximum points in three events and 20 plus points in the County Championship Gareth's win emphasises what the Order of Merit is all about - consistency through the season. This consistency is the same as James Frazer showed in 2008 and hopefully Gareth can go on to match James' achievements at the highest levels of Welsh golf.
Leading positions and points:
The clash with the Champion of Champions at Cradoc deprived the event of some of the current County team, and although this was unlikely to have affected the result of the Baffie or the Order of Merit this year a change of date is being examined for future years.
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Glamorganshire 14/09: Nick James (Wenvoe Castle) won the Glamorganshire
Baffie with rounds of 72 & 69.for a 141 total. He took the title by one shot from Ian Flower (Mountain Ash) with Mike Hearne (Southerndown) three shots back on 145. The two established County players produced solid rounds on a day of highish scoring with the 60+ competitors finding conditions tough with the course playing its full length and then some.
In fourth place was local player Simon Curle with Gareth Phillips (Creigiau) showing some of the form that made him such a prospect in 5th spot.
Current OOM leader Richard Hooper was in the points again with a sixth place finish
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