Carling C2 Order of Merit

2009 Order of Merit News

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Gareth Phillips' (Creigiau) Baffie win seals Carling C2 Order of Merit

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.

2009 Final Table

		Neath Bell	Gower Gauntlet	County C'ship	Castle Trophy	Glamorgs. Baffie	TOTAL
Phillips Gareth	Creigiau	20	20	21	1	20	82
Hooper, Richard	Neath	16	16	25		3.3	60.3
Ivory, Leigh	Wenvoe			18		16	34
Frazer, James	Pennard			30			30
O'Neill, Chris	Radyr	6	11	9			26
McMullen, Paul	Caerphilly		13		12		25
Williams, Jonathan	Morlais Cas				20		20
Evans, Richie	Langland	13		3.5			16.5
Hearne, Mike	Southerndown			2	1	13	16
Williams, Kevin	Morlais Cas				16		16
Gould, Andrew	Bargoed			15			15
Holmes, Jon	Southerndown			13			13
Bale, Jonathan	Royal Porthcawl		2	11			13
Thomas, Luke	Vale	9		3.5			12.5
Hammond, Carwyn	Pontardawe				12		12
Flower, Ian	Mtn Ash	11					11
Baker, Oliver	Cardiff		6			3.3	9.3
Neucker, Robert	Gower		9				9
Lansdown Dan						9	9
Rigby, Brian	Glamorganshire					9	9
Phelps Simon	Whitchurch					9	9
Llewellyn, Ceri	Pennard				8		8
Tarbuck, Andrew	Morlais Castle				8		8
Davies, Daniel	Neath	6					6
Standing, Gareth	Southerndown			6			6
O'Neill, Brent	Radyr			6			6
O'Donnell, Aaron			6				6
Jackson, Robert	Morriston				5		5
Evans, Lloyd	Wenvoe					3.3	3.3
Broadfield, Max	Langland	3					3
Gwyther, Mike	Morlais Cas		3				3
Jones, Wayne	Morlais Castle				3		3
Bagnall, Rhys	Wenvoe	2					2
Jones, Ceirion	Morlais Castle				2		2
Delahaye Matthew	Mtn Ash	1					1
Jones, Alastair	Radyr			1			1
Paisley-Price, Sean			1				1
Price-Davies, Jordan	Glamorganshire					0.5	0.5
Grapes, Robert						0.5	0.5

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County Championship.

As reported on the Championship page James Frazer's record low aggregate of 136 won him the County Championship and 30 OOM points. Richard Hooper again in second place took 25 points and OOM leader Gareth Phillips' third place gained him 21 points.

Gower Gauntlet - Gareth Phillips again beats Richard Hooper to Top Spot

Just as in the Neath Bell Gareth Phillips' uncanny knack of outscoring Richard Hooper in the second round again reversed their positions in the Gower Gauntlet, enabling Gareth to pick up maximum points.

Gareth Phillips (Creigiau) Wins Neath Bell by 6 shots with a fine Second Round 69.

Following his first round 79 with a second round 69 that was 6 shots better than anuone else Creigiau's Gareth Phillips won the Neath Bell by 6 shots from County Captain Richard Hooper of Neath. Where scores in the 80's were common that Gareth was the only player in either round to better 75 shows the quality of golf he played.

Points Allocation

The Table below details the points allocated for each event:

Carling C2 Order of Merit 2009
Points Allocation
Club Events		County Championship
20	1	30
16	2	25
13	3	21
11	4	18
9	5	15
7	6	13
5	7	11
3	8	9
2	9	7
1	10	5
	11	4
	12	3
	13	2
	14	1

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