On a bright morning after the deepest frost of the winter so far, 34 intrepid XL members and their 6 guests assembled at Cuddington Golf Club. After a hearty breakfast play began with the course completely white and, whilst the sun did eventually restore most fairways to normal grass appearance, the greens remained firm to […]
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Oct
Oct
Despite being close to the end of October, our annual match against the China Golfing Society was played in beautiful weather with short sleeves the order of the day and one XL member actually playing in shorts ! Unfortunately, despite fine golf to match the weather being played by most of the XL players , the […]
13
Oct
Oct
Winning XLGS team pictured at St Georges Hill GC David Tidmarsh, Steve Barton, Chris Greet, David Lancaster, Daryn Williams, Mike Johnson-Hill and John Webster (Richard Freedman away). The annual 8-aside quadrangular match against the MCC, Band of Brothers (Kent cricket) and Gloucester Gypsies (Gloucestershire cricket) was played on the 12 October at a wonderfully […]
06
Oct
Oct
Cover image: Roger Davies, Michael Pearce and Richard Freedman, pictured in front of the Ashridge clubhouse. On a blustery day with rain threatening, the XL Club played the conditions slightly better than their hosts to take a 3- 2 lead into lunch. Nick Beattie on his debut appearance formed a winning partnership with Mike Johnson-Hill […]
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Sep
Sep
40 members gathered to play at New Zealand GC for the Autumn Meeting with 5 more coming to lunch for a most convivial day. The morning round was played in cool but dry weather. Alan Ewart and Mike Halls played some sparkling golf to score 38 points (reduced to 37 on handicap revision) to win and […]
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Sep
Sep
It is with regret that this may well be our last visit to this splendid course. Over the recent years the Hankley point of contact has found it harder and harder to raise a team to play us. This year it finally failed but the club were happy for us to play a competition amongst […]
06
Sep
Sep
Royal Navy Go Missing in New Zealand The Royal Navy were short of recruits for our match with them at The New Zealand Club, maybe it was the lure of the LIV tour, or desertion or just too many crew going AWOL. Nevertheless we cobbled a match together and the Forty Club were victorious by […]
01
Aug
Aug
A glorious summer’s day provided a fitting backdrop for the Forty Club Golfing Society’s 60th Anniversary match against Liphook Golf Club, which this year was celebrating its own Centenary Year. The course was as always immaculately presented, with fast fairways and its challenging greens that have over the years provided a distinct advantage to the […]
Match Reports, XLGS News
Match Report: West Country Meeting at Brokenhurst Manor GC on Thursday July 21st 2022
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Jul
Jul
The Summer Meeting playing for the West of England Trophy was held in glorious conditions at Brokenhurst Manor GC in the New Forest. The fairways were firm and the greens were true but tricky in places. We welcomed three guests messrs Gifford, Finch and St Ledger from Hayling GC and whilst playing a stableford competition […]
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Jul
Jul
Another glorious summer day greeted us at Worplesdon. We had a full complement thanks to an eleventh hour call up for Johnny Cook, whereas the Army Officers had lost a player overnight due to a ‘dodgy prawn’! Nonetheless battle lines were drawn and handicaps calculated. Hard fought morning rounds resulted in 3 points apiece at […]