Introductions

[Nicholas Brown]

Age:54
From:Berkshire
Started Golf: aged 18
Current Handicap:22.1
Best Course Played: Old Thorns
(Reasonable) Bucket List Course (UK): Belfry
(Reasonable) Bucket List Course (World): Sawgrass
Best Score to Par on 18 holes:
Holes in one:none
Favourite Golf Mate: OMP
Favourite Sports Team: N/A
Stroke Play or Match Play: Stroke Play
Flag In or Flag Out:Out
Favourite Men’s Major The Open

[Chris Blackburn]

Age: 41
From: Birmingham
Started Golf: Aged 16, but only got back into it this year.
Current Handicap: 13
Best Course Played: Swansea Bay
(Reasonable) Bucket List Course (UK): Silloth on Solway
(Reasonable) Bucket List Course (World):
Best Score to Par on 18 holes: 74
Holes in one: 0
Favourite Golf Mate: Simon Payne
Favourite Sports Team: Stockport County
Stroke Play or Match Play: Stroke Play
Flag In or Flag Out: Flag in
Favourite Men’s Major: Masters

[W Roocroft]

From:wigan
Started Golf: as a young lad in the 80’s
Current Handicap: Don’t play enough
Best Course Played: Southerness
(Reasonable) Bucket List Course (UK):
(Reasonable) Bucket List Course (World):
Best Score to Par on 18 holes:
Holes in one:0
Favourite Golf Mate: I like them all
Favourite Sports Team: Wigan Ath
Stroke Play or Match Play: any
Flag In or Flag Out: out
Favourite Men’s Major: The Open

[MJ]

Great idea!

Age:49
From: Brighton
Started Golf: 2016
Current Handicap:28 (bandito as never played regularly!)
Best Course Played: Remedy Oak
(Reasonable) Bucket List Course (UK): St Andrews (Old Course)
(Reasonable) Bucket List Course (World): Pebble Beach
Best Score to Par on 18 holes: +18
Holes in one: Not even close!
Favourite Golf Mate: OMP of course?!
Favourite Sports Team: Brighton
Stroke Play or Match Play: Stroke
Flag In or Flag Out: In
Favourite Men’s Major: The Masters

[Brian Porter]

Brian Porter
Age:68
From: Huish Episcopi Somerset
Started Golf:2016
Current Handicap:20
Best Course Played:Isle of Wedmore
(Reasonable) Bucket List Course (UK):Troon
(Reasonable) Bucket List Course (World):Agusta
Best Score to Par on 18 holes:+12
Holes in one:0
Favourite Golf Mate: Liam
Favourite Sports Team: Spurs
Stroke Play or Match Play: Stroke
Flag In or Flag Out:Out
Favourite Men’s Major: Masters

[Kim Hannemann]

Age: 74
From: Brambleton, Virgnia (near Dulles International Airport, i.e. Washington DC)
Started Golf: 2018 after retirement (played a couple of times a year from age 25)
Current Handicap: 16.1 but don’t ask me to play to it.
Best Course Played: Probably West Cliffs in Portugal; also Harbour Town just before the RBC Heritage
(Reasonable) Bucket List Course (UK): Tie between Chorlton-cum-Hardy (with OMP) and Carus Green (with Liam and Big Dog)
(Reasonable) Bucket List Course (World): pretty much the same
Best Score to Par on 18 holes: +8
Holes in one: same as Liam – ZERO
Favourite Golf Mate: has to be Liam, but fond of all of them – yes, even The Dick!
Favourite Sports Team: Washington Commanders (American Football)
Stroke Play or Match Play: Match
Flag In or Flag Out: Flag in
Favourite Men’s Major: The Open Championship

[Mick Beardsworth]

Age: 62
From: Leyland, Lancashire, UK
Started Golf: 2019
Current Handicap: 22
Best Course Played: Old Course Don Pedro
(Reasonable) Bucket List Course (UK): Royal Birkdale
(Reasonable) Bucket List Course (World): Pebble Beach
Best Score to Par on 18 holes: +20
Holes in one: None
Favourite Golf Mate: Liam
Favourite Sports Team: Preston North End
Stroke Play or Match Play: Texas scramble
Flag In or Flag Out: Flag no preference.
Favourite Men’s Major: The Masters

[Stewart Findlay]

Hi Neil I lived in Peterhead for 20 years and the only Neil Ritchie I knew was a PE teacher at the academy. Any relation

[Gareth Edwards]

Age: 54
From: Caerphilly, Wales
Started Golf: Played loads in my younger years, foolishly stopped, started again about 6 years ago
Current Handicap: 28 (not logged many rounds in recent years, so it’s bouncing between 20 and 30)
Best Course Played: I have a soft spot for Monte Rei, Portugal
(Reasonable) Bucket List Course (UK): For weird personal reasons, I want to finally play West Cornwall. My mother was born right next to it (Lelant), and I’ve spent my entire life passing it a few times a year, but never with golf gear or spare time
(Reasonable) Bucket List Course (World): Bethpage Black, for sh#ts & giggles
Best Score to Par on 18 holes: 84 (+13)
Holes in one: Still waiting
Favourite Golf Mate: That’s like asking who your favourite child is, but Liam’s the OG
Favourite Sports Team: Nottingham Forest
Stroke Play or Match Play: Don’t mind but 4BB is probably my favourite
Flag In or Flag Out: Out
Favourite Men’s Major: Masters

[Alistair Flynn]

Age: 58
From: Perth (Scotland)
Started Golf: seriously 50
Current Handicap: 7.5
Best Course Played: Loch Lomond
(Reasonable) Bucket List Course (UK): Woburn
(Reasonable) Bucket List Course (World):Beth Page
Best Score to Par on 18 holes: 72
Holes in one: one, St Mellion
Favourite Golf Mate:Simon
Favourite Sports Team: Liverpool
Stroke Play or Match Play: Match Play
Flag In or Flag Out: Out
Favourite Men’s Major: Open

[Joshua Perks]

Age: 51
From: New Hampshire, USA
Started Golf: 1995
Current Handicap: 6
Best Course Played: TPC Myrtle Beach
(Reasonable) Bucket List Course (UK):
(Reasonable) Bucket List Course (World):
Best Score to Par on 18 holes: 71
Holes in one: 0
Favourite Golf Mate: The Reaper
Favourite Sports Team: NY Yankees
Stroke Play or Match Play: Match Play
Flag In or Flag Out: Flag Out
Favourite Men’s Major: US Open

[Neil Ritchie]

No relation at all. I can’t recall a PE teacher with that name also.

[Stewart Findlay]

Thanks Neil as it was the mid 80’s

[Rich Hardy]

Age: 42
From: Northampton
Started Golf: May 2025
Current Handicap: 31.2
Best Course Played:
(Reasonable) Bucket List Course (UK): St Andrews, Woburn, Royal St Georges, Belfry Brabazon
(Reasonable) Bucket List Course (World):
Best Score to Par on 18 holes: 97
Holes in one: 0
Favourite Golf Mate:
Favourite Sports Team:
Stroke Play or Match Play: Stroke play
Flag In or Flag Out: Out
Favourite Men’s Major: Open or Masters

[Barry Clark]

Age: 43
From: Carlisle (uk)
Started Golf: 19
Current Handicap: 5
Best Course Played: Turnberry (pre Trump)
(Reasonable) Bucket List Course (UK): Trump Aberdeen
(Reasonable) Bucket List Course (World): Muirfield Village
Best Score to Par on 18 holes: level
Holes in one: nope
Favourite Golf Mate: Ebay Pete
Favourite Sports Team: Man Utd
Stroke Play or Match Play: Match Play
Flag In or Flag Out: in over 15ft, out any closer
Favourite Men’s Major: The Open (obviously)

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