The 2022 County Championships were held at West Byfleet Golf Club over the weekend of June 27th to 29th.
The 36 hole qualifying on day 1 produced some excellent golf in sunny but windy conditions, Charlie Crockett (Addington Palace) leading the pack at with a score of 137 (-3), just ahead of his Surrey team mate Aadam Syed (Foxhills) on 139, these being the only players to better par.
Into the weekend and again there was some excellent golf on show and by the conclusion of Saturday the line up for the Sunday morning semi finals was-
David Primrose (Sutton Green)
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Charlie Crockett (Addington Palace)
Will Dugdale (Reigate Hill)
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Alex Wells (St George’s Hill)
Charlie overcame David after getting a quick start indeed winning the first 7 holes and although there was a spirited come back around the turn by David, but Charlie won in the country to take up his place in his first Surrey Amateur Final.
The 2nd semi final was a bit tighter with Will overcoming teenager Alex 4&3.
The Final set off in front of a large number of spectators including West Byfleet members & committee, Surrey Officials and players.
Charlie again got off to a fast start getting to 2up after 5 holes with excellent birdies on the 2nd and 5th, his lead could have been bigger had Will not holed several putts for Halved holes.
Will pulled himself back level in the match with birdies on the 7th and 8th and hit the front for the first time with a par 4 on the 9th after an errant drive from Charlie.
Will immediately gave the lead on the 10th with a rare 3 putt, the next 2 holes being shared with regulation pars.
Charlie 3 putted the 13th hole with Will in close on the beautiful par 3 hole.
The match was level again after an excellent approach from Charlie for a birdie on the 14th.
A rare missed fairway from Will on the 15th allowed Charlie to 2 putt for a win as Will could only pitch out to the fairway narrowly missing the par putt after a nice wedge from 100yds.
Both missed the 16th fairway to the right and shared the hole in bogey.
Both players hit the 17th green from the tee, Will being slightly further away in regulation, although both players came up short with Will to putt first. In true match play style that could have gone either way, Will missed from around 6ft and Charlie holed from 5ft to take the title.
Congratulations must also go to the team of Ben Palmer, Will Dugdale and Calum Rice for winning the
Our thanks to West Byfleet Golf for their excellent hospitality and to our volunteers and referees who we simply could not run these days without.
John Noble
Head Coach
Surrey Golf Ltd
Winner Charlie Crockett from Addington Palace
Left to right Tom McMahon - Captain of West Byfleet Golf Club, Winner - Charlie Crocket, Runner Up - Will Dugdale and Surrey President Terry Casey
Amateur Championship Team Winners Reigate Hill left to right - Ben Palmer, Calum Rice, Will Dugdale with Surrey President Terry Casey