Blind golfers star at Stapleford
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Senior superstars Sam Torrance and Ian Woosnam warmed-up for the inaugural Handa Senior Masters at Stapleford Park by being out-driven… by members of the International Blind Golf Association!
The Ryder Cup heroes had to concede defeat in a special challenge on the Stapleford Park driving range though to be fair both Torrance and Woosie were blindfolded at the time.
Both watched in awe and admiration as the trio of blind and partially-sighted golfers blasted their drives straight and true – something their handicapped big name opponents failed to do with the notable exception of Woosie’s third and final effort.
“It was a remarkable demonstration of ball striking,” admitted Torrance who jokingly blamed Woosie for failing to set him up right.
Meanwhile, the real action gets underway tomorrow (wed) and both Torrance and Woosnam will be hoping to carry off the spoils on Friday.
*The draw:
1 08:00 1 Bill HARDWICK CAN Summit G&CC
Mark BELSHAM ENG Stonless Golf Centre
2 08:10 1 Tony CHARNLEY ENG
Anders JOHNSSON SWE Wermdo G&CC
3 08:20 1 Noel RATCLIFFE AUS
Ricky WILLISON ENG Ealing GC
Maurice BEMBRIDGE ENG Grand Resort Bad Ragaz – Golf & Spa
4 08:30 1 Luis CARBONETTI ARG Rio Cuarto GC
Angel FERNANDEZ CHI Club de Golf la Dehesa
Denis DURNIAN ENG A6 Physio
5 08:40 1 Horacio CARBONETTI ARG Rio Cuarto GC
Adan SOWA ARG Argentino GC
Denis O’SULLIVAN IRL La Playa GC
6 08:50 1 Jim RHODES ENG Le Meridien Penina Golf & Resort
John HARRISON ENG Matfen Hall
Mike WILLIAMS ZIM Donnington Grove CC
7 09:00 1 Ian MOSEY ENG Total Cradock
Torsten GIEDEON GER
Graham BANISTER AUS
8 09:10 1 Juan QUIROS ESP Reinoxmetal
John CHILLAS SCO Glenbervie GC
Delroy CAMBRIDGE JAM Champion Gate GC
9 09:30 1 Jerry BRUNER USA
Marimuthu RAMAYAH MAS Royal Perak
Martin GRAY SCO Ladybank GC
10 09:40 1 Greg HOPKINS USA Cleveland Golf
Emilio RODRIGUEZ ESP Villamartin GC
Giuseppe CALI ITA Lavazza
11 09:50 1 Peter MITCHELL ENG
Glenn RALPH ENG Trevose G&CC
Roger CHAPMAN ENG International Plywood
12 10:00 1 Bob BOYD USA Pine Valley CC
Carl MASON ENG The Fox Club Florida
Andrew OLDCORN SCO Kings Acre
13 10:10 1 Wayne GRADY AUS
David J RUSSELL ENG Archerfield Links
Nick JOB ENG Eligo
14 10:20 1 Matt BRIGGS ENG Stoke Park Club
Gordon J BRAND ENG Pinheiros Altos
Christy O’CONNOR JNR IRL Christy O’Connor Jnr Golf Design
15 10:30 1 Bob CAMERON ENG Italpack
Costantino ROCCA ITA
Mike HARWOOD AUS
16 10:40 1 Ian WOOSNAM WAL RAW Golf Course Design
Boonchu RUANGKIT THA Singha
Tony JOHNSTONE ZIM
17 11:00 1 Sam TORRANCE SCO Fairmont St Andrews
Gordon BRAND JNR SCO The Players Club
Marc FARRY FRA Constance Hotel Group
18 11:10 1 Robbie STEWART RSA ERPM GC
Ross DRUMMOND SCO
Jimmy HEGGARTY NIR Claremorris GC
19 11:20 1 Des SMYTH IRL
Bill LONGMUIR SCO The London GC
Bertus SMIT RSA Mosselbay CC
20 11:30 1 David MERRIMAN AUS Bonnie Doon GC
Domingo HOSPITAL ESP R.C.G El Prat
Katsuyoshi TOMORI JPN Sanikleen
21 11:40 1 Kevin SPURGEON ENG Ferndown GC
Angel FRANCO PAR
José RIVERO ESP
22 11:50 1 Stephen BENNETT ENG Waltham Windmill GC
Chris WILLIAMS RSA Modderfontein GC
Mike CUNNING USA Moon Valley CC
23 12:00 1 Fraser MANN SCO Musselburgh GC
Eddie POLLAND NIR San Roque Club
John GOULD ENG Vidauban GC
24 12:10 1 Mike MILLER SCO
Bobby LINCOLN RSA Dainfern CC
Manuel PIÑERO ESP La Quinta, Marbella
25 12:20 1 Steve CIPA ENG South Essex
Liam HIGGINS IRL Waterville Golf Links
Martin POXON ENG
26 12:30 1 Antonio GARRIDO ESP Somosaguas GC
Barrie STEVENS ENG Beau Desert GC
Gery WATINE FRA
27 12:40 1 Pete OAKLEY USA The Rookery GC
Doug JOHNSON USA The Villages
Jeff HALL ENG itsgolfworld.com