IPAGS vs SW1GS

A new addition to our fixture list for 2024 saw a dozen IPAGs assemble at West Hill to do battle with a hand-picked team from the SW1Gs, a society representing professionals from the media industry.

The morning fourballs were tightly contested, with three of the six matches going to the last hole. Crack IPAGs pair Matt Reynolds and Steve Henderson cruised to an 8/7 victory, but skipper Jon Davie and last minute sub Mark Tiffany were the only other team to get on the scoreboard, emerging from a tense battle with half a point.

With the score at lunch 4.5 to 1.5 in favour of the SW1Gs, the IPAGs team had it all to do in the afternoon greensomes. But fortified by a typically-excellent West Hill lunch, the team raced out of the traps, emerging victorious in the first three matches. Henderson and Emma Robbins held a one up lead playing the last hole in match four, but were denied a full point by SW1Gs captain James Walden.

That left the scores tied with just two games left on the course, and while Henry Moore and Ed Glover brought home a brave half in the last match, the IPAGs fell one point short of a comeback to match the Miracle at Medinah.

All the matches were played in terrific spirit, and as the teams mingled on the terrace after play, it was agreed by all parties that we the fixture should become an annual event.

Congratulations to the SW1Gs - here’s to a re-match in 2025!

Morning fourballs - IPAGs 1.5 v SW1GS 4.5

• Henry Moore & Matt Blackborn lost to Neil Herman & Mike Glaspell 4/3

• Jon Davie & Mark Tiffany halved with Dan Yardley & Darren Kietz

• Ed Glover & Emma Robbins lost to Abeed Janmohamed & James Walden 1 down

• Matt Dyke & Max Rowan lost to Geoff Riding & Barry Cupples 1 down

• Steve Henderson & Matt Reynolds beat Duncan Wynn & Jamie Lindsay 8/7

• Ian Kerrigan & Rob Sandford lost to Alan Hodge & Andrew Malladine 2/1

Afternoon greensomes - IPAGs 4 v SW1GS 2

• Jon Davie & Max Rowan beat Alan Hodge & Jamie Lindsay 2 up

• Matt Dyke & Matt Reynolds beat Duncan Wynn & Geoff Riding 2/1

• Mark Tiffany & Rob Sandford beat Neil Herman & Darren Kietz 3/1

• Steve Henderson & Emma Robbins halved with Mike Glaspell & James Walden

• Ian Kerrigan & Matt Blackborn lost to Abeed Janmohamed & Barry Cupples 3/2

• Henry Moore & Ed Glover halved with Dan Yardley & Andrew Malladine

Match result - IPAGs 5.5 v SW1GS 6.5