Golf: Binding and Williams claim final qualifier (From Mid Devon Star)

Golf: Binding and Williams claim final qualifier

9:20am Sunday 31st January 2010

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IAN Binding and Keith Williams teamed up to win the fourth and final qualifier for the men’s Winter Foursomes at Tiverton.

The duo posted an excellent medalford score of 11 to finish two clear of Pete Guest and John Stuckey plus Neil Forward and Ced Gibbons.

Under the medalford format, pairs deduct their stableford score on the back nine from their medal total on the front nine, giving a par of 18.

Binding and Williams had already booked their place in the knock-out stages by virtue of finishing fourth in the first qualifier at the end of October.

Joining them in the last 32, along with Guest and Stuckey plus Forward and Gibbons, are Lloyd Sampson and Lee Davey, Roger Millett and Dave Horn, Roger Stevens and Paul Bayley, last year’s champions John Hanson and Steve Garland, Nobby Clarke and Richard Colman plus Mike Hurley and David Hazlewood.

Binding and Williams will take on Rhys Cruse and Phil Moulding in the first round while Hanson and Garland begin the defence of their title against juniors Eddie Sangster and Harry Callahan.

First round draw: Top half – Bob Clayden and Ian Maclure v Graham Clarke and Mike Cottrell; Rhys Cruse and Phil Moulding v Ian Binding and Keith Williams; Noel Thomas and Dave Wright v Martin Selby and Neil Carthew; Peter Boax and Mark Sangster v Eric Cole and Steve Hosford; Ed Whall and Mike Eastmond v Colin Baker and Bob Pincombe; Neil Forward and Ced Gibbons v Mike Hurley and David Hazlewood; John Hanson and Steve Garland v Eddie Sangster and Harry Callahan; Martin Taggart and Malcom Lock v Simon Budden and Colin Taylor.

Bottom half – Ricky Cruse and Roy Ireland v Colin Carey and Peter Garnsworthy; Roger Stevens and Paul Bayley v Daniel Perry and Lawrence Blake; Paul Steele and Tony Bodgin v Kelvin and Matt Woodgate; Shaun Hughes and Mark Green v Lloyd Sampson and Lee Davey; Harry and Nick Konig v Roger Millett and Dave Horn; Shaun Vickery and Simon Legassick v Nobby Clarke and Richard Colman; Pete Guest and John Stuckey v Mike Chorley and Trevor Parker; Keith Chilcott and Roger Norton v Heath Ellis and Ian Budden.

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