2015 Dacoity Cup Day 1

Stone lays foundation for Rest of the World lead

The 2015 Dacoity Cup got underway on Friday at The Belfry, on the Derby Course.

 

The highlight of Day 1 was a captain's performance by Rest of the World skipper Paul Stone, who holed a long putt on the last green to clinch a come from behind victory over opposite number Derek Ives. Is this the moment the tide finally turned against England?

 

With seven men on the England side, and six representing the Rest of the World, three of the four matches were three balls, with only the lower of the two players Stableford scores counting from the pair, against the solo player. The fourballs were combined Stableford scores as in previous years. In the singles, one player from Engand would be drawn against a Bye for ROW, meaning that their match would not count towards the Dacoity Cup. 

Threeballs/Fourballs Results:
Pete Coupe  38pts beat Brownlee & Talbot 24pts
Dangerfield & Hone 21pts lost to Van der Merwe 22pts
Ives & Cartwright 27pts lost to Stone 28pts
Hicks & Hay 65pts lost to Dunbar & McDougall 67pts
Rest of the World 3 England 1

Singles:
Dangerfield 21 lost to Van der Merwe 22
Ives 27 bt Brownlee 24
Hay 33 bt Dunbar 30
Coupe 38 bt Talbot 32
Cartwright 30 lost to McDougall 37
Hicks No result v  BYE
Hone 27 lost to Stone 28
Rest of the World 3 England 3

Score at end of Day One:
Rest of the World 6 England 4
So ROW head into Day 2 with a lead for the first time in the history of the competition...