2018 Bandit Trophy

Mac wins his 4th Bandit Trophy

Alan McDougall joined the exclusive club of three people who have won the Bandit Trophy four times with a decisive victory at Dudsbury Golf Club. 

Another warm dry day greeted the golfers, with Dave Hues remaining the favourite after a 40 point round on Friday, even with a one shot handicap cut. But his form mysteriously evaporated and he finished in a tie for 8th, leaving others to fight for the Trophy.

Not much wrong with that one! - Bookies' favourite Dave Hues teeing off on the first hole

Vid Brownlee wins Nearest the Pin

The first prize of the day was won by Vid Brownlee, who got his tee shot closer than anyone else to the 8th hole.

Paul Cartwright retains Longest Drive Title

Paul claimed the longest drive for the second year running with a 280 yard missile fired up the 18th fairway. It went 11 yards past his nearest rival Dave Talbot. 

The choice of the 18th for the longest drive competition was controversial but Paul would have won on the par 5 6th too, where he hit another exocet to the fairway and was just short of the greenside bunker in two.

Dave T hits another big drive...but not quite big enough

Mac was extremely consistent. After 37 points on Friday, he managed 33 on Saturday, which was enough to hold off the challenge of defending champion Paul Cartwright, who was in contention until finding trouble at the par 3 15th and then water on his approach to 16. Though he found a winning drive on 18, it was too late to catch Alan.

There was a tremendous debut performance from newcomer Ricardo Ramshaw, who finished in third place with 30 points. Mike Dunbar managed to bring some of his Friday form into Saturday - enough to finish fourth with 29 points, after scoring 33 on Friday.

Macca looked good right from the start

Bandit Trophy Results 2018

1st  Alan McDougall      33 points
2nd Paul Cartwright      31
3rd Ricardo Ramshaw   30

Mike Dunbar                 29
Derek Ives                    29
Dave Talbot                  27
Ken Hicks                     26
Vid Brownlee                25
Dave Hues                    25
Paul Stone                    24
Ed Morell                      22
Stuart Hay                    17

So Mac joins the four win club and wore his Hawaiian shirt with even more pride than usual. Still nobody has retained the Bandit Trophy - could Mac be the first to achieve this with another win next year? 

The Bandit Golfer of 2018 - Alan McDougall