2018 Dacoity Cup Day 1

Weeks of hot and dry weather preceded this year's Dacoity Cup, creating fast running conditions on brown fairways at Dudsbury Golf Club near Bournemouth. This is the scene that greeted the teams at the first tee on Friday:

1st Hole Dudsbury Golf Club

The format for the Dacoity Cup was unchanged with three fourball matches (combined Stableford scores) getting things underway: 

Day 1 Fourball Results:

Cartwright & Morell 56 lost to Talbot & Dunbar 59
Ives & Hues 70 beat Stone & Brownlee 32
Hay & Hicks 59 lost to McDougall & Ramshaw 63

Rest of the World 2 England 1

This was the first time since The Belfry in 2015 that ROW had led after the first set of matches. Back then they went on to win when the final day was cut short by torrential rain. This year the forecast for Sunday was pretty bad - Could history be repeating itself?

Vidal Brownlee blasting off at the first hole

As well as the pairs playing each other, each captain submitted their six man singles order which was sealed until after the rounds were completed. When the secret draw was revealed, the results were as follows:

Day 1 Singles:

Hay 29pts lost to McDougall 37
Ives 30 beat Ramshaw 26
Hicks 30 beat Talbot 26
Cartwright 30 lost to Brownlee 32
Morell 26 beat Stone 20
Hues 40 beat Dumbar 33

Two great rounds by Dave Hues and Alan McDougall, making them the favourites for Saturday's Bandit Trophy, but the team situation was very evenly poised at the end of Day One.

England 5 Rest of the World 4