Swindle Members
Scott Browning |
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Nickname | Scotty | |
Year of Birth: | 1956 | |
Occupation: | Director | |
Puttenham Member Since: | 2010 | |
Current Handicap: | 19 | |
Lowest Handicap: | 18 | |
Swindle Wins: | 0 | |
Eclectic Wins: | 0 | |
Knock-out Wins: | 0 | |
Previous Clubs: | Oak Park, Sherfield Oaks | |
Interests outside golf: | Business | |
Favourite hole: | tbd | |
Most disliked hole: | 18th - last hole should be a par 4! | |
Bryn Owen |
Graham Ottaway |
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Year of Birth: | 1961 | 1952 |
Occupation: | Retired Finance DIrector | |
Puttenham Member Since: | 2009 | |
Current Handicap: | 10 | |
Lowest Handicap: | 10 | |
Swindle Wins: | 8 | |
Eclectic Wins: | 3 | |
Knock-out Wins: | 0 | |
Previous Clubs: | Gosport & Stokes Bay, Leatherhead, Farnham Sands | |
Interests outside golf: | Welsh Rugby & Portsmouth FC | |
Favourite hole: | 9th - There's always a great bacon roll at the end! | |
Most disliked hole: | 5th - I'm averaging over 4 on this tough and slighly boring par 3. | |
Paul Knowles |
Nick Hayward |
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Nickname | Fingers | Stacks |
Year of Birth: | 1958 | 1954 |
Occupation: | HR Director | Retired Bank Manager |
Puttenham Member Since: | 2012 | 1976 |
Current Handicap: | 24 | 12 |
Lowest Handicap: | 20 | 9 |
Swindle Wins: | 0 | 0 |
Eclectic Wins: | 0 | 2 |
Knock-out Wins: | 0 | 4 |
Previous Clubs: | Oak Park | None |
Interests outside golf: | Football, Rugby, food & Wine | Church, Cricket, Bird watching (Ornithology), any other sport |
Favourite hole: | 3rd | 2nd - I feel more relaxed on the tee, it's my first shot hole and if I can get on the green in two I feel really good. |
Most disliked hole: | 17th | 8th - It's that second shot! In the summer how do you stop it on the green? |
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Martin Thomas |
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Year of Birth: | 1946 | |
Occupation: | Retired (but still consulting, Change Management) | |
Puttenham Member Since: | 2009 | |
Current Handicap: | 19 | |
Lowest Handicap: | 17 | |
Swindle Wins: | 0 | |
Eclectic Wins: | 0 | |
Knock-out Wins: | 0 | |
Previous Clubs: | Bogotá Country Club, Colombia: Karen GC, Kenya: Caesarea GC, Israel: Drift GC. | |
Interests outside golf: | Travel, music, cricket | |
Favourite hole: | 6th – plenty of challenges and it sometimes goes to plan. | |
Most disliked hole: | 8th – should not be such a challenge, but it never goes to plan. | |
Tony Malyon |
Chris Osborne |
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Year of Birth: | 1948 | 1937 |
Occupation: | Retired (Local Government) | Retired |
Puttenham Member Since: | 1981 | 2002 |
Current Handicap: | 18 | 17 |
Lowest Handicap: | 11 | 11 |
Swindle Wins: | 2 | 0 |
Eclectic Wins: | 1 | 0 |
Knock-out Wins: | 1 | 0 |
Previous Clubs: | Southwood | Laleham |
Interests outside golf: | DIY, watercolours (28 handicap!), Red wine | gardening |
Favourite hole: | 8th - What Puttenham is all about, has changed little, thinking all the way, working your way around the course, watch out there could be a 6/7 or worse waiting for you! |
9th - Usually par it |
Most disliked hole: | 14th - Two poor shots will get you there with a probable par. Two “nearly” good shots can wreck a card. | 14th |
Colin Price |
Colin Reardon |
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Nickname | Our Col | No-toes, stumpy, "fore-right" |
Year of Birth: | 1959 | 1953 |
Occupation: | Consulting Actuary | Company Director |
Puttenham Member Since: | 2002 | 1988 |
Current Handicap: | 14 | 20 |
Lowest Handicap: | 14 | 16 |
Swindle Wins: | 1 | 8 |
Eclectic Wins: | 0 | 7 |
Knock-out Wins: | 1 | 1 |
Previous Clubs: | Golf Club-Great Britain’ !, Society member at Farnham | Swindon GC |
Interests outside golf: | Church, Keeping Fit, Most Sports, Most Music | Football, bird watching, tennis |
Favourite hole: | 7th - The chance to steer a mid-iron second shot through the gap and set up an inviting approach shot to a visible and receptive green. |
3rd - Such a confidence builder! |
Most disliked hole: | 8th - The 2nd shot is such a lottery due to the elevated undulating green! | 7th - Requires three consecutive good shots. Most unusual for me! |
Paul Reardon |
Stuart Saunders |
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Nickname | PJ or Ray | Sturat |
Year of Birth: | 1978 | 1938 |
Occupation: | Sales Director (Business Gifts) | Research Scientist |
Puttenham Member Since: | 1994 | 2001 |
Current Handicap: | 8 | 22 |
Lowest Handicap: | 6 | 22 |
Swindle Wins: | 10 | 1 |
Eclectic Wins: | 3 | 0 |
Knock-out Wins: | 4 | 1 |
Previous Clubs: | None | None |
Interests outside golf: | Football, cinema | Music, reading, being a good neighbour, gardening (just cutting the grass), sport of all types (Arsenal FC) |
Favourite hole: | 3rd - Very good chance for a birdie - makes you feel good early in the round.. | 10th - once upon a time I got a birdie on this the supposedly most difficult hole (but only from the yellow tee) – not likely to be repeated!! |
Most disliked hole: | 13th - Very difficult to get the ball on the fairway off the tee. | 6th - yet to get a par!! – now I hope you will believe me when I claim a 27 handicap! |
Nigel Guillaume-Smith |
Richard Taunton |
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Nickname | Tonto | |
Year of Birth: | 1959 | 1951 |
Occupation: | Underwriter | Managing Director of PJ Hifi - the only real Hifi shop in Guildford. |
Puttenham Member Since: | 2006 | 2000 |
Current Handicap: | 18 | 19 |
Lowest Handicap: | 17 | 14 |
Swindle Wins: | 0 | 1 |
Eclectic Wins: | 0 | 0 |
Knock-out Wins: | 0 | 1 |
Previous Clubs: | Clandon Regis (Home club) | |
Interests outside golf: | Food, drink, walking, theatre | The mighty THFC - since 1962, skiing, music |
Favourite hole: | 9th. Play an attacking drive followed by a good pitch can be very rewarding, especially followed by an egg burger and tea! | Jointly :11th, 12th, 13th - Puttenham's 'Amen Corner'. |
Most disliked hole: | 5th. A really tricky par 3. The length makes club selection difficult and that bunker! | I love the challenge of all of them! |