The ultimate occasion of England Golf Week noticed historical past being made as Surrey’s Sylvia Kempsell grew to become the primary girl to win the England Captains’ Grand Closing.
The 78 qualifiers from 11 England Captains occasions staged within the early a part of the summer time gathered for the 18-hole closing on the famend Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, as Kempsell took the title.
Kempsell, who’s a member at Leatherhead Golf Membership, collected a complete of 42 Stableford factors to win by a single level from Ian Smith (enjoying off 12) representing Peterborough Milton.
The 71-year-old had booked her place within the closing by means of the qualifier staged at Burhill within the first captains’ occasion of the season and carried on her good type into the ultimate.
Six pars proved decisive as she scored factors on each gap enjoying off a course handicap of 27.
Three gamers got here in on 40 factors, but it surely was Berrington Corridor’s Chris Chisnall who snatched third on countback because of 23 factors on the back-nine, forward of Martin Neal (The Gamers) and Paul Vass (Bungay & Waveney Valley).
England Captains is an unique membership neighborhood for previous and current English membership and county captains and vice-captains. The programme has been operating since 1973, with greater than 5,000 energetic members and is open to each women and men.
The 2025 England Captains Event Collection will broaden to fifteen venues, together with Silloth on Solway, Moortown, Saunton and Purdis Heath to call a number of.
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