Corhampton Golf Club Senior's Section

Farmer

This is the summer rolling competition. It consists of both Medal play and Stableford competitions between May and September. There are 3 Medal rounds and 7 Stableford rounds. The Farmer score is the best TWO net Medal scores minus the best FOUR Stableford scores. The player with the lowest Farmer score receives the Farmer Shield, irrespective of handicap. The winner of the other division receives The Hansley - Farmer Trophy.

Year Winner of The Farmer 1983 P. Farmer 1984 T. Prentice 1985 T. Prentice 1986 T. Prentice 1987 R. Grier 1988 T. Prentice 1989 P. Farmer 1990 R. Curtis 1991 L. Weaver 1992 A. Pearce 1993 R. Day 1994 D. C. White 1995 A. Canessa 1996 D. Frost 1997 A. Holland 1998 R. Curtis 1999 T. Dominy 2000 A. Canessa 2001 L. Weaver 2002 G. Staley 2003 G. Staley 2004 G. Staley 2005 C. Garrod & G. Staley 2006 J. Yeates & T. Honour 2007 A. Deuchar 2008 D. Western 2009 D.Searle 2010 Dave Searle 2011 Mike Pack 2012 Dave Western 2013 Barry Rowe 2014 Jim Addison 2015 Stan Taylor 2016 Stan Taylor 2017 Jim Yeates 2018 Keith Norman 2019 Tony Aldrich 2020 Not played (Covid-19)

Year Winner of Other Division 2001 G. Staley 2002 A. G. Smith 2003 A. Pearce 2004 T. Honour 2005 D. Carter 2006 J. Yeates & T. Honour 2007 J. Browning & B. Tipler 2008 T. Honour 2009 M.Bell 2010 John Beardall 2011 Chris Garrod 2012 Brian Tipler 2013 Mick Kearn 2014 David Western 2015 Barry Painter 2016 Barry Painter 2017 Ken Gatrall 2018 B.Harvey & J.Ellis 2019 Ken Gatrall 2020 Not played (Covid-19)

Farmer Shield Hansley-Farmer Salver The original trophy (below), a glass Jug, was broken in 2011 and was replaced with the Salver.

Phil Farmer was the senior captain in 1984. He was an influential member of the Seniors’ section committee for several years. He was also a member at Fairthorne Manor Golf Club.
Phil was captain of the Chandlers Ford Cricket team that won a county competition in 1953.

Arthur Hansley is a member of the Seniors’ section committee and is renowned for playing all fairway shots with a five-wood, even from 10 yards.