Girls Golf Rocks Last Thursday saw the first of our Girls Golf Rocks sessions. It was a glorious sunny evening and the class was full with girls ranging in ages from 7 to 12 year olds. Cavendish Pro, Lee Marshall, introduced the girls to Cavendish golf course and then focused the first session on some…
Today was a senior 4BBB open competition and fortunately the weather was kind after an early downpour. The winners were Stephen Siu and Hing Chau Yip from Stand Golf Club with an excellent 45 points, congratulations to all prize winners and we hope everybody enjoyed their day. Tuesday 14th September – Senior Open 4BBB 1st…
57 players took on Cavendish for our annual prestigious individual 36 hole open. The Chatsworth Bowl (nett) and Palace Trophy (gross) were both keenly contested with the weather holding out for most of the day. Congratulations to Mark Gayes and Jason White who both secured narrow two stroke victories. Sunday 12th Sept Chatsworth Bowl &…
On a breezy and cool day we welcomed 14 teams to compete in our Mixed AMAM. The conditions made for difficult scoring early on with several teams unable to beat par. But, towards the middle of the day conditions improved and it was almost perfect weather for golf. “You really do need to know this…
Club Acoustic plays Cavendish There was a bit of a fundraiser on Sunday night for the Captains Charities. Lady Captain Danielle arranged that she and some of her friends from Buxton’s hugely popular live music venue ‘Club Acoustic’ would come and entertain at the club. From 7:30 until well after 10 the audience was treated…
Carden Park was the venue for the Cavendish ladies golf holiday on August 9th and 10th. Lady Captain Fiona had booked the event for last year but COVID meant it could not happen, so Lady Captain Danielle suggested they shared the event. Day 1 was an individual stableford 1st Lady Vice Captain Rachel with a…
The Captains Away event is one of the highlights of the Captain’s year and this year was held at Breadsall Priory 9 and 10 August with 35 Cavendish members. However there was one main departure from convention … The Covid pandemic meant that last year’s Captain Mike Higgins could not enjoy an away event of…
Well, we made it! 7 days of open competitions concluded today with the Axe Edge Trophy, a 4BBB gents competition that has always been the concluding event in our Festival of Golf, Open Week. There were concerns as to whether we would get through it with a horrendous forecast suggesting thunderstorms and relentless rain. But…
Last year the two seniors events got the best weather of the week. This year they paid for it as bands of rain, showers and the edge of a storm passed through to ensure that nobody escaped a dousing. You had to feel for the early starters; it was relentless and therefore no surprise to…
As is traditional, Thursday at Cavendish Golf Club is ladies day. Today we welcomed 41 teams to compete in our Ladies AMAM Open and as with all our open competitions, players come from far and wide. Is it because we are ranked 61st in the Golf World Top 100 in England or perhaps it is…