Morren Closes the Gap!

Receptive greens, the odd shower and injury have allowed Gavin Morren (14) to close the gap on Sunday Society Golfer of the Year leader, Clive Brolly, to a mere two points after the fifteenth outing of the most popular winter society at City of Derry Golf Club. Following on from his steady play on Saturday Gavin showed his true form with a sparkling 41 points for the sixteen competition holes to claim first place and a massive 14 GOY  points. Meantime leader Clive Brolly could only muster a mere four points as he struggled with a severe shoulder injury. Morren now looks like the clear favourite to overhaul the Sunday Society’s most consistent performer of recent years and with several weeks remaining in the competition he has emerged as a new bookie’s favourite to take the coveted title. Ken McBride (12) grabbed second place on Sunday with 40 points after very steady play. Gary Leckey(10) put aside the cares of training for the impending Spanish trips to post the best of three 38 point tallies and took third spot. Martin Duddy(18) was on the wrong side of that break of tie with an inferior back nine and had to be content with fourth spot. He in turn bested John Flynn (12) over the closing nine to relegate his 38 points to fifth place. For the second week in a row Graham Hepburn finished in the winner’s circle with a fine 37 point tally to take sixth place.