ROSS Golf Club's dual annual Scratch and Handicap medal competitions played during the Spring and Autumn seasons are always well supported by its scratch players, as they provide the severest tests for its men members, plus associated honours board bragging rights, reports KEITH RAY.

Over the past 30 years only James Morgan (2004), Nick Ellis (2014) and Harvey Hancock (2022) have previously bagged both in the same year at the Gorsley course.

And they have now been joined by dedicated and long-standing club member Tim Wyatt, who will consider himself richly rewarded to join their company in 2026.

As the club's 2022 Men's Champion with an enviable record of honours board success, the 1.2 handicapper was clearly well qualified to become part of such an illustrious quartet.

His gross 2 under par 70 to win the recent Autumn Scratch and Handicap Medal event from a 103-strong field saw Tim finish two shots ahead of his nearest rival, and will live long in his golfing memory.

Short game proves decisive for Wyatt

On this occasion, Tim paid tribute to his short game play, taking just 22 putts during his 18 holes, which is in itself phenomenal, and scoring two birdies on the demanding final three holes.

Jon Moody with a gross 72 was runner-up followed by seasonal campaigner Kevin Howells and teenager James Sayce ,who both carded gross 75 scores.

This meant Kevin finished in the top three in both 2026 Scratch medal competitions, which will surprise nobody such is his consistency when competing at the top level.

In the net handicap division, Tony Fletcher's impressive net 67 score made him top dog in the final results table, followed by Andrew Durant's 68, Alexander Harris and Brett Gardner 69, Geoff Walsh 70, and a host of net 71s represented by Mataius Kefalas, Wref Digings, Richard Brough and Thomas Goff.