AS the golfing season draws to a close, so does the captain’s year in office at Yeovil Golf Club.

The 2022 captains, Paul Kitto, Isabelle Mace and Chloe Northover, handed over the baton at the club’s annual meeting to club captain Gary Wilshaw, lady captain Paula Skinner and junior captain Archie Tolman.
This was followed the next day by the captain’s drive-in competition. A full field of 148 players playing in teams of four enjoyed a fun Texas Scramble event in which each player plays from the same position, chooses the best shot and repeats the process until the ball is holed out.

As part of the event, competitors also had the opportunity to guess how far the new captain’s drive-in shots would go from the first tee with all guesses giving £1 to the captain’s charity for the year, Fairmead School in Yeovil. This raised more than £100 which was added to other donations and started the year off with more than £600 for the charity.
The winning Texas Scramble competition team were new club captain Gary Wilshaw, lady captain Paula Skinner and their playing partners Simon Coates and James Malcolm with a nett score of 52.
A further five teams recorded nett scores of 54.