The final of the Halifax Huddersfield & District Union of Golf Clubs Match Play Championship, in the memory of John Crawshaw, was played at the Bradley Park Golf Club Huddersfield on Sunday 25th September. B M Howarth Halifax has been the sponsor of this premier competition for many years.
The final was between Andrew Whitworth of Halifax Bradley Hall Golf Club and Brad Tupman from Huddersfield Golf Club. Interesting to note is that Brad is 33 years old and Andrew 50 years old. The format was match play over 36 holes.
Whitworth had won this competition 10 times, the first in 1983 and was looking forward to making it 11, a tremendous achievement by any standard. He did this by winning 4&3!
The Bradley Hall man has represented the Union many times over the years also captaining the side on numerous occasions.
The days play. The morning was wet and this caused more concentration especially on the greens. It was a close encounter, however, Whitworth went into lunch 2up. The afternoon was dry and sunny and Whitworth consolidated his lead but Brad Tupman fought back and at one hole Tupman found himself in the edge of a pond, donning water proofs he attempted to play a shot from the water but alas only got a drenching!
After winning the 14th Tupman put his ball into trees on the next hole while Andrew put his ball onto the green with his second shot and although Brad played an amazing third shot he failed to match Andrew Whitworth's par four and the match was over 4 and 3.
