BGA Team Challenge

The 2025-26 Bermuda Golf Association (BGA) season teed off with an exciting start, as team ‘Wrong Hole’ secured a narrow victory at the opening tournament held at the Port Royal Golf Course. The BGA Team Challenge is a net team handicap stroke play competition consisting of teams of four players using the Stableford scoring system, with the score of two balls to count.  Thirteen teams set out at 12:30pm shotgun start in perfect weather conditions to take on the challenges of the Southampton course.

Team ‘Wrong Hole’, comprising Padraig Mulry, Nathan Clarke, Calum Smith, and Mike Jones, edged out their competitors to claim the crystal trophy by a single shot. They finished just ahead of a two-way tie for second place which was settled on retrogression as team ‘TOALers’ (Richard O’Connell, Rory Worrall, Richard Hinwood, Kenneth Vevers) captured the second spot with the ‘Screaming Eagles’ (Jimmy Caplice, Kevin Ronaldson, Dermot O’Sullivan, Nicholas Barrett) rounding out the top three on the leaderboard.

In the individual competitions, Cindy Ratzlaff won the Ladies Closest to the Pin on the 3rd hole, while Richard O’Connell took the Men’s prize on the 13th. Junior golfer Zach McGuire also impressed, winning the Closest to the Pin on the 8th.

The longest drives of the day on the 18th hole were hit by Morgan Lightbourne for the ladies and David Soutter for the men.

Click HERE to view full results.

The next BGA event is the Mixed Foursomes Tournament scheduled for Saturday, October 4th & Sunday, October 5th at the Turtle Hill Club.

Click HERE to register!