Record for Frayne at Carlyon Bay
02/07/2018
Adam Frayne shattered the Carlyon Bay course record with a nine-under-par 63 and now his Devon county colleagues are claiming a world record for the new Yelverton Golf Club club professional.
He made four eagles and his Devon pals have revealed on social media that the PGA Tour record in America is three eagles in a round by Dustin Johnson. Yet it was not his career-low round.
“I shot ten under at Stonebridge in a Europro event many years ago,” he said. “This was most unexpected because this summer I have been getting to four or five under and the making bogeys. I thought the same thing was happening as I got to three under after five but then dropped successive shots.”
He had no need to worry for he played the back nine in eight under. After an eagle at the fourth he followed with three more at the 324-yard par four 12th when he holed an 80-yard pitch. Conventional threes at the reachable 13th and 15th par fives and three pars completed his happy day.
“I made a nice putt on the last but if I had known it was for the record I might have fluffed it,” he said. “Despite the hot weather the course was very receptive as the club had watered the greens generously.”
He took his day’s winnings to £910 as he was third in the team event with home members M Middlewood, D Saget and P Phelps on 127.
William Farley (Bovey Castle) led the winning team of C Watkins, R Dormand and C Phelan on 22-under-par 122 two better than Scott Drummond ‘s trio of G Johns, N Olsen and D Powell.
Michael Watson (Wessex Golf Centre) made an eagle and five birdies, three on the homeward run, to share second four shots behind Frayne on 67 with Anthony Buchanan (Tavistock) who started with a bogey before making six birdies, three on each half.
Lee Corfield, who is enjoying a promising first season since joining the PGA staff at Burnham & Berrow was fourth on 68 and Paul Hendriksen (Ivybridge) a further shot back in sixth.
