Some great names but Eggo is the only choice as No. 1
In the concluding part of his mini series on the island's finest amateur golfers, Rob Batiste reveals the best five and it is no surprise who finishes top of the list.
THERE is no definitive way to judge sportsmen and women against each other across the generations.
It provokes good argument, though.
You simply have to study the record books, listen to those in the know, draw on your own experiences and trust your judgement.
To compile the list of Guernsey's top 20 golfers I have been able to draw on the eyes and expert opinion of four men, two of them great champions who sampled golf either side of the Occupation, one who wrote about it – John Le Poidevin – and who saw the best golfers for a 30-year period and a fourth of whom I know not even the name. That anonymous contributor to this selection process filled the role of Guernsey Evening Press golf correspondent as Hitler built his army.
His description of the island's top players of the day suggests he played alongside many of them and, in the absence of alternative opinion, his assessment of the best golfers of the 20s and 30s seems very valid.
Indeed, they are largely his words I use in painting a picture of arguably the fourth and fifth best island players of 100 years of golf.
