Blondel claims fourth Island title with his Sunday best
DANNY BLONDEL reclaimed the Bachmann Trophy as he made light of the tough conditions to win the 2021 DJW Prestige Vehicle Sourcing Island Men's Championship.
The four-time champion produced some brilliant golf over the weekend, particularly on Sunday as he beat Bobby Eggo 4 & 3 in the final having earlier overcome Mick Marley 3 & 2 in the morning semi-finals when he was two-under-par gross for his 16 holes. Marley himself was an impressive one-over-par.
Eggo defeated Steve Mahy 5 & 4 in the second semi-final.
For Blondel it was a fifth consecutive Island final, but he went into this one after back-to-back defeats after his previous title successes came in 2010, 2017 and 2018
‘Obviously I was aware of it. I wasn’t trying to think about it too much because it’s not as if the last two finals I’ve lost heavily – last year to Tom [Le Huray] on the last with him sinking a long putt and losing to Jez [Nicolle] two years ago on the second play-off hole at La Grande Mare when he made a good two – so I used it as a positive to get to five finals in a row now.
'Going into this afternoon I was confident, but, yeah, it is nice. Losing three in a row would have hurt I think,’ he said with wry grin.
More in Monday's Guernsey Press.
