Tough conditions as Babbage retains Bath Golf Club championship

Kieran Babbage has retained the Bath Golf Club championship.

Captain Pete Glanville presents the Peter Green Trophy to Kieran Babbage | Photo © Bath Golf Club

Babbage won the title last year and was successful in the 2025 competition, which was held over the weekend of July 12th and 13th.

He scored a 69 on the Saturday and a 71 on the Sunday, making a two-under-par total of 140 for 36 holes.

Peter Horn won the President’s Cup for the best net over 36 holes. He scored 140.

The conditions were difficult, with high temperatures on both days.

Ground conditions were also a challenge as the fairways were parched.

Despite this, the championship attracted an entry of 81 players.

Top 60 results (95% handicap allowance; round one, round two, total, par):

1st Kieran Babbage (-1) 69, 71, 140, -2; 2nd Kieran Bye (1) 74, 70, 144, +2; 3rd Christopher Knight (4) 74, 75, 149, +7; 4th Stefano Maio (0) 74, 77, 151, +9; 5th Max Potter (2) 78, 76, 154, +12; 6th Matthew Wordon (-1) 78, 76, 154, +12; 7th Francois De Luca (4) 82, 73, 155, +13; 8th Kelvin Green (7) 83, 73, 156, +14; 9th Peter Forster (4) 80, 76, 156, +14; 10th Martin Cashnella (7) 76, 82, 158, +16.

11th Nigel Crichton (5) 80, 78, 158, +16; 12th Steve Francis (3) 78, 81, 159, +17; 13th Jim Brown (6) 80, 80, 160, +18; 14th Richard Longhurst (4) 79, 81, 160, +18; 15th Shaun Harding (8) 78, 82, 160, +18; 16th Alex Dewhurst Chapman (4) 80, 80, 160, +18; 17th Stuart Ratcliffe (7) 83, 79, 162, +20; 18th Andrew Rigione (5) 80, 82, 162, +20; 19th Liam O’Mara (2) 79, 84, 163, +21; 20th Duncan Spooner (9) 80, 84, 164, +22.

21st Stephen Palmer (4) 81, 84, 165, +23; 22nd Andrew Polson (9) 79, 86, 165, +23; 23rd Gary McArdle (10) 81, 85, 166, +24; 24th Ewan Caldwell (5) 82, 84, 166, +24; 25th James Franklin (8) 84, 82, 166, +24; 26th Paul Turner (10) 81, 86, 167, +25; 27th Simon Harris (7) 83, 84, 167, +25; 28th Peter Horn (14) 86, 82, 168, +26; 29th Steve Harper (10) 80, 88, 168, +26; 30th Olivier Quinn (8) 80, 88, 168, +26.

31st Tim Sefton (11) 85, 84, 169, +27; 32nd Tom Guilbert (13) 83, 87, 170, +28; 33rd Ed Gooding (10) 83, 88, 171, +29; 34th Paul Selley (11) 82, 90, 172, +30; 35th Dean Saunders (10) 87, 86, 173, +31; 36th Anthony Booley (15) 85, 89, 174, +32; 37th Anthony McCallum (7) 82, 92, 174, +32; 38th Aaron Villoslada Rodriguez (s) (5) 93, 82, 175, +33; 39th Olly Jeffs (15) 87, 89, 176, +34; 40th Billy Sefton-Moore (5) 88, 89, 177, +35.

41st Mark Brewer (17) 87, 90, 177, +35; 42nd Andy Robinson (10) 93, 86, 179, +37; 43rd George Matthews (10) 89, 90, 179, +37; 44th Oliver Driscoll (12) 90, 90, 180, +38; 45th Mark Skinner (20) 85, 95, 180, +38; 46th Graham Smith (15) 88, 93, 181, +39; 47th Mark Edwards (16) 92, 89, 181, +39; 48th Kim Swithinbank (19) 93, 90, 183, +41; 49th Michael Frude (12) 88, 95, 183, +41; 50th Anthony Jones (14) 97, 87, 184, +42.

51st Adam Lodge (20) 94, 91, 185, +43; 52nd Martin Bacon (17) 89, 96, 185, +43; 53rd Graham Cottle (14) 96, 91, 187, +45; 54th Mark Daniels (19) 93, 95, 188, +46; 55th Alexander Menezes (15) 93, 96, 189, +47; 56th David Cox (22) 92, 97, 189, +47; 57th John Fricker (16) 96, 95, 191, +49; 58th Andrew Conway (19) 88, 103, 191, +49; 59th Mike Gale (17) 101, 92, 193, +51; 60th Richard Law (19) 97, 96, 193, +51.