Pro Installer August 2014 - Issue 17 | Page 7

7 PRO INSTALLER AUGUST 2014 PRO NEWS @proinstaller1 A PUTT IS ALL THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE ! Sponsoring Wellingborough Golf Club’s PGA (Midlands) competition for the ninth year in a row, July saw Glazerite Windows Limited take part once again in a successful golf day enjoyed by all. Won by the team made up of Peter Clarke, Mark Davis, Jon Harris and their pro golfer Lee Clarke the ProAm tournament, which took place July 2nd, was followed up the next day by a closely fought 36-hole Glazerite Trophy competition won by former Ryder Cup star, Peter Baker. In a competition that looked like it was heading for a play-off between Baker and Daniel Greenwood of the Forest Pines Golf Club, things changed and got exciting when Baker produced one final special moment at the 18th to which he credits his putter for making the difference. Holing an uphill 20 foot putt to clinch victory on seven-under-par, Baker’s day started off how it was meant to go on with four birdies in his first eight holes of round one. “It sounds funny but I only played OK this morning,” said Baker. “I just managed to hole an awful lot of putts. It felt like I played better in the afternoon without Jeremy Proctor, Paul Streeter (Pro), Adrian Lewis & Steve Savage of Frames Conservatories Ltd at the Glazerite Pro-Am tournament sinking too many, until the vital one at the end. It’s really pleasing to win a Glazerite at last; I’ve played in the last four or five and really struggled.!This came as a nice surprise because I haven’t played well at all this season until this week.” Last year’s winner, Simon Lilly, Wellingborough’s club professional, finished in eighth place on one-underpar, while other pre-tournament favourite Paul Streeter of Lincoln Golf Centre shot a 69 in his second round to finish tied fourth with both Andrew Willey (Bulwell Forest) and Matthew Cort (Rothley Park). John Hewitt, Glazerite, MD said: “We