Europe wins The Fight Master Cup
By Chopper Woods

Europe winning The Fightmaster Cup 2010 on the 17th green at St. Pierre. www.onearmgolf.org

Europe has won The Fight Master Cup, the one-armed equivalent of The Ryder Cup.

Final scores are 16 to Europe, 12 to North America with Europe beating America on the day 6.5 to 5.5.

World champion Nick Champness secured the Fightmaster Cup for Europe by drawing with North America’s Steve Day.

Champness and Day shook hands on the 17th green, halving the hole, and giving Europe the win.

The tournament was held at the St Pierre Club in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, a few miles from next month’s Ryder Cup venue, the Celtic Manor at Newport.

The North American One Armed Golf Association were competing against the Society of One-Armed Golfers, representing golfers from the rest of the world.

The Society was formed in November 1932 by a Glasgow solicitor, Mr Archibald Pollock. Now it has a membership of around 180 golfers from the UK and all parts of the world.

The North American One Armed Golf Association was founded in 2000 to provide a competitive venue for golfers throughout North America who have suffered physical limitations.