HADZOR’S Gaudet Luce hosted the William Hunt Trilby Tour Championship’s Worcestershire competition.

The green keeping team at the club ensured the course near Droitwich was ready for the big amateur tournament involving 144 golfers and their caddies.

Gaudet Luce welcomed trilby-wearing players from their own club and others around the county for the 18 holes as well as further afield from Scotland, Norway and Ireland.

With the first tee off at 6.45am the tournament’s early golfers faced a challenging start as the rain poured down.

Players continued to tee off until 2pm and by then the weather had started to clear up.

The three-hole play-off was a battle between the top four which included home player Mark Stokes, ending in an intense tie-breaker on the 18th to find the 2017 Worcestershire champion who will go on to the international grand final next month.

Gaudet Luce director Alec Fernihough said: “The Trilby Tour Championship of Worcestershire has been a superb experience and it was great to see so many people here enjoying the course and facilities, both as competitors and spectators, despite a rather damp start to the day.

“Having one of our members in the winner’s play-off was superb and the great number of complimentary comments about the day have made the hard work of our team of staff and volunteers worthwhile.

“Congratulations to them for having made the day a huge success.”

The day was filmed by Sky Sports cameras and will be screened later in November when the winners will be revealed.