ESC Golf day raises over £20k

A day of hardcore golf, a little pampering, a swanky meal and the obligatory drinks at The Grove in Hertfordshire saw the games industry’s top dogs raise over £20,000 for the Entertainment Software Charity.

The likes of Rod Cousens, Chris Peacock, Ray Maguire, David Yarnton, Jonathon Grimes, Serhad Koro, Ian Curran, Gary Booker and Ian Livingstone enjoyed a day of fund raising and dubious mulligan abuse yesterday as part of the ESC’s latest charity event.

And MCV can reveal that a date for next year’s event has been confirmed – stick a date in your diary for May 14th 2009 for the next ESC Charity Golf and Spa Day.

So, the best (and worst) scores on the doors were as follows:

Best Team Score:
Eidos, Team Captain Ian Livingstone (124 Stapleford Points) (pictured above)

2nd Place Team Score:
Disney, Team Captain Matt Castle (123 Stapleford Points)

3rd Place Team Score:
Gem (Team 2), Team Captain Chris Peacock (119 Stapleford Points)

Best Individual Score:
Neil Rally, Take Two (Team 1) (43 Stapleford Points)

Worst Team Score:
Logitech, Team Captain Stuart Hammond (65 Stapleford Points)

2nd Worst Team Score:
Ubisoft (72 Stapleford Points)

3rd Worst Team Score:
Microsoft (75 Stapleford Points)

Worst Individual Score:
Fergal Gara, ASDA (Nintendo Team 2) (4 Stapleford Points)

2nd Worst Individual Score:
James Cooke, Microsoft (8 Stapleford Points)

3rd Worst Individual Score:
Ben Walker, Atari Team (8 Stapleford Points)

4th Worst Individual Score:
Serhad Koro, Take Two (Team 1) (8 Stapleford Points)

Nearest the pin competition:

(Prize: Taylor Made Super Quad Driver)

- Tony Heap, Codemasters Team - Hole 4, Par3 – Sponsored By Gem
- Nick Mason, NCsoft Team - Hole 7, Par3 – Sponsored By Exspect
- Robert Ford, Game.co.uk Team 1 - Hole 13, Par 3 – Sponsored By Pro Productions
- Matt Cushway, Tesco, (Gem Team 2) - Hole 13, Par5 – Sponsored By THQ

Longest Drive Competition:

(Prize: Scotty Cameron Putter)

- Paul Langley, Gem (Team 3) - Hole 6, Par5 – Sponsored By Logitech
- Rory Donnelly, THQ (Team 1) - Hole 9, Par5 – Sponsored By NCSoft
- Jonny Harvey, Microsoft - Hole 11, Par5 - Sponsored By Nintendo
- Neil Spicer, Sapphire - Hole 13, Par5 – Sponsored By Xbox 360

- Pick up next week’s MCV for full coverage of the event