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