Staff WriterYorkshire has a new reason to puff its chest out. Rotherham were crowned the 2025 English Men’s Champion Club after 36 holes of golf at The Oaks Golf Club, holding off Henbury and Moor Hall by the slimmest of margins.
The Rotherham trio of Charlie Daughtrey, Lewis Hollingworth and Lucas Martin staggered across the finish line on +10 overall for the weekend, a total that was just good enough to lift the trophy in front of a supportive home crowd.
It wasn’t champagne golf, more like flat lager at times, but it was enough. Daughtrey posted a steady +2 across his two rounds, while Hollingworth and Martin both hung tough at +4. When all three scores were added together, Yorkshire’s lads found themselves two shots clear and with medals around their necks.
Rivals Push to the Wire
Moor Hall and Henbury weren’t about to hand them the silverware without a fight. Moor Hall’s John Paul Banbury and Daniel Bardsley both ground out +7, while Rob Bardsley – clearly the family’s saving grace – fired a superb -2 to drag them into a tie for second.
Henbury, meanwhile, owed a debt of gratitude to Nick Day. Calum Mortimore (+12) and Michael Day (+5) did their bit, but it was Nick who nearly stole the show. On Sunday he caught fire, ripping through the front nine in just 30 shots – six under par – and closing with a 68 (-4). That late surge not only catapulted Henbury into joint-second, but also handed Day the individual title across 36 holes by two strokes.
Day Steals the Spotlight
Day’s brilliance was the kind of golf that makes the rest of us consider burning our clubs. His blistering front nine belonged on television highlight reels, and his 68 gave him bragging rights over the entire field.
Brahma Patel of Addington Palace in Surrey had to settle for second in the individual standings, while Moor Hall’s Rob Bardsley grabbed third after a resilient showing.
Yorkshire Glory
For Rotherham, though, the weekend was about teamwork and timing. In the unforgiving format of the English Men’s Champion Club, where every shot from every player counts, their consistency proved decisive. They didn’t need heroics; they just needed to hold their nerve while others flared and faded.
And in front of their own Yorkshire faithful, that’s exactly what they did.
Final leaderboards from the 2025 English Men’s Champion Club can be viewed [here].
