Welwyn Garden City Golf Club's flagship competition was back for its 33rd running - with a field made up of champions from around the country.
The Commemoration Jug was founded to mark the first Open championship victory of Sir Nick Faldo, back in 1987 at Muirfield in 1987, and is open only to those golfers who are champions of clubs affiliated to the English Golf Union.
The field of 60 included three past champions with the lowest handicap index on show that of Tom Law from Broome Manor in Swindon.
Almost half the players held a handicap index of scratch or better.
Played before the major heat kicked in, the morning round returned some variable scoring with many players struggling to master the slick greens.
Only two rounds were returned under par, Andrew Robinson from Hillsborough shooting a 68, one ahead of Brocket Hall's Joss Gosling.
Aaron Crabb from Cricket St Thomas in Somerset was back on level par with 70.
The afternoon proved equally as hard for most of the players with only two players beating par again.
Luke Spooner, from the Littlestone club in Kent, hit a 69 but it was Crabb who proved the star man on the day, his 69 meaning he was the only player to record a below-par score over the two rounds.
Gosling picked up second place with a level 140 and Spooner was third on countback from Jamie Plews of Stocks Golf Club in fourth and Stewart Fell of Tynemouth, the trio all recording 145.
Robinson was the winner of the Tom Lewis Salver for the lowest round of the day.
Home interest saw Andy Collie finish on 152 and Scott Broom on 157.
Following a couple of late drop outs due to illness, three other WGC scratch team members played as markers, with Harry Cox recording a fantastic 139.
He will get his chance to play in the competition proper next year as Hertfordshire boys' champion.
Next year’s competition will take place on Saturday, August 5, and there are "some exciting changes planned" in what is the club’s centenary year.
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