\n Brear\u2019s family history at the club is incredible, while it was a poignant victory as well, given the death of his best friend earlier this year.\n<\/p>\n
\n Talking about the family connections to Sunday\u2019s success over Rob Lang in the 36-hole final, Brear said: \u201cI was absolutely amazed.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI never realised the date of my grandad Alan winning it until we were looking at the cup and it said 1926.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cMy great grandad Page was one of the founder members of the golf club back in the day too.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cMy dad David was president at Baildon and my mum Alison was lady captain.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n But it was not just himself or his family that Brear was doing proud by winning the Club Cup.\n<\/p>\n
\n He explained: \u201cI put quite a lot of pressure on myself because my best friend, a guy called Mark Ramsden, who’d been at the golf club for 50 or 60 years, passed away with Motor Neurone Disease this year.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI set myself up a little bit by saying I was going to win it for him, so that absolutely makes it extra special.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Even taking the emotion out of his triumph, it was still a heck of an effort from Brear.\n<\/p>\n
\n John Brear celebrates his success with his wife Alicia and their dog Benji. (Image: UGC)\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: \u201cIt means a lot anyway, because I’m 62, which is quite old to be winning the Club Cup.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cTo have 36 holes against a lad who\u2019s 20 years younger than me was quite a feat.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe final was extremely tough but luckily the weather was really nice, because the day before it had been horrendous.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe didn’t get to 36 holes because I beat Rob quite comprehensively, but it was still hard work.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Brear made a point of thanking those who tend to the course after his victory as well.\n<\/p>\n
\n Asked how well Baildon Golf Club, founded in 1896, is playing at the moment, Brear said: \u201cIt’s the best I’ve ever known it.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI mean, it’s probably a good time to ask me after I’ve won the cup, but it’s absolutely superb.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThey do a fantastic job, they really do, especially given the weather we get up there as well.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Before speaking to Brear, we liaised with Baildon\u2019s current club captain Neil Bather, who told us the Club Cup has been going since 1901, just five years after the course opened.\n<\/p>\n
\n Asked if it was the tournament all of the club\u2019s golfers want to win, Brear admitted: \u201cIt’s the holy grail.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt’s the one that everybody wants to win.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cYou start off with whatever it is, something like 120 people entering the competition.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cYou have to qualify for it and then you have to go through the knockout stages.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI’d never been to the final until Sunday, and I hadn\u2019t even been to a quarter final before.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brear\u2019s family history at the club is incredible, while it was a poignant victory as well, given the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-804367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}