SSGS Tullibardine Doubles

The Glen GC and Haddington GC August 26th and 27th

Scores from The Glen and Haddington

A fine start to our new doubles event with benign conditions and two courses in excellent condition. Tullibardine Distillery stepped in as sponsor and were extremely generous in providing each competitor with a "double double" of the 1988 vintage. The company was represented at the event by master distiller John Black and Chairman and SSGS member Alan Williamson. At the prizegiving Alan commited Tullibardine to a three year contination of the sponsorship-a gesture warmly welcomed by the assembled players. Some of John Black's finest product was handed over to the prize winners along with the "Tullidardine Goblets"

Scratch winners were Downfield's Graham Bell with guest Richard Scott and the Handicap goblets were picked up by Brian Inglis with partner T C Davidson.

It is an event which will grow. Many of the guests expressed a wish to join SSGS and compete in other events. Captain John Johnston paid tribute to the sponsors, host clubs and to admin team Bill and Dorothy Crighton  for their respective roles in a very enjoyable couple of days in East Lothian.

	bb	HC	bb	g'sm		g'sms	Gross	Net
Names	Gr		Net	Gr	HC	Net	Total	Total
Graham Bell and Richard Scott	71	1	70	68	0.8	67.2	139	137
Ian Taylor and Mike Power	69	0	69	71	0.4	70.6	140	140
Sandy Pirie and Alastair McGregor	69	2	67	71	2.4	68.6	140	136
David Taylor and Eddie Comerford	69	2	67	71	2.4	68.6	140	136
Mike Robson and Robert Jack	67	0	67	74	1	73	141	140
Keith Bruce and Ian Farquhar	70	3	67	72	4.2	67.8	142	135
Ken Davidson and Dougie Burgess	72	3	69	70	4	66	142	135
Alan O'Neill and Joe McManus	70	1	69	73	1.2	71.8	143	141
Brian Inglis and TC Davidson	72	5	67	72	5.8	66.2	144	133
Gordon Macdonald and Stewart Drummond	71	3	68	74	3	71	145	139
Keith Howie and Bobby Blackwood	74	4	70	71	5	66	145	136
John W Johnston and Stuart Farmer	68	3	65	77	4	73	145	138
Lindsay Gordon and Alistair Taylor	70	1	69	75	1.4	73.6	145	143
Wilson Morton and George Black	72	3	69	73	3.4	69.6	145	139
Alan Elder and William O'Neill	71	3	68	75	3.2	71.8	146	140
Mike Currie and Tom Rintoul	70	2	68	76	2.4	73.6	146	142
Joe Gillan and Alan Marshall	70	4	66	77	5.4	71.6	147	138
Gordon Cree and Allan Hume	70	5	65	77	6.4	70.6	147	136
Jalil Aman and Anthony McNairny	71	4	67	76	4.4	71.6	147	139
James Kinloch and James Coleman	71	3	68	77	3.8	73.2	148	141
Keith McAllister and Gerard McAllister	70	5	65	79	5.8	73.2	149	138
Colin Grant and Tom Sirel	69	3	66	81	4.2	76.8	150	143
Norman Williamson and Jim Christie	77	5	72	74	5.4	68.6	151	141
John Duff and John Masterton	76	4	72	75	4.8	70.2	151	142
Gordon Doig and Colin McNeill	77	5	72	76	6.6	69.4	153	141
Alistair Brown and Hugh Gilmour	75	4	71	78	5.4	72.6	153	144
Sandy Quinn and Gordon Blair	73	5	68	80	6.4	73.6	153	142
Keith Ross and James Paterson	76	5	71	79	6.2	72.8	155	144
Alex Ritchie and John Pye	78	4	74	78	4.8	73.2	156	147
David Warren and Andrew Hutton	78	6	72	78	7.8	70.2	156	142
Phil Mawhood and James McCormack	78	5	73	78	6.8	71.2	156	144
Alan Nelson and Derek Randall	76	7	69	81	8.4	72.6	157	142
Denis Albutt and Colin Campbell	75	6	69	82	7.2	74.8	157	144
John Russell and Michael Rooney	76	6	70	81	6.6	74.4	157	144
Jim Scott and Doug Farrell	78	8	70	80	11	69.2	158	139
Phil Costello and Richard Melvin	72	6	66	86	7.4	78.6	158	145
Peter Kinloch and Patrick Kelly	73	5	68	86	6.4	79.6	159	148
David Nelson and Ian Anderson	77	6	71	83	7.4	75.6	160	147
Lee Bushby and Graeme Hunter	78	6	72	85	7.2	77.8	163	150
Ian Gordon and Bill Flett	78	7	71	86	9	77	164	148
Alan Williamson and John Black	81	7	74	93	9	84	174	158
Ian Hoskin and George Johnstone				77	5.8	71.2

North of Scotland Seniors Open

Duff House Royal  19-20 August

SSGS was privileged to be invited to stage the North event over Duff House Royal in this, the Club's centenary year. The course has made a remarkable recovery from Winter storms, ice and flooding, and was presented in very fine order. Anyone who thinks you can  bludgeon your way to a low score is very much mistaken.

Skill, guile  and course management are all vital ingredients.

Thursday and Friday showed the course in two very different moods. The first day was warm and generally benign. On Friday rhe winds got up and we suddenly realised that many fairways were the width of an average drying green.

Amongst a number of scores in the 60s on Thursday was that of co-leader and SSGS Committee Member David Smith. David, a former European Seniors champion had the remarkable distinction of equalling his age in competitive play with an opening 67. That was good enough to share the lead with Grangemouth's Lindsay Blair.

The gusty conditions on Friday produced only one sub 70 round- a fine 69 by Ian Fraser of Dumfries and County which propelled him up to joint 6th alongside home stalwart Mike Jenkins. 4th equal on 143 were Bob Humble (Kilspindie) and Lindsay Blair who was gazumped for third place by his namesake George (Haddington).

On top of things were David Smith with a steady 74 to follow his 67 and Cowglen's John McDonald with an excellent 71 to add to his opening 70.

Captain John Johnston presented an inscribed piece of crystal and a Society plaque to mark our presence in the centenary celebrations.

		Rd 1	Rd 2	Total
	CSS	69	70
JOHN McDONALD	COWGLEN	70	71	141
DAVID J SMITH	STIRLING	67	74	141
GEORGE BLAIR	HADDINGTON	68	74	142
LINDSAY BLAIR	GRANGEMOUTH	67	76	143
BOB HUMBLE	KILSPINDIE	71	72	143
IAN FRASER	DUMFRIES & COUNTY	75	69	144
MICHAEL JENKINS	DUFF HOUSE ROYAL	69	75	144
DAVID GARDNER	BROOMIEKNOWE	73	71	144
JOHN SIM	DUFF HOUSE ROYAL	72	73	145
JIM WATT	EDZELL	70	75	145
ALAN ROSS	NORTHUMBERLAND	71	74	145
ALLAN CAMERON	GOUROCK	71	75	146
SANDY PIRIE	HAZELHEAD	72	74	146
DAVID TAYLOR	DUNFERMLINE	72	74	146
ALAN GALL	DEESIDE	72	74	146
IAN TAYLOR	ROYAL BURGESS	75	72	147
COLIN CHRISTY	KILMACOLM	72	75	147
IAN HUTCHEON	MONIFIETH	76	71	147
GORDON MACDONALD	CALLANDER	77	71	148
MIKE CURRIE	GLEN	71	77	148
SANDY FAIRWEATHER	CALEDONIA	76	72	148
ALISTAIR FIDDES	DEESIDE	78	71	149
KEITH BRUCE	EDZELL	71	78	149
JAMES KINLOCH	CARDROSS	75	74	149
SCOTT MACDONALD	DUNFERMLINE	74	75	149
IAN GOURLAY	STRATHAVEN	71	78	149
BRIAN SMITH	KILMACOLM	73	77	150
ANDREW LAIRD	DEESIDE	76	74	150
DAVID A MILLAR	NEW GOLF CLUB	73	78	151
RICHARD T GRAY	COWGLEN	75	76	151
ROBBIE NAIRN	LOCHMABEN	77	74	151
JIM PATON	KIRKINTILLOCH	76	75	151
LES FOWLER	ROYAL ABERDEEN	77	75	152
PATRICK TOMISSON	NAIRN	77	75	152
EUAN KERR	PANMURE	76	76	152
PETER KINLOCH	CARDROSS	74	78	152
ANDREW BRODIE	GLASGOW	75	77	152
JOHN CUNNINGHAM	FRASERBURGH	74	78	152
DENIS McQUADE	GLENBERVIE	72	80	152
GORDON DOIG	SOUTHERNESS	77	76	153
ROBERT YARDLEY	MURRAYFIELD	75	78	153
DREW WILSON	CLOBER	78	76	154
GORDON GRAY	NEWMACHAR	78	76	154
JAMES GRANT	ROYAL MONTROSE	75	79	154
JIM EMSLIE	ROYAL ABERDEEN	74	80	154
ALBERT SMITH	TURRIFF	78	76	154
JOHN W JOHNSTON	ROYAL ABERDEEN	74	80	154
JERRY MAATMAN	CHICAGO	76	79	155
BRIAN HALBERT	CALLANDER	78	77	155
NIALL WATSON	DUFF HOUSE ROYAL	78	78	156
DEREK SIM	PANMURE	79	77	156
STEVE ELLIS	INNELLAN	79	77	156
DONNIE LINDSAY	WINDYHILL	81	77	158
IAN GORDON	ABOYNE	79	79	158
IAN KERR	KILMACOLM	81	77	158
DAVID NELSON	ABOYNE	77	81	158
JAMES HENRY	MONTAREY PENINSULA	77	82	159
JIM ROY	PANMURE	82	77	159
FRASER SHARP	BOAT OF GARTEN	80	79	159
IAN BUCHAN	ROYAL ABERDEEN	81	78	159
TIM McCAUL	ROYAL ABERDEEN	77	82	159
DOUG CAMERON	DEESIDE	76	83	159
JOHN DUFF	MORTONHALL	82	79	161
DENIS ALBUTT	ROYAL DORNOCH	81	81	162
DEREK MILLER	MURRAYFIELD	80	82	162
JAMES INGRAM	BOAT OF GARTEN	86	77	163
JOHN HAMILTON	MURCAR LINKS	82	82	164
BRIAN HIGHLEY	BUCHANAN CASTLE	83	81	164
NORMAN WILLIAMSON	BANCHORY	82	82	164
CHARLES D STEWART	MORAY	80	85	165
IAN DICKSON	LUNDIN	83	82	165
JOHN RUSSELL	MONARCH DUNES	83	82	165
RAY BARTON	ALLOA	78	87	165
KEITH HOWIE	WEST KILBRIDE	80	85	165
STEPHEN STABLES	WIGTOWN & BLADNOCH	82	84	166
PHIL MAWHOOD	TULLIALLAN	87	79	166
PAUL YORK	ROYAL DORNOCH	81	86	167
DOUGIE ADAMS	DUNBAR	85	82	167
JOHN KINSELLA	BRAEMAR	82	86	168
ALAN NELSON	BANCHORY	82	87	169
DOUGIE GREENHALGH	NEW GOLF CLUB	84	85	169
NEISH CHISHOLM	KEMNAY	83	89	172

 

South of Scotland Seniors, Dumfries and County G C 5th-6th August

Dumfries and County was presented in brilliant condition for our visit south. Quite apart from the attractive cross-striping of the fairways the greens were simply mouth watering for the short stick purists.

Jim Watt, Edzell won the title from a strong field at Dumfries. Jim's 139 aggregate was good enough to head a trio on 140 comprising Innellan's Steve Ellis, Tulliallan's Phil Dempsey, plus winner in 2008 and 2009, Ian Brotherston. Home favourite Ian led after round one with a spectacular 65. A few positional errors in round two opened the door for the chasing pack and Jim Watt stepped in to take advantage.

Jim cited two days of straight driving and sound putting as the foundation of his victory. The County is not a course you can overpower as there is a tree lying in wait for every stray ball. The Edzell man was seldom out of position over the two days. Jim paid special tribute to the quality of the putting surfaces- the best he has enjoyed this year. Rounds of 33 and 29 putts respectively represent a marked improvement on recent statistics and, in his view the greens are currently as good if not better than Carnoustie's.

The club took possession of an SSGS plaque having completed their three year hosting stint and excellent hosts they have been. For 2011 we move on to nearby Powfoot. Powfoot is only a matter of minutes from the M74  and a really good venue.

Scores from Dumfries

	CSS	69	70
JIM WATT	EDZELL	70	69	139
STEPHEN ELLIS	INNELLAN	70	70	140
PHIL DEMPSEY	TULLIALLAN	69	71	140
IAN BROTHERSTON	DUMFRIES & COUNTY	65	75	140
ALAN O'NEILL	WEST LOTHIAN	70	71	141
MUIR TOWNSLEY	DUMFRIES & COUNTY	71	71	142
LINDSAY BLAIR	GRANGEMOUTH	70	72	142
GEORGE BLAIR	HADDINGTON	73	70	143
BRIAN SMITH	KILMACOLM	72	72	144
ALISTAIR FIDDES	DEESIDE	71	73	144
DAVID GARDNER	BROOMIEKNOWE	71	73	144
TONY STAFFORD	GLENEAGLES DUN OCHIL	74	71	145
SANDY PIRIE	HAZLEHEAD	73	72	145
IAN JEEN	MILNGAVIE	71	74	145
GLYN REES	FLEETWOOD	68	77	145
ALISTAIR HARKNESS	SOUTHERNESS	72	74	146
JAMES KINLOCH	CARDROSS	71	75	146
TONY CLARK	DUMFRIES & COUNTY	70	76	146
JOHN W JOHNSTON	ROYAL ABERDEEN	76	71	147
LEN GRINDROD	CROW WOOD	74	73	147
COLIN CHRISTY	KILMACOLM	72	75	147
BRIAN CHRISTIE	WILTON	74	74	148
IAN TAYLOR	ROYAL BURGESS	76	73	149
IAN GOURLAY	STRATHAVEN	76	73	149
JALIL AMAN	GRANGEMOUTH	75	74	149
DAVID DICKSON	LOCHMABEN	74	75	149
JIM EMSLIE	ROYAL ABERDEEN	72	77	149
JOHN JOHNSTON	LANARK	77	73	150
JIM PATON	KIRKINTILLOCH	74	76	150
DAVID IMRIE	THORNTON	74	76	150
IAN FRASER	DUMFRIES & COUNTY	74	76	150
BILL MACINTYRE	HARPENDEN	77	74	151
MIKE CURRIE	GLEN	77	74	151
STEPHEN STABLES	WIGTOWN & BLADNOCH	76	75	151
BOB EDGAR	BLACKPOOL N.S.60	76	75	151
JOHN McDONALD	COWGLEN	70	81	151
KEITH McALLISTER	SOUTH SHIELDS	79	73	152
KEITH HOWIE	WEST KILBRIDE	76	76	152
GORDON MACDONALD	CALLANDER	75	77	152
RONALD NELSON	POWFOOT	75	78	153
KEITH ROSS	BEITH	80	74	154
KEN DAVIDSON	MUSSELBURGH	76	78	154
KEN THOMSON	BRAMALL PARK	76	78	154
GEORGE PAYNE	PRESTBURY	76	78	154
NORMAN CAMERON	PORTERS PARK	74	80	154
ROBBIE NAIRN	LOCHMABEN	73	81	154
GORDON CREE	TROON WELBECK	76	79	155
RICHARD T GRAY	COWGLEN	75	80	155
JOHN BROADFOOT	TURNBERRY	74	81	155
SANDY FAIRWEATHER	CALEDONIA	79	77	156
COLIN TAINSH	WEST KILBRIDE	77	79	156
PETER KINLOCH	CARDROSS	78	79	157
EDWARD McINTYRE	OLTON	78	79	157
KEITH BRUCE	EDZELL	76	81	157
DONNIE LINDSAY	WINDYHILL	76	81	157
GEORGE KENNEDY	OLTON	76	81	157
ERIC LINDSAY	BLAIRGOWRIE	73	84	157
ALEX RITCHIE	BOTHWELL CASTLE	82	76	158
FRASER SHARP	BOAT OF GARTEN	80	78	158
DENIS MARTIN	NEWBIGGIN	78	80	158
DAVID FULTON	SOUTHERNESS	77	81	158
BILLY WALLACE	ST. CUTHBERT	80	79	159
RICHARD PERRY	NEW GOLF CLUB	79	80	159
KEN FORREST	LENZIE	78	81	159
JIM BUNTING	BALLOCHMYLE	78	82	160
ALAN NELSON	BANCHORY	83	78	161
TOM GRAY	LANARK	83	78	161
TOM CARSON	LOCKERBIE	79	82	161
MURRAY REID	DUMFRIES & COUNTY	78	83	161
DENIS McQUADE	GLENBERVIE	82	80	162
ALLAN CAMERON	GOUROCK	79	83	162
GORDON DOIG	SOUTHERNESS	79	84	163
TOM NICOL	ELDERSLIE	82	82	164
NORMAN WILLIAMSON	BANCHORY	81	84	165
CLIVE BOURNE	SOUTHERNESS	80	87	167
BRIAN HIGHLEY	BUCHANAN CASTLE	79	88	167
JOHN RUSSELL	MONARCH DUNES	84	86	170
COLIN GRANT	LARGS	83	87	170
DOUGIE GREENHALGH	NEW GOLF CLUB	89	82	171
JAMES T JOHNSTON	NORTHUMBERLAND	71	inj.
DAVID CAUSON	ELDERSLIE	87	NR
IAN REDFORD	NEW GOLF CLUB	NR	WD

SSGS Super Seniors, Stirling 29th/30th July

Sandy Pirie and Scott Macdonald, two of the form horses of the past month, fought out a close duel which required extra holes to decide the first holder of the Sandy Pirie Trophy. Fittingly the Hazlehead maestro will have custody for the first year. They were followed home by Silver Slammers Facfile debutant  Dave Millar. Worthy winner of the over 70s trophy was home player Duncan McCallum. Full report and photos to follow.

				Gross	Gross	Gross
Name	Club	Age	H'Cap	Rd 1	Rd 2	Total
	CSS			71	71
SANDY PIRIE	HAZLEHEAD	68	2	75	72	147
SCOTT MACDONALD	DUNFERMLINE	66	2	71	76	147
DAVID A MILLAR	NEW GOLF CLUB	65	3	75	74	149
BILLY WALLACE	ST CUTHBERT	65	5	75	76	151
BRIAN GRIEVE	KING JAMES VI	65	3	75	76	151
TONY MCINTYRE	LUNDIN	67	1	82	72	154
DAVID J SMITH	STIRLING	67	4	80	74	154
SANDY QUINN	STIRLING	68	6	80	75	155
DUNCAN MCCALLUM	STIRLING	70	7	77	78	155
TREVOR BENNET	GREAT BARR	65	5	79	77	156
BRUCE HUNTER	STIRLING	72	6	81	77	158
KEN LUMSDEN	GLENBERVIE	68	7	80	78	158
JIM BUNTING	BALLOCHMYLE	66	6	77	81	158
GORDON GRAY	NEWMACHAR	68	7	83	76	159
JOHNSTON MACKIE	GLENEARN	71	9	80	79	159
TOM NICOL	ELDERSLIE	66	8	77	82	159
ALASDAIR MACLENNAN	STIRLING	68	9	79	82	161
COLIN MCLACHLAN	GLENBERVIE	75	5	81	81	162
ALAN MURPHY	BABERTON	68	7	79	83	162
HUGH HUNTER	ALLOA	67	9	83	81	164
MICHAEL NIVEN	ALLOA	69	5	83	82	165
GORDON SINCLAIR	BISHOPBRIGGS	74	9	83	82	165
PHIL COSTELLO	HIRSEL	68	5	86	80	166
CHARLES D STEWART	MORAY	68	7	85	82	167
DAVID ANDERSON	BALMORE	65	8	84	83	167
IAN GORDON	ABOYNE	70	7	86	83	169
SANDY HERD	LEVEN	72	6	86	83	169
PETER TAIT	NEWBATTLE	74	7	87	84	171
ARCHIE COBBAN	KINTORE	76	10	85	87	172
DAVID NELSON	ABOYNE	67	6	86	88	174
IAN SMITH	EAST KILBRIDE	69	6	89	86	175
NIGEL PARKER	MURCAR LINKS	68	9	89	93	182

 

Scottish Seniors Match Play Championship, Kinross

A long week over the testing Montgomery track at Kinross resulted in a final of high quality between  Sandy Pirie (Hazlehead) and Tony Stafford (Dun Ochil). Sandy, a former Scottish and Walker Cup Cap held the outward half advantage after nine straight pars but Tony came back strongly with three birdies to turn the match around and take victory by 3 & 1

Thanks are due to the course staff for their flexibility in a week interrupted by weather and to Abbeyfield Scotland Ltd. for their sponsorship of the event.

QUARTER-FINALS
Jim Watt (Edzell) bt Colin Christy (Kilmacolm) at 24th.
Sandy Pirie (Hazlehead) bt John McDonald (Cowglen) 3 and 2.
Steve Ellis (Innellan) bt Ian Taylor (Royal Burgess) 2 and 1.
Tony Stafford (Gleneagles) bt David J Miller (Kilmarnock Barassie) 4 and 3.
SEMI-FINALS
Pirie bt Watt 2 and 1.
Stafford bt Ellis at 19th.

FINAL

Stafford bt Pirie 3 and 1

Full Draw

	1st Round Thurs 22		2nd Round    Thurs 22		Quarter Final          Fri 23		Semi Final     Fri 23		Final              Sat 24		Winner
1	Colin Christy	9.00
32	John W Johnston		Colin Christy	1.30
16	Derek Murphy	9.10	Bob Stewart
17	Bob Stewart				Colin Christy	9.00
8	James Kinloch	9.20			Jim Watt
25	Keith Bruce		James Kinloch	1.40
9	George Paterson	9.30	Jim Watt
24	Jim Watt						Jim Watt	9.00
4	Gordon MacDonald	9.40					Sandy Pirie
29	Keith Howie		Gordon MacDonald	1.50
13	Sandy Pirie	9.50	Sandy Pirie
20	Jim Paton				Sandy Pirie	9.10
5	John Johnston	10.00			John McDonald
28	George Payne		John Johnston	2.00
12	John McDonald	10.10	John McDonald
21	Jalil Aman								Sandy Pirie	9.50
2	Ian Taylor	10.20							Tony Stafford		Tony Stafford
31	Alistair Fiddes		Ian Taylor	2.10
15	Richard T Gray	10.30	Iain Stewart
18	Iain Stewart				Ian Taylor	9.20
7	Stephen Ellis	10.40			Stephen Ellis
26	Les Fowler		Stephen Ellis	2.20
10	John Fraser	10.50	James T Johnston
23	James T Johnston						Stephen Ellis	9.15
3	Tony Stafford	11.00					Tony Stafford
30	Allan Cameron		Tony Stafford	2.30
14	Scott MacDonald	11.10	Scott MacDonald
19	David A Millar				Tony Stafford	9.30
6	Bill Erskine	11.20			David J Miller
27	Andrew Campbell		Andrew Campbell	2.40
11	David J Miller	11.30	David J Miller
22	Ian Campbell

Qualifiers

		Gross	Gross	Gross
Name	Club	Rd 1	Rd 2	Total
	CSS	75 RO	74
RICHARD CAMPBELL	KINROSS	72	74	146
COLIN CHRISTY	KILMACOLM	74	74	148
IAN TAYLOR	ROYAL BURGESS	80	74	154
TONY STAFFORD	GLENEAGLES	77	77	154
GORDON MACDONALD	CALLANDER	80	75	155
JOHN JOHNSTON	LANARK	78	77	155
BILLY ERSKINE	KILSYTH LENNOX	77	78	155
STEVE ELLIS	INNELLAN	79	77	156
JAMES KINLOCH	CARDROSS	81	76	157
JOHN FRASER	ROYAL BURGESS	79	78	157
GEORGE PATERSON	NORTHERN	79	78	157
JOHN McDONALD	COWGLEN	78	79	157
DAVID J MILLER	BARASSIE	78	79	157
SANDY PIRIE	HAZLEHEAD	82	76	158
SCOTT MACDONALD	DUNFERMLINE	81	77	158
DEREK MURPHY	KINROSS	79	79	158
RICHARD T GRAY	COWGLEN	79	79	158
BOB STEWART	TULLIALLAN	77	81	158
IAIN STEWART	CURRAGH	84	75	159
DAVID A MILLAR	NEW GOLF CLUB	83	76	159
JIM PATON	KIRKINTILLOCH	80	79	159
JALIL AMAN	GRANGEMOUTH	79	80	159
IAN CAMPBELL	KINROSS	82	78	160
JAMES T JOHNSTON	NORTHUMBERLAND	84	78	162
JIM WATT	EDZELL	84	78	162
KEITH BRUCE	EDZELL	82	80	162
LES FOWLER	ROYAL ABERDEEN	81	82	163
ANDREW CAMPBELL	KINROSS	87	77	164
GEORGE PAYNE	PRESTBURY	83	81	164
KEITH HOWIE	WEST KILBRIDE	85	80	165
ALLAN CAMERON	GOUROCK	79	86	165
ALISTAIR FIDDES	DEESIDE	83	83	166
JOHN W JOHNSTON	ROYAL ABERDEEN	79	88	167

Leading Qualifier Richard Campbell unable to compete in match play.

 

West of Scotland Seniors Open Lanark 8th and 9th July

Great potting exhibition by an avid Gardner

Lanark was in superb condition for our tournament as indeed it normally is. Greens were slick and the undulations, coupled with two days of blustery winds and showers, challenged  all but the deftest of putting strokes.

David Gardner certainly proved that with a brilliant display on and off the putting surfaces. Broomieknowe's finest followed up on his emphatic victory at Montrose with another win from a strong field. Playing partner Ian Fraser described the 23 putt second round as the finest short game  exhibition he had seen anywhere.

David, who recently came out of the closet to admit he is a former colleague of Methven, Taylor and Howie in B**king, reports his performance as follows:

 

Third member of the group, Lindsay Blair (Grangemouth) tied for second spot with Derek Murphy (Kinross)."Murph" will be hoping to carry his good form into the match play championship over his home course later this month.

Bob Stewart(Tulliallan) and Ian Brotherston (Dumfries & County)  shared fourth spot on 146.

CSS both days was 72.

 

 

		Gross	Gross	Gross
Name	Club	Rd 1	Rd 2	Total
	CSS	72	72
DAVID GARDNER	BROOMIEKNOWE	70	72	142
DEREK MURPHY	KINROSS	71	73	144
LINDSAY BLAIR	GRANGEMOUTH	70	74	144
BOB STEWART	TULLIALLAN	75	71	146
IAN BROTHERSTON	DUMFRIES & COUNTY	72	74	146
ALAN O'NEILL	WEST LOTHIAN	77	71	148
RICHARD T GRAY	COWGLEN	74	74	148
GORDON MACDONALD	CALLANDER	74	74	148
JOHN JOHNSTON	LANARK	74	74	148
WILLIAM DICKSON	LANARK	76	73	149
PHIL DEMPSEY	TULLIALLAN	75	74	149
ALISTAIR FIDDES	DEESIDE	74	75	149
JIM EMSLIE	ROYAL ABERDEEN	74	75	149
JOHN McDONALD	COWGLEN	73	76	149
BRIAN SMITH	KILMACOLM	71	78	149
TONY STAFFORD	GLENEAGLES	77	73	150
DEREK SIM	PANMURE	76	74	150
ALISTAIR HARKNESS	DUMFRIES & COUNTY	73	77	150
JOHN FRASER	ROYAL BURGESS	76	75	151
DAVID IMRIE	THORNTON	80	72	152
BERT NICHOLSON	ROYAL DORNOCH	77	75	152
JAMES KINLOCH	CARDROSS	74	78	152
DAVID J MILLER	BARASSIE	80	73	153
STEPHEN ELLIS	INNELLAN	78	75	153
JALIL AMAN	GRANGEMOUTH	77	76	153
JIM WATT	EDZELL	75	78	153
SANDY CALDER	UPHALL	74	79	153
BOB HUMBLE	KILSPINDIE	80	74	154
GEORGE PATERSON	NORTHERN	77	77	154
BILLY ERSKINE	KILSYTH LENNOX	74	80	154
MIKE ROBSON	KINGSKNOWE	74	80	154
DAVID A MILLAR	NEW GOLF CLUB	81	74	155
DAVID TAYLOR	DUNFERMLINE	81	74	155
IAN JEEN	MILNGAVIE	79	76	155
ROBERT DENHOLM	KINROSS	80	76	156
MICHAEL NIVEN	ALLOA	80	76	156
IAIN STEWART	CURRAGH	80	76	156
MIKE CURRIE	GLEN	80	76	156
WILSON MORTON	DUNBAR	78	78	156
FRASER SHARP	BOAT OF GARTEN	77	79	156
JOHN W JOHNSTON	ROYAL ABERDEEN	76	80	156
DONNIE LINDSAY	WINDYHILL	79	78	157
GLYN REES	FLEETWOOD	79	78	157
IAN FRASER	DUMFRIES & COUNTY	76	81	157
DAVID J SMITH	STIRLING	82	76	158
BILLY MITCHELL	EFFINGHAM	79	79	158
JOHN DUFF	MORTONHALL	79	79	158
IAN REDFORD	NEW GOLF CLUB	79	79	158
JAMES T JOHNSTON	NORTHUMBERLAND	78	80	158
KEITH BRUCE	EDZELL	78	80	158
STEPHEN STABLES	WIGTOWN & BLADNOCH	78	80	158
BRIAN HALBERT	CALLANDER	78	80	158
SANDY FAIRWEATHER	CALEDONIA	77	81	158
BRIAN GRIEVE	KING JAMES V1	81	78	159
ALLAN CAMERON	GOUROCK	79	80	159
TONY McINTYRE	LUNDIN	77	82	159
LINDSAY GORDON	TURNHOUSE	82	78	160
KEITH McALLISTER	SOUTH SHIELDS	82	78	160
DREW WILSON	CLOBER	80	80	160
MICHAEL JENKINS	DUFF HOUSE ROYAL	76	84	160
KEN DAVIDSON	MUSSELBURGH	83	78	161
PETER KINLOCH	CARDROSS	83	78	161
IAN SMITH	EAST KILBRIDE	83	78	161
KEITH HOWIE	WEST KILBRIDE	83	78	161
TOM CARSON	LOCKERBIE	82	79	161
IAN PEDDIE	TULLIALLAN	80	81	161
DAVID HALKERSTON	NEW GOLF CLUB	79	82	161
EUAN KERR	PANMURE	80	82	162
KEITH ROSS	BEITH	77	85	162
TOM NICOL	ELDERSLIE	83	80	163
BILLY WALLACE	STRATHAVEN	81	82	163
MARK LIRONI	CATHKIN BRAES	81	83	164
BRIAN CHRISTIE	WILTON	77	87	164
SANDY QUINN	STIRLING	88	77	165
DOUGIE ADAMS	DUNBAR	85	80	165
JAMES INGRAM	BOAT OF GARTEN	87	79	166
ALAN NELSON	BANCHORY	83	83	166
DAVID NELSON	ABOYNE	83	83	166
ERIC LINDSAY	BLAIRGOWRIE	81	85	166
JIM PATON	KIRKINTILLOCH	83	84	167
BILL METHVEN	ROYAL ABERDEEN	86	82	168
JIM BUNTING	BALLOCHMYLE	86	82	168
JIM ROY	PANMURE	86	82	168
PETER TAIT	NEWBATTLE	84	84	168
RICHARD GOODALE	ABERDOUR	88	81	169
BRIAN HIGHLEY	BUCHANAN CASTLE	86	83	169
RAY BARTON	ALLOA	85	84	169
IAN GORDON	ABOYNE	85	84	169
TREVOR BENNETT	GREAT BARR	88	83	171
JAMIE HADDOW	DARWEN	85	86	171
NEIL MACDONALD	GLENBERVIE	91	82	173
ALBERT SMITH	TURRIFF	85	89	174
DAVID CAUSON	ELDERSLIE	86	89	175
NEISH CHISHOLM	KEMNAY	86	94	180

Scottish Seniors Strokeplay Championship Pollok June 29-July 1

Dunfermline's Scott Macdonald complied an excellent level par total of 213 (70,72,71) to win Scotland's premier senior amateur trophy for the first time. Scott had to win from the front being tied leader after each of the first two rounds. His rounds were a model of consistency over a tough and breezy Pollok. None of his nines were more than 37. A final round bogey at the first was countered by birdies at the 6th and 7th holes to turn one under. Scott consolidated his position with a further birdie at the 13th before tree trouble at the 16th led to a bogey. With one eye on the scoreboard a safe five at the last ensured his memorable victory.

Scott's own recollections:

 

I generally played quite well over the 3 rounds and was pretty consistent in distance and direction. Drives were mainly on fairways and I mostly avoided getting blocked out by the many trees on the course. My iron shots were pretty accurate and I had numerous birdie chances in each round. My scores of 70, 72 & 71 reflected consistency.

 My scoring kept close to par and in 3 rounds I only had one 6 with the remainder 5 or less. Although I did not hole many long putts I avoided missing any "daft" short ones. My bunker play was good and I got "up and down" from greenside bunkers a few times. A recent improvement in that aspect of my game is due to a helpful comment from Jim Farmer when we played at Elie a few weeks ago.

Having started with a bogey 5 in the final round I hit my tee shot at the second hole exactly as I wanted and that convinced me that all was well with the swing and gave me the confidence to just keep going as before.

 I got a lucky break at the 10^th in the final round. The breeze was quite strong and the wind direction was very difficult to judge due to the way it swirled around the many trees all over the course. Having hit a good drive at the 10^th I couldn't make up my mind what to hit for the second shot and ended up totally mis-hitting a 5 iron which just managed to clear the ditch short of the green and came to rest 2 inches from the edge of the hazard. I got up and down for a 4 which could easily have been a 6!

 I knew I was 3 shots ahead with 3 holes to go but there was an incident at the 16^th. After we both hit what we thought were reasonable drives my partner made a mistake and played my ball. I discovered the error just before I was about to strike the other ball and then dropped a substitute ball which then bounced slightly nearer an adjacent tree. This cost me a bogey 5. On completing the round I was advised that there might have been a rules infringement as the proper procedure is to "place" the substitute ball at the spot and in an identical lie - if possible - where the original one lay. After about 10 minutes of the SGU reviewing the rule book and consulting with the R&A it was determined that no infringement had occurred. Thank goodness it was OK in the end as I would have been devastated to lose on a technicality.

 I am not now accustomed to holding a national title as it is 41 years since I managed to win the "proper" Scottish Stroke Play Championship in 1969 although I did win the 1977 Kuwait Open Championship when we lived in Iran. I had finished runner-up in various national events beforehand but another source of pride is the "family tradition" of being national champions:

Father - British Boy Champion

Me - Scottish Stroke Play Champion

Daughter Claire - Scottish Junior Ladies Champion

Grandchildren - ????????

 There was a storming last round performance from Kilmacolm's Colin Christie. His 67 was set alight by four birdies in the first 8 holes. Further birdies at 15 and 16 were offset by his only two bogeys.

There were several other fine performances from SSGS  members. Berwick's Dave Millar shared the lead with Scott Macdonald for both of the first two rounds before some early mis-haps sent his final round in the wrong direction. Once his mind clears Dave will know he can compete at that level on merit.

Royal Burgess's Ian Taylor joined Colin Christy in tied third and would have been right in the mix but for a quadruple bogey in his second round.

Tony Stafford (T6), Derek Miller (T8),Jim Kinloch (T11), David Miller (Kilmarnock Barassie) and Jim Watt (T15) all featured in the upper half of the final table.

 

1	MACDONALD, Scott (65+)	Dunfermline	70	72	71	F	Par
2	JESSUP, Dave	Rochester & Cobham Park	71	73	70	F	+1
T3	CHRISTY, Colin	Kilmacolm	71	79	67	F	+4
T3	TAYLOR, Ian	Royal Burgess	70	76	71	F	+4
T3	MACBRYDE, Glen	Stone	76	68	73	F	+4
T6	KING, Geoff (65+)	West Essex	70	77	71	F	+5
T6	STAFFORD, Tony	Dun Ochil	72	74	72	F	+5
T8	MILLER, Derek	Murrayfield	72	74	73	F	+6
T8	STRACEY, Andrew	Littlestone	72	73	74	F	+6
T8	WIGLEY, Michael	Royal North Devon	75	68	76	F	+6
T11	SMETHURST, Roy (65+)	Crewe	73	77	70	F	+7
T11	KINLOCH, James	Cardross	71	75	74	F	+7
T11	BALDWIN, John (65+)	Sunningdale	71	74	75	F	+7
14	SLATER, Philip	Sandiway	72	74	75	F	+8
T15	MACINTYRE, Bill	Harpenden	78	72	72	F	+9
T15	LANE, David (65+)	Goring & Streatley	75	74	73	F	+9
T15	MILLER, David	Kilmarnock (Barassie)	76	72	74	F	+9
T15	JERMINE, John (65+)	Sunningdale	72	75	75	F	+9
T15	WATT, Jim	Edzell	76	71	75	F	+9
T15	ARNOLD, Douglas	Copthorne	75	70	77	F	+9
T21	REES, Glyn	Fleetwood	76	73	74	F	+10
T21	JOHNSTON, John	Lanark	73	76	74	F	+10
T21	GORDON, Lindsay	Turnhouse	71	74	78	F	+10
T24	GRIFFITHS, Basil	Llanymynech	73	77	74	F	+11
T24	GRIEVE, Brian (65+)	King James VI	76	73	75	F	+11
T24	POND, Stuart	Worksop	74	74	76	F	+11
T24	MARKS, Jonathan (65+)	Woodbridge	71	76	77	F	+11
T24	ERSKINE, William	Kilsyth Lennox	75	72	77	F	+11
T24	STEWART, Iain	Curragh	74	73	77	F	+11
30	HUTCHEON, Ian (65+)	Monifieth	72	77	76	F	+12
T31	DONKERSLEY, Adrian	Gerrards Cross	70	80	76	F	+13
T31	WHYMARK, Stephen	Woodbridge	78	71	77	F	+13
T33	GROUNDS, Aidan	Falkirk Tryst	75	75	77	F	+14
T33	PAYNE, George	Prestbury	76	73	78	F	+14
T33	MITCHELL, Billy	Effingham	73	76	78	F	+14
T36	EDGAR, Bob	Blackpool North Shore	73	77	78	F	+15
T36	MILLAR, Dave	Berwick-upon-Tweed	70	72	86	F	+15
T38	HALL, Duncan	Whitecraigs	77	73	80	F	+17
T38	PATERSON, George	Northern	75	74	81	F	+17
40	TEMPLE, Martyn (65+)	United States	72	78	81	F	+18

(Final table reproduced from Scottish Golf's website)

Central Scotland Seniors Open, Glenbervie 17th-18th June

West Lothian's Alan O'Neill tops the field at Glenbervie

Glenbervie Golf Club gave us a spectacular setting for the Central Seniors. Bright sunshine and a course in  fantastic order was the mouth watering prospect for competitors.  Pins were tightly laid but generally fair and success was there to be had for the skilled course manager.

Aan O'Neill was a model of consistency with two CSS matching rounds of 72, This total was just enough to edge out  Gragemouth's Lindsay Blair and Musselburgh's Ken Davidson on 145. Ken won the bronze medal for best net return with his 137.

According to Alan it was a surprise to learn of hes victory haven fallen victim in both rounds to the notorious sting in Glenbervie's tail. Having birdied 11,12 and 13 on Thursday to get to on under he was anticipating something low with two par fives to come. However these yielded only pars and. like many fellow competitors, five shots from 110 yards on the slopes of the 18th cost a double bogey. Friday again saw him under par only to finish bogey, bogey but another very respectable 72.

Alan is 6 times Club Champ and course record holder (62) at West Lothian, Fomer club champ at Morpeth during an assignment in the area. Last year's county senior champion and represented Scottish Universities in years gone by.

CSS was 72 both days.

Leading Scores

ALAN O'NEILL	WEST LOTHIAN	72	72	144
LINDSAY BLAIR	GRANGEMOUTH	73	72	145
KEN DAVIDSON	MUSSELBURGH	71	74	145
GEORGE BLAIR	HADDINGTON	73	74	147
LINDSAY GORDON	TURNHOUSE	73	74	147
JOHN McDONALD	COWGLEN	72	75	147
DAVID GARDNER	BROOMIEKNOWE	70	77	147
GEORGE PATERSON	NORTHERN	73	75	148
BOB STEWART	TULLIALLAN	80	69	149
DAVID IMRIE	THORNTON	76	73	149
GLYN REES	FLEETWOOD	73	76	149
TONY STAFFORD	DUN OCHIL	73	76	149
JOHN FRASER	ROYAL BURGESS	76	74	150
STEPHEN ELLIS	INNELLAN	76	74	150
DAVID J SMITH	STIRLING	74	76	150
RONNIE MACLEAN	HAMILTON	80	71	151
DAVID TAYLOR	DUNFERMLINE	76	75	151
DEREK MURPHY	KINROSS	75	76	151
IAN BROTHERSTON	DUMFRIES & COUNTY	74	77	151
JIM PATON	KIRKINTILLOCH	73	78	151
GEORGE RODAKS	MOFFAT	73	78	151
JALIL AMAN	GRANGEMOUTH	77	75	152
DAVID J MILLER	BARASSIE	76	76	152
ALISTAIR FIDDES	DEESIDE	75	77	152
AIDEN GROUNDS	FALKIRK TRYST	79	74	153
BRIAN HALBERT	CALLANDER	75	78	153
IAN TAYLOR	ROYAL BURGESS	73	80	153
JAMES KINLOCH	CARDROSS	81	73	154
BRIAN GRIEVE	KING JAMES V1	79	75	154
GORDON THOMSON	BEARSDEN	79	75	154
KEITH HOWIE	WEST KILBRIDE	78	76	154
JOHN W JOHNSTON	ROYAL ABERDEEN	74	80	154
JOHN JOHNSTON	LANARK	73	81	154
ALLAN CAMERON	GOUROCK	81	74	155
SCOTT MACDONALD	DUNFERMLINE	80	75	155
JIM WATT	EDZELL	78	77	155
COLIN McLACHLAN	GLENBERVIE	76	79	155
DEREK SIM	PANMURE	75	80	155
JAMES T JOHNSTON	NORHUMBERLAND	78	78	156
PHIL DEMPSEY	TULLIALLAN	78	78	156
IAIN STEWART	CURRAGH	76	80	156
DENIS McQUADE	GLENBERVIE	76	80	156
COLIN CHRISTY	KILMACOLM	75	81	156
BOB EDGAR	BLACKPOOL NS	83	74	157
IAN DICKSON	LUNDIN	78	79	157
RICHARD T GRAY	COWGLEN	85	73	158
ERIC LINDSAY	BLAIRGOWRIE	81	77	158
DREW WILSON	CLOBER	80	78	158
ALLAN ELDER	KIRKCALDY	79	79	158
GEORGE KAY	ALLOA	78	80	158
DONNIE LINDSAY	WINDYHILL	81	78	159
ANDREW BRODIE	GLASGOW	79	80	159
BILLY WALLACE	STRATHAVEN	79	80	159
FRASER SHARP	BOAT OF GARTEN	78	81	159
GORDON MACDONALD	CALLANDER	77	82	159
BRIAN SMITH	KILMACOLM	76	83	159
IAN PEDDIE	TULLIALLAN	83	77	160
TREVOR BENNETT	GREAT BARR	80	80	160
BILLY ERSKINE	KILSYTH&LENNOX	80	80	160
TOM CARSON	LOCKERBIE	79	81	160
KEITH BRUCE	EDZELL	87	74	161
BOB HUMBLE	KILSPINDIE	83	78	161
JOHN LEISHMAN	DUDDINGSTON	81	80	161
JOHN BROADFOOT	TURNBERRY	85	77	162
KEN THOMSON	BRAMALL PARK	83	79	162
KEN FORREST	LENZIE	81	81	162
MIKE BAILEY	CHILTERN FOREST	81	81	162
RICHARD GOODALE	ABERDOUR	81	81	162
DAVID A MILLAR	NEW GOLF CLUB	80	82	162
BRUCE HUNTER	STIRLING	80	82	162
ROBBIE NAIRN	LOCHMABEN	84	79	163
ALEX.RITCHIE	BOTHWELL CASTLE	81	82	163
HENRY ANDERSON	GLENBERVIE	77	86	163
DOUGIE ADAMS	DUNBAR	86	78	164
DAVID WARREN	NORTH BERWICK	85	79	164
MICHAEL JENKINS	DUFF HOUSE ROYAL	77	87	164
MAURICE SHIELDS	WINDYHILL	77	87	164
MICHAEL NIVEN	ALLOA	86	79	165
CHARLES BROWN	FRILFORD HEATH	86	79	165
PAUL FAIRBAIRN	GLENBERVIE	85	80	165
BRIAN CHRISTIE	WILTON	84	81	165
PHIL COSTELLO	HIRSEL	81	84	165
MARK LIRONI	CATHKIN BRAES	85	81	166
BRIAN HIGHLEY	BUCHANAN CASTLE	84	82	166
LEE BUSHBY	BLAIRGOWRIE	84	82	166
HARRY DOUTHWAITE	CARDROSS	83	84	167
SANDY FAIRWEATHER	CALEDONIA	83	84	167
VIC TROJAN	KIRRIEMUIR	81	87	168
PETER KINLOCH	CARDROSS	85	84	169
NORMAN WILLIAMSON	BANCHORY	85	84	169
SANDY QUINN	STIRLING	83	86	169
LES FOWLER	ROYAL ABERDEEN	81	88	169

A good couple of days in the Life of Brian

Brian Christie is probably our most enthusiastic and far travelled member, seldom missing an event in a 500 mile round trip from his home in Redcar.

He did however stay home for the Yorkshire Seniors Championship held over Scarcroft GC, Leeds on 14th and 15th June.

After the first two holes he was wishing he had left to practice at Glenbervie, A horror start of 9,5 saw him 6 over after two holes. He did manage to knuckle down and had recovered to 4 over by the turn. A good back nine of 38 on a tough track saw him tied second after day one.

A superb second round 72 highlighted by a two under back nine saw Brian take the Seniors Crown by a massive 6 shots. After chipping in for birdie at the 10th he hit every other green and added a second birdie at the tough 16th.

Brian plans to move to Comrie in the near future in order to lower his carbon footprint. He is now faced with retaining a country membership at Wilton so he can defend next year.

Problems, problems!

Leading Scores:

B Christie	78	72	150
B Jacques	81	75	156
A Slack	78	78	156
R S Mitchell	77	79	156
M Rudd	82	76	158
P D Huddlestone	80	78	158
M Jones	79	79	158
M Sowerby	82	77	159

 

 

Kinross provided a stern test for the competitors with consistency, patience and avoidance of big numbers the keywords. The Montgomery course is a big one with shades of Wentworth, Landsdowne and Downfield about it. The CSS's of 75 and 75 reduction only illustrated the degree of difficulty.

For many the suffering was alleviated by the excellent range of mature trees, vegetation and wildlife, particularly the black pheasant whose beat was the 3rd and 4th holes.

Although the fairways are generous, it was hard to pin down wind direction and closer inspection of the trees, vegetation and wildlife were almost inevitable.

Very good scoring therefore at the head of things. Graham Bell edging out Ian Brotherston with the master strategist Scott MacDonald close up in 3rd place. Good points for Iain Stewart, Doubles host Mike Currie (winner of the handicap bronze medal) and Bob Stewart.

 

	CSS	75	75 (RO)
GRAHAM BELL	DOWNFIELD	75	74	149
IAN BROTHERSTON	DUMFRIES & COUNTY	75	75	150
SCOTT MACDONALD	DUNFERMLINE	76	76	152
IAIN STEWART	CURRAGH	75	77	152
MIKE CURRIE	THE GLEN	79	74	153
BOB STEWART	TULLIALLAN	75	78	153
KEN FORREST	LENZIE	79	76	155
JALIL AMAN	GRANGEMOUTH	75	80	155
JOHN McDONALD	COWGLEN	82	74	156
JOHN FRASER	ROYAL BURGESS	79	77	156
BRIAN SMITH	KILMACOLM	81	76	157
DAVID IMRIE	THORNTON	80	77	157
TONY McINTYRE	LUNDIN	80	78	158
DEREK MURPHY	KINROSS	77	81	158
IAN CAMPBELL	KINROSS	75	83	158
DAVID J MILLER	BARASSIE	82	77	159
ERIC LINDSAY	BLAIRGOWRIE	80	79	159
MICHAEL JENKINS	DUFF HOUSE ROYAL	79	80	159
KEITH BRUCE	EDZELL	78	81	159
JIM WATT	EDZELL	77	82	159
GEORGE PATERSON	NORTHERN	72	87	159
JOHN W JOHNSTON	ROYAL ABERDEEN	81	79	160
BOB THOMSON	ST ANDREWS	81	79	160
RICHARD CAMPBELL	KINROSS	80	80	160
BILLY ERSKINE	KILSYTH & LENNOX	80	80	160
TREVOR BENNETT	GREAT BARR	76	84	160
LINDSAY GORDON	TURNHOUSE	82	80	162
GORDON THOMSON	BEARSDEN	81	81	162
ALAN O'NEILL	WEST LOTHIAN	79	83	162
IAN JEEN	MILNGAVIE	79	83	162
IAN GOURLAY	STRATHAVEN	78	84	162
SANDY PIRIE	HAZELHEAD	86	77	163
DAVID GARDNER	BROOMIEKNOWE	84	79	163
DAVID TAYLOR	DUNFERMLINE	81	82	163
ALISTAIR FIDDES	DEESIDE	86	78	164
ALAN NELSON	BANCHORY	84	80	164
ANDREW CAMPBELL	KINROSS	84	80	164
JOHN CUNNINGHAM	FRASERBURGH	84	80	164
IAN PEDDIE	TULLIALLAN	84	80	164
JOHN BROADFOOT	TURNBERRY	83	81	164
MICHAEL NIVEN	ALLOA	81	83	164
JIM PATON	KIRKINTILLOCH	81	83	164
PHIL DEMPSEY	TULLIALLAN	81	83	164
GEORGE PAYNE	PRESTBURY	80	84	164
RICHARD GOODALE	ABERDOUR	79	85	164
JAMES KINLOCH	CARDROSS	79	85	164
ROBERT DENHOLM	KINROSS	85	80	165
ROBBIE NAIRN	LOCHMABEN	82	83	165
IAN REDFORD	NEW GOLF CLUB	81	84	165

SSGS Spring Meeting  Royal Montrose G.C.

 

SSGS Photographer George Rodaks captures the moment as Keith Howie presents Royal Montrose Bi-Centenary Captain Brian Ritchie with the crystal bowl.

The classic links of Montrose provided a real challenge for the season opening Spring Meeting and any success required skill allied with patience.  None of the U.S. custom of stepping into a bunker with a long iron and blasting the ball onto a green 200 yards away. Sideways, backwards, any way out was an achievement. Competitors just had to take the punishment and battle on.

This is the 200th anniversary of the formation of our hosts, Royal Montrose Golf Club and we were privileged to be awarded a place in their extensive celebration calendar. It is our intention to seek an extended tenure at Montrose and initial soundings have been on a positive vein. The Society presented a piece of crystal to Royal Montrose in recognition of their tremendous achievement. The welcome accorded to our members was widely commented on. Grateful thanks are due to all involved, in particular Bi-Centenary Captian Brian Ritchie, Links Management Chairman Alan Crowe, Bi Centenary Co-ordinator Harry Faulkner, Club Pro Jason, Starter Charlie, Bar and Catering Staff.

Broomieknowe's David Gardner opened a three stroke gap on nearest challenger Ian Brotherston with a near flawless opening 67. A composed level par second round of level par 71 saw him stay in front for a two shot victory. Straight driving laid the foundation for David's victory and he was particularly pleased with his focus after beginning both rounds with bogey fives. He is a former county player representing both Borders and Lothians and has won club championships at Broomieknowe (3) Hirsel (2) Goswick and Bank of Scotland.

The Montrose links layout suited the two leaders as their power enabled them to carry bunkers designed to be rolled into.

Fine performances from Richard Gray in third with last season's Order of Merit and Match Play Champion George Paterson sharing fourth alongside Thornhill's sprightly veteran Marshall Douglas.

 Scores from Montrose

 

CSS. Round one-  72  Round 2-   73

DAVID GARDNER	BROOMIEKNOWE	67	71	138
IAN BROTHERSTON	DUMFRIES & COUNTY	70	70	140
RICHARD T GRAY	COWGLEN	74	72	146
GEORGE PATERSON	NORTHERN	77	72	149
MARSHALL DOUGLAS	THORNHILL	75	74	149
JAMES T JOHNSTON	NORTHUMBERLAND	75	75	150
SANDY FAIRWEATHER	CALEDONIA	73	77	150
BOB EDGAR	BLACKPOOL N S	78	73	151
JIM WATT	EDZELL	75	76	151
SCOTT MACDONALD	DUNFERMLINE	75	76	151
GLYN REES	FLEETWOOD	73	78	151
IAN STUART	ROYAL MONTROSE	77	75	152
DONALD McCART	SHERWOOD FOREST	76	76	152
AIDEN GROUNDS	FALKIRK TRYST	75	77	152
ALISTAIR FIDDES	DEESIDE	72	80	152
NORMAN CAMERON	PORTERS PARK	81	72	153
BILL METHVEN	ROYAL ABERDEEN	77	76	153
BOB STEWART	TULLIALLAN	76	77	153
JALIL AMAN	GRANGEMOUTH	74	79	153
GORDON MACDONALD	CALLANDER	74	79	153
DEREK MURPHY	KINROSS	79	75	154
IAIN STEWART	CURRAGH	77	77	154
JIM EMSLIE	ROYAL ABERDEEN	77	77	154
KEITH BRUCE	EDZELL	76	78	154
JOHN W JOHNSTON	ROYAL ABERDEEN	76	78	154
JOHN McDONALD	COWGLEN	76	79	155
IAN TAYLOR	ROYAL BURGESS	76	79	155
JOHN FRASER	ROYAL BURGESS	74	81	155
DAVID J MILLER	BARASSIE	79	77	156
GEORGE RODAKS	MOFFAT	78	78	156
JOHN BROADFOOT	TURNBERRY	76	80	156
JAMES KINLOCH	CARDROSS	75	81	156
COLIN CHRISTY	KILMACOLM	83	74	157
PHIL DEMPSEY	TULLIALLAN	82	75	157
ANDREW LAIRD	DEESIDE	79	78	157
PETER KINLOCH	CARDROSS	76	81	157
DAVID TAYLOR	DUNFERMLINE	81	77	158
MIKE CURRIE	THE GLEN	81	77	158
STUART POND	WORKSOP	78	80	158
HENRY ANDERSON	GLENBERVIE	78	80	158
IAIN GOURLAY	STRATHAVEN	75	83	158
STEPHEN ELLIS	INNELLAN	82	77	159
MICHAEL NIVEN	ALLOA	79	80	159
JIM PATON	KIRKINTILLOCH	79	80	159
FRED HUTCHEON	MONIFIETH	78	81	159
TONY McINTYRE	LUNDIN	77	82	159
BILLY ERSKINE	KILSYTH & LENNOX	83	77	160
KEITH HOWIE	WEST KILBRIDE	82	78	160
TOM GRAY	LANARK	79	81	160
BRIAN SMITH	KILMACOLM	77	83	160
BRIAN GRIEVE	KING JAMES V1	77	83	160
BRAIN HIGHLEY	BUCHANAN CASTLE	82	79	161
ROBERT THOMSON	ST ANDREWS	81	80	161
KEN RUSSELL	WIGTOWN & BLADNOCH	80	81	161
JOHN DUFF	MORTONHALL	77	84	161
DAVID WARREN	NORTH BERWICK	76	85	161
ERIC LINDSAY	BLAIRGOWRIE	75	86	161
DAVID J SMITH	STIRLING	82	80	162
PETER JAMIESON	CATHKIN BRAES	80	82	162
IAN GORDON	ABOYNE	80	82	162
EWAN RAE	ARBROATH ARTISANS	84	79	163
TREVOR BENNETT	GREAT BARR	83	80	163
MICHAEL MATHER	BALLATER	82	81	163
DAVID HALKERSTON	NEW GOLF CLUB	82	81	163
BRIAN CHRISTIE	WILTON	81	82	163
BRIAN CAMPBELL	LADBROOK PARK	79	84	163
KEN THOMSON	BRAMMALL PARK	84	81	165
HARRY ROULSTON	STONEHAVEN	83	82	165
KEITH McALLISTER	SOUTH SHIELDS	83	82	165
DOUGIE ADAMS	DUNBAR	83	82	165
GORDON THOMSON	BEARSDEN	85	81	166
JIM HUNTER	DUDDINGSTON	83	83	166
IAN KERR	KILMACOLM	81	85	166
GORDON PRENTICE	ROYAL ABERDEEN	86	81	167
JAMES GRAHAM	DUDDINGSTON	80	87	167
TOM CARSON	LOCKERBIE	85	83	168
DENIS McQUADE	GLENBERVIE	83	85	168
LEE BUSHBY	BLAIRGOWRIE	79	89	168
NEIL MACDONALD	GLENBERVIE	88	81	169
GRAEME HUME	FALKIRK TRYST	85	84	169
ALAN NELSON	BANCHORY	82	87	169
BRIAN HALBERT	CALLANDER	79	90	169
ALEX RITCHIE	BOTHWELL CASTLE	85	85	170
RICHARD USHER	BANCHORY	85	85	170
DAVID LEIGHTON	NORTHERN	89	82	171
NEISH CHISHOLM	KEMNAY	86	85	171
HARRY DOUTHWAITE	CARDROSS	84	87	171
THOMAS RUTHERFORD	DUDDINGSTON	83	88	171
DAVID NELSON	ABOYNE	84	89	173
RICHARD GOODALE	ABERDOUR	89	86	175
PETER HIGGINS	NEW GOLF CLUB	89	86	175
CHARLES BROWN	FRILFORD HEATH	90	86	176
MICHAEL SINCLAIR	DUDDINGSTON	86	90	176
NIGEL PARKER	MURCAR LINKS	91	89	180
JAMIE HADDOW	DARWEN	89	91	180
COLIN MOIR	WORKSOP	disq	83
BOB KERR	UPHALL	NR	83
WILSON MORTON	DUNBAR	NR	83
VIC TROJAN	KIRRIEMUIR	NR	98
IAN JEEN	MILNGAVIE	75	ill
SANDY PIRIE	HAZLEHEAD	87	inj
DAVID A MILLAR	NEW GOLF CLUB	77	inj
IAN DICKSON	LUNDIN	81	inj
GORDON GRAY	NEWMACHAR	85	inj
JAMES WOODS	CARDROSS	NR	NR
JOHN HAMILTON	MURCAR LINKS	83	NR
LES FOWLER	ROYAL ABERDEEN	82	NR
RICHARD PERRY	NEW GOLF CLUB	85	NR
COLIN TAINSH	WEST KILBRIDE	77	NR
JOHN ROME	ROYAL MONTROSE	87	NR
CLIVE BOURNE	SOUTHERNESS	NR	NR
GRAHAM BROWN	ROYAL LIVERPOOL	84	NR
JIM ROY	PANMURE	NR	NR
DEREK SIM	PANMURE	76	NR
SCOTT MILLER	BLAIRGOWRIE	96	NR
DOUGIE GREENHALGH	NEW GOLF CLUB	90	NR
DAVID IMRIE	THORNTON	78	WD
TONY STAFFORD	DUN OCHIL	WD	WD

SSGS Inter Area Team Championship  Moray G.C.

If you have yet to visit Moray then mark it down as a priority. It is a pure gem of a traditional Scottish links ranking right up there with the best of them. OK they have slightly noisy neighbours who at first provide novelty then some distraction. However once you factor in their predictable activity you can get down to fully appreciate Tom Morris's art. There is a St Andrews feel about the venue. The course starts within Lossie and heads out West along the coast.

Moray therefore provided a very fitting venue for our premier team championship. The distance North deterred some counties from making the trip. That is a pity. Seniors golf is the singular current growth area within the amateur game and seniors at club level do identify with the exploits of their local players at the higher level. Some sides arrived at Lossiemouth on a pre budgeted and funded basis, others were there through the enthusiasm of the players and others were simply not there.

We would plead with county associations to accord the team championship the status it surely merits and introduce the event to their planning when budgets are being prepared.

Anyway, enough of the politics. The unofficial bookies amongst the players had installed North East and South as joint favourites followed closely by Stirlingshire, Lothians and Perth & Kinross. Glasgow were well scrubbed up, and  managed by "The chosen one" Gus Lamond. They carried an air of confidence. Could Glasgow be a dark horse?

Competition day dawned with the sight of the already slick greens getting ironed! By the first tee time there was a brisk and increasing Sou'wester which turned the 323 yard first into 400+.Greens were smooth and true but the wind was a factor- even for four footers. Format is best five scores from six with the discarded score coming back into play in event of a tie.

Early starters Dunbartonshire and South set good target aggregates, South one ahead on 388. From the next groupings, Glasgow drew level with South and gained the lead thanks to the lower discard.

 Dunbartonshire

That score stayed in place with only the last three teams to register scores. Perth & Kinross and Stirlingshire were both a few shots adrift and it was hastily calculated that North East skipper John Johnston needed to get down in three more from a hanging lie at the back of the last green. Hazardous though, for beyond the pin it starts to gather towards the steep ledge at the front. Assured hands coaxed the ball down to three feet and a confident putt meant victory by two shots.

This led to an impromptu North Eastern jig by Sandy Pirie and Andrew Laird at the greenside.

 Winners North East

At the presentation fitting compliments were paid for the welcome provided by Moray and the condition of the course. Charles Stewart accepted the SSGS plaque marking the occasion and expressed the hope that the Society would return in the future. John Johnston thanked all involved and in particular Bill and Dorothy Crighton for another seamless administration exercise.

Comment of the week from Stirling's David Smith when another Tornado passed within a few feet "I'm sure that pilot's watch was five minutes slow"

Scores:

Winners and Gold Medallists

386  North East (George Paterson, Sandy Pirie, Mike Jenkins, Francis Clark, Andrew Laird and John Johnston)

Silver (after countback)

388 Glasgow (Jim McNally, Graham Cox, John Shand,John McDonald, Alistair McMillan, Peter Jamieson)

Bronze

388 South of Scotland (Ian Brotherston, George Rodaks, Ian Fraser, Tom Carson, Robbie Nairn, Gordon Doig)

Other Scores  389 Dunbarton, 393 Lothians, 395, Stirlingshire, 404 North, 406 Perth & Kinross, 423 Ayrshire

Leading Individual Scores

72  Mike Jenkins (North East) Ian Fraser (South) Ian Jeen (Dunbarton)

73 Ian Brotherston (South)

74 Alistair McMillan (Glasgow)

75 Andrew Wight (Lothians)

76 Peter Jamieson (Glasgow) Graham Cox (Glasgow) James Simpson (North)  Peter Kinloch (Dunbarton) Robert Jack (Lothians) Sandy Pirie (North East) George Paterson (North East)

77 Gordon MacDonald (Callander)

 

Team

SSGS Finals Day- The Blairgowrie Golf Club. OOM Finals Day was a fascinating prospect with any of the top six at the start of play in with a mathematical chance of succeeding Ian Hutcheon and Gordon MacDonald as title holder.

We are very grateful to The Blairgowrie Golf Club for their courtesy in hosting the annual shoot-out and they provided a Landsdowne course in prime condition plus glorious early autumn weather.

As the day progressed it became more and more likely that matchplay champion George Paterson would hold on to his OOM lead. Nearest challenger David Miller was not firing on all cylinders and defending title holder Gordon MacDonald was having to recover from two lost balls in the first three holes.

The day's low scores were posted by the in-form George Rodaks and the ever challenging Bob Stewart with fine 72s.

Unfortunately Ian Brotherston suffered a back injury before leaving home and had to withdraw. Other challengers Ian Hutcheon and Ian Taylor advised their disqualifications as they had played from the wrong tee at one hole. Ironically it was 40 yards behind the correct one but the Rules display no leniency in such situations.

And so George Paterson was able to complete his stroll in the sun with a tidy 76 and an eventual 45 point margin of victory.

In his acceptance speech George paid tribute to the spirit of friendship and competition created by the Society and thanked all concerned in a very successful season.

Euan Mordaunt represented SGU at Blairgowrie and talked of the close working relationship which had evolved between the respective bodies and wished the Society continued growth and success.

 

Scores from Blairgowrie  CSS 74

Bob Stewart	Tulliallan	72
George Rodaks	Moffat	72
Dave Downie	Kirriemuir	75
David Smith	Stirling	75
Eric Lindsay	Blairgowrie	75
John Broadfoot	Turnberry	75
George Paterson	Northern	76
Keith Howie	West Kilbride	77
Michael Jenkins	Duff House Royal	77
Tony Stafford	Dun Ochil	77
William Brown	Strathaven	77
Alistair Fiddes	Deeside	78
Gordon MacDonald	Callander	78
John Johnston	Lanark	79
David J Miller	Kilmarnock Barassie	80
Graham Brown	Royal Liverpool	80
Keith Bruce	Edzell	80
Sandy Pirie	Hazlehead	80
Alex Ritchie	Bothwell Castle	81
Derek Murphy	Kinross	81
Brian Christie	Wilton	82
Jim Watt	Edzell	82
Bill Methven	Royal Aberdeen	84
Brian Smith	Kilmacolm	84
Henry Anderson	Glenbervie	84
Ian Hutcheon	Monifieth	dq
Ian Taylor	Royal Burgess	dq
Andrew Laird	Deeside	nr
Steve Ellis	Heritage of St Andrews	nr
Ian Brotherston	Dumfries and County	wd

 

Scottish Seniors Match Play Championship

Sponsored by Abbeyfield Scotland Ltd.

Newmacher greens staff pulled out all of the the stops to give us a superb test throughout the week. This Dave Thomas course carries all the hallmarks associated with the architect- big subtle greens, a rich variety of trees and shrubs and man made lakes which certainly grab the attention on holes 1,9,10,13 and 17. Add to that a brisk Deeside draught and a mix of everything from bright sunshine to prolonged downpours and any champion is going to be a worthy one.

Following on from 36 holes qualifying on Monday and Tuesday, the top 32 were entered into an automatic draw. Main upset in the first round was the defeat of third placed qualifier Iain Stewart by Turnberry's John Broadfoot. Robert Gill had a very good victory over Andrew Campbell, a high finisher in the Scottish Seniors strokeplay at Panmure.

Round 2 saw the demise of President and Current Order of Merit Champion Gordon MacDonald at the hands of Ian Taylor. Robert Gill progressed against David Downie, another top-ten finisher at Panmure. Steve Ellis saw off the challenge of probable favourite Bob Stewart, Donnie McCart edged Derk Murphy in a match that went to the 21st. Defending Champion Ronnie Maclean outlasted local legend Sandy Pirie and Aberdeen Links Champion George Paterson ended the run of John Broadfoot. Robert Jack won a close encounter with Deeside's Andrew Laird and Barassie's David Miller was 2 under par in overcoming Brian Christie.

Highlight from the quarter finals was the continued form of David Miller- 4 under par in ending the run of the defending champ Ronnie Maclean. Ian Taylor, Steve Ellis and George Paterson progressed to join him in the semis.

The ongoing form of the players was a tribute to their fitness- good living lads, all of them. David Miller was again under par in ending the impressive run of Steve Ellis and George Paterson  edged out Royal Burgess's big hitting Ian Taylor.

Vice Captain John Johnston watched the semi finals and final and reports as follows: 

In the Semis - Steve Ellis lost by 4 and 3 to David Miller- he started 7,6 to be 2 down and got back to square  a couple of times but then gave it back. One down after 12 but hit trees left not far off the tee at 13, and then took 3 from edge of 14 and 15. In the other semi it was nip and tuck all the way through until Ian Taylor had a mis-cue at the 16^th and then mis-judged the strong cross wind at the 17th to give George a winning advantage.

 Overall - the Friday was a very difficult weather day but George Paterson seemed to be best equipped and finished strongly from the 12^th. His compact swing seemed to function pretty well in the wind and he holed out well also.

Report on the final is reproduced courtesy of our Press Baron Colin Farquharson

 

Quarter Final    Thurs 27		Semi Final           Fri 28		Final                    Fri 28
Stephen Ellis	1.30
Robert Jack
		Stephen Ellis 2&1	9.30
		David J Miller 4&2
				David J Miller 4 & 3
David J Miller	1.38
Ronald Maclean
				Final:
				George Paterson bt
				David J Miller
				3 and 2
Ian Taylor	1.46
Donald McCart				George Paterson 2 & 1
		Ian Taylor 4&3	9.45
		George Paterson 2&1
George Paterson	1.54
Robert Gill

Final

North of Scotland Seniors Open

South of Scotland Committee Member and tour photographer George "Kodak" Rodaks was forced into a self portrait following his thrilling win from a strong field at Nairn.

George describes consistency as being the cornerstone of his success with a high percentage of greens in regulation. He did three putt the first green in his first round and again at the 6th, 16th and 17th in round 2. Birdies both days at the long 12th helped him keep his momentum and incurring only one penalty shot over the two days in difficult conditions was much tidier than the large majority of the field.

Bronze medal reulted in a three way tie between Iain Stewart, Bill Methven and Brian Smith

Full scores

	CSS	74	75
GEORGE RODAKS	MOFFAT	75	74	149
IAIN STEWART	CURRAGH	78	72	150
BRIAN SMITH	KILMACOLM	78	72	150
IAN BROTHERSTON	DUMFRIES& CO	72	78	150
BOB STEWART	TULLIALLAN	76	75	151
HUGH CLUNAS	NAIRN DUNBAR	74	77	151
MICHAEL JENKINS	DUFF HOUSE ROYAL	74	77	151
DEREK MURPHY	KINROSS	77	75	152
JIM WATT	EDZELL	78	75	153
JALIL AMAN	GRANGEMOUTH	80	74	154
BILL METHVEN	ROYAL ABERDEEN	78	76	154
ALISTAIR FIDDES	DEESIDE	73	81	154
JOHN BROADFOOT	TURNBERRY	78	77	155
COLIN CHRISTY	KILMACOLM	78	77	155
KEITH BRUCE	EDZELL	77	78	155
DONALD McCART	SHERWOOD FOREST	75	80	155
SANDY PIRIE	HAZLEHEAD	81	75	156
DAVID J MILLER	BARASSIE	74	82	156
GLYN REES	FLEETWOOD	82	75	157
SCOTT MACDONALD	DUNFERMLINE	82	75	157
GRAEME MILLAR	SWANSTON NEW	80	77	157
GORDON MACDONALD	CALLANDER	79	78	157
STEPHEN ELLIS	HERITAGE G S	77	80	157
DEREK SIM	PANMURE	78	80	158
DAVID TAYLOR	DUNFERMLINE	77	81	158
IAN HUTCHEON	MONIFIETH	74	84	158
ERIC LINDSAY	BLAIRGOWRIE	79	80	159
JAMES T JOHNSTON	NORTHUMBERLAND	78	81	159
JIM ROY	GRANGE	78	81	159
TONY McINTYRE	LUNDIN	76	83	159
JOHN WESTWOOD	MORAY	81	79	160
LINDSAY BLAIR	GRANGEMOUTH	80	80	160
IAN JEEN	MILNGAVIE	85	76	161
JOHN CUNNINGHAM	FRASERBURGH	81	80	161
ALEX RITCHIE	BOTHWELL CASTLE	80	82	162
IAN TAYLOR	ROYAL BURGESS	80	82	162
STUART POND	WORKSOP	77	85	162
TREVOR BENNETT	GREAT BARR	77	85	162
JIM PATON	KIRKINTILLOCH	80	83	163
BRIAN CHRISTIE	WILTON	78	85	163
JIM EMSLIE	ROYAL ABERDEEN	86	78	164
ANDREW WILSON	CLOBER	84	80	164
GRAHAM SOMERS	BON ACCORD	76	88	164
DAVID NELSON	ABOYNE	84	81	165
JOHN W JOHNSTON	ROYAL ABERDEEN	83	82	165
BERT NICHOLSON	ROYAL DORNOCH	83	83	166
ROBERT WHITESIDE	MORECAMBE	82	84	166
FRASER SHARP	BOAT OF GARTEN	80	86	166
BILLY MITCHELL	EFFINGHAM	78	88	166
AIDAN GROUNDS	FALKIRK TRYST	75	91	166
DENIS McQUADE	GLENBERVIE	93	74	167
PATRICK TOMISSON	NAIRN	88	79	167
ANDREW LAIRD	DEESIDE	85	82	167
DAVID BUNKER	NAIRN DUNBAR	85	83	168
JAMES INGRAM	BOAT OF GARTEN	85	83	168
IAN PEDDIE	TULLIALLAN	84	84	168
RONNIE GRANT	CALEDONIAN	83	85	168
KEITH HOWIE	WEST KILBRIDE	83	85	168
KEN THOMSON	BRAMALL PARK	88	81	169
GEORGE PATERSON	NORTHERN	88	81	169
DAVID A MILLAR	NEW CLUB	84	86	170
ALAN NELSON	BANCHORY	88	83	171
GORDON GRAY	NEWMACHAR	83	88	171
JAMES GRAHAM	DUDDINGSTON	82	89	171
NIGEL PARKER	MURCAR	81	90	171
DOUGIE ADAMS	DUNBAR	80	91	171
DENIS ALBUTT	ROYAL DORNOCH	88	84	172
LINDSAY EDMOND	HADDINGTON	83	89	172
JOHN RUSSELL	MONARCH DUNES	86	87	173
BARRY MCDONALD	STRATFORD ON AVON	84	90	174
MICHAEL MATHER	BALLATER	82	92	174
LEE BUSHBY	STRATHMORE	87	88	175
BRIAN HIGHLEY	BUCHANAN CASTLE	83	92	175
PETER HIGGINS	NEW CLUB	84	92	176
CHARLES BROWN	FRILFORD HEATH	85	92	177
NORMAN WILLIAMSON	BANCHORY	87	91	178
NEISH CHISHOLM	KEMNAY	87	91	178
ROBBIE NAIRN	LOCHMABEN	90	89	179
NORMAN MACWILLIAMS	KINGUSSIE	94	86	180
JAMES SCOTT	PETERCULTER	92	90	182
IAN KERR	KILMACOLM	88	94	182
DOUG GREENHALGH	NEW CLUB	96	89	185
JOHN HARRISON	NEWMACHAR	96	93	189
JOHN KINSELLA	BRAEMAR	95	96	191
RON MCDONALD	MONIFIETH	disq	85
GEORGE CANT	MONIFIETH	disq	86
COLIN TAINSH	WEST KILBRIDE	NR	disq
DOUGLAS BRODIE	NAIRN DUNBAR	79	inj
NIALL WATSON	DUFF HOUSE ROYAL	89	NR
DAVID WARREN	NORTH BERWICK	90	NR
TONY STAFFORD	DUN OCHIL	81	NR
COLIN MOIR	WORKSOP	80	NR
DOUG MITCHELL	PANMURE	86	NR
DOUGAL CHALMERS	PANMURE	NR	NR
DONALD MOODY	BRAMFORD	NR	NR
PAUL YORK	ROYAL DORNOCH	82	NR
BRIAN GRIEVE	KING JAMES V1	80	NR
BOB KERR	UPHALL	88	NR
DAVID LEIGHTON	NORTHERN	NR	WD

 

West of Scotland Seniors Open

Hamilton's greenkeepers pulled out all of the stops to give us a worthy test despite serious volumes of rain over the preceding week. The course played every inch of its 6600+ yards.

Round one saw the lead in the hands of Kilmacolm's Colin Christy with a sparkling 69 which gave him a two shot advantage over Gordon MacDonald and Kilmarnock Barassie's David Miller.  On the 72 mark were Ian Brotherston (Dumfries & County) , Graham Brown (Royal Liverpool), Sandy Pirie (Hazlehead), William Brown (Strathaven), SSGS Match Play Champion Ronnie Maclean (Hamilton) and David Gardner (Broomieknowe)

Overnight rain softened the course further for Friday and the yardage was probably equivalent to 7000+ at the coast.  Hoylake man Graham Brown produced a brilliant 69 to take the title by two shots from South Champ Ian Brotherston and by three from Gordon MacDonald.

Graham's success was founded on the strength of his driving and distance control. That combination set him up for eleven birdies over the two days. In fact, so good was the start to his second round that his 3 under par after 6 holes included two missed putts from within 10 feet. He later paid tribute to the support and encouragement from playing partners John Fraser and Eric Lindsay with wife Marnie, stating that this was something he found particularly rewarding about competing in SSGS events.

Graham has an interesting set of "golf clubs"...... Royal Liverpool (past captain), New Club, Royal and Ancient and Atlanta Athletic Club in USA. Additionally he is captain of The Watsonian Golf Club for whom he regularly turns out in the Dispatch Cup

Glenbervie's Denis McQuade continued his recent run of good form to win the bronze medal for best net return with a fine aggregate of 139.

Hamilton were presented with the SSGS plaque to recognise their three year tenure of the West event. 2010 sees us at Lanark.

 

Name	Club	Rd 1	Rd 2	Total
	CSS	72	72
GRAHAM BROWN	ROYAL LIVERPOOL	72	69	141
IAN BROTHERSTON	DUMFRIES & COUNTY	72	71	143
GORDON MACDONALD	CALLANDER	71	73	144
DAVID J MILLER	BARASSIE	71	74	145
WILLIAM BROWN	STRATHAVEN	72	74	146
COLIN CHRISTY	KILMACOLM	69	77	146
TONY McINTYRE	LUNDIN	78	70	148
HENRY ANDERSON	GLENBERVIE	75	73	148
DEREK MURPHY	KINROSS	73	75	148
DAVID IMRIE	THORNTON	73	75	148
JIM WATT	EDZELL	75	74	149
DENIS McQUADE	GLENBERVIE	75	74	149
SANDY PIRIE	HAZLEHEAD	72	77	149
JOHN JOHNSTON	LANARK	76	74	150
KEN FORREST	LENZIE	76	74	150
ERIC LINDSAY	BLAIRGOWRIE	76	74	150
JOHN FRASER	ROYAL BURGESS	73	77	150
GLYN REES	FLEETWOOD	73	77	150
BILL METHVEN	ROYAL ABERDEEN	78	73	151
JAMES KINLOCH	CARDROSS	74	77	151
DAVID GARDNER	BROOMIEKNOWE	72	79	151
HARRY MILLIGAN	HAMILTON	80	72	152
JOHN W JOHNSTON	ROYAL ABERDEEN	77	75	152
BOB STEWART	TULLIALLAN	77	75	152
LINDSAY BLAIR	GRANGEMOUTH	77	75	152
BRIAN SMITH	KILMACOLM	76	76	152
JAMES EMSLIE	ROYAL ABERDEEN	75	77	152
RONNIE MACLEAN	HAMILTON	72	80	152
KEITH BRUCE	EDZELL	76	77	153
COLIN McLACHLAN	GLENBERVIE	76	77	153
PETER JAMIESON	CATHKIN BRAES	75	78	153
JAMES PATON	KIRKINTILLOCH	78	76	154
ALISTAIR FIDDES	DEESIDE	76	78	154
ANTHONY CLARK	DUMFRIES & COUNTY	76	78	154
BILL ERSKINE	KILSYTH & LENNOX	80	75	155
GORDON THOMSON	BEARSDEN	73	82	155
JOHN RUSSELL	MONARCH DUNES	79	77	156
MARSHALL DOUGLAS	THORNHILL	79	77	156
JAMES T JOHNSTON	NORTHUMBERLAND	78	78	156
SCOTT MACDONALD	DUNFERMLINE	80	77	157
BOB KERR	UPHALL	80	77	157
DAVID SMITH	STIRLING	79	78	157
RICHARD T GRAY	COWGLEN	77	80	157
IAN GOURLAY	STRATHAVEN	79	79	158
ALEX RITCHIE	BOTHWELL CASTLE	79	79	158
HARRY DOUTHWAITE	CARDROSS	76	82	158
BRIAN HIGHLEY	BUCHANAN CASTLE	80	79	159
IAN PEDDIE	TULLIALLAN	80	79	159
BRIAN CHRISTIE	WILTON	80	79	159
BERT NICHOLSON	ROYAL DORNOCH	78	81	159
JIM BUNTING	BALLOCHMYLE	81	79	160
JOHN BROADFOOT	TURNBERRY	79	81	160
RONALD NELSON	POWFOOT	79	81	160
JOHN DUFF	MORTONHALL	75	85	160
COLIN MOIR	WORKSOP	83	78	161
PETER KINLOCH	CARDROSS	82	79	161
KEN THOMSON	BRAMALL PARK	81	80	161
RUSSELL CAMPBELL	STIRLING	81	80	161
ALAN NELSON	BANCHORY	81	80	161
LINDSAY EDMOND	HADDINGTON	77	84	161
FRASER McCATHIE	HELENSBURGH	83	79	162
HENRY THOMPSON	IRVINE	83	79	162
PHIL COSTELLO	HIRSEL	81	81	162
SCOTT BRADY	BURNTISLAND	81	81	162
DEREK SIM	PANMURE	80	82	162
KEITH HOWIE	WEST KILBRIDE	80	82	162
LEE BUSHBY	STRATHMORE	84	79	163
BRIAN HALBERT	CALLANDER	81	82	163
SANDY COWIE	HILTON PARK	84	80	164
ROBBIE NAIRN	LOCHMABEN	84	80	164
COLIN TAINSH	WEST KILBRIDE	84	80	164
RONNIE GRANT	CALEDONIAN	83	81	164
IAN DICKSON	LUNDIN	81	83	164
SANDY QUINN	STIRLING	80	84	164
HUGH WATERS	BOTHWELL CASTLE	83	82	165
DOMINIC McLAUGHLIN	CROW WOOD	81	84	165
MICHAEL MATHER	BALLATER	89	77	166
CHARLES BROWN	FRILFORTH HEATH	82	84	166
TOM CARSON	LOCKERBIE	81	85	166
DAVID HALKERSTON	NEW CLUB	81	85	166
GORDON GRAHAM	IRVINE	80	86	166
ALEC INGRAM	NEW CLUB	83	84	167
NORMAN WILLIAMSON	BANCHORY	80	87	167
NEISH CHISHOLM	KEMNAY	85	83	168
DAVID LAIRD	EAST RENFREWSHIRE	82	86	168
RAY BARTON	ALLOA	87	83	170
FRASER SHARP	BOAT OF GARTEN	85	86	171
NEIL MACDONALD	GLENBERVIE	82	89	171
IAN SMITH	EAST KILBRIDE	85	88	173
TOM NICOL	ELDERSLIE	88	86	174
BOB ALEXANDER	HILTON PARK	86	88	174
PETER STICKLEY	SAFETY BEACH	87	89	176
IAN DONALDSON	KILLIN	86	97	183
JIM GRAHAM	CLOBER	disq	73
WILSON MORTON	DUNBAR	disq	77
JIM TRAYNOR	HILTON PARK	NR	89
PHIL MAWHOOD	TULLIALLAN	83	NR
DOUGIE GREENHALGH	NEW CLUB	87	NR
JALIL AMAN	GRANGEMOUTH	disq	NR
CLIVE BOURNE	THORNHILL	81	NR
IAN JEEN	MILNGAVIE	78	NR
JOHNSTON MACKIE	GLENEARN	NS	NS
JIM ROY	GRANGE	NR	NS
ANDREW WIGHT	GLENCOURSE	NS	NS
GEORGE RODAKS	MOFFAT	NR	WD
STEPHEN ELLIS	HERITAGE G S	83	WD
DAVID MILLAR	NEW CLUB	inj.

 

 

The County's Top Man retains his South of Scotland Title

Ian Brotherston used his power judiciously to compile a first round 66 which gave him a one stroke halfway lead from joint SSGS Secretary Jim Kinloch and by two from Royal Liverpool's Graham Brown. He was one of the few able to knock it on in two at the par five 7th. one of three eagle chances.

Hovering on 69s were Stirling Winner Ian Taylor and David Fulton from Castle Douglas.

The weather was brilliant and the course set up beatifully so as to reward accurate and positive play. On the other hand careless tee shots and clumsy approaches were duly punished by a combination of intrusive trees, sneaky semi-rough and some testing pin placings.

Day two saw the leader carefully avoid trouble and his second round 70 for an aggregate of 136 was never seriously tested. Graham Brown added a 72 to his 68 for second place and Ian Taylor maintained his good recent form for 3rd on 141. South Region was well represented with Maitland Pollock, Alistair Harkness and Tony Clark all joining ian Brotherston in the top ten.

Thanks are due to the County for truly excellent hospitality, a course prepared to a cvery high standard, and for the volunteer starters. Food and bar service were from the top drawer.  Thanks again to Bill and Dorothy for their seamless administration. It is certainly not as easy as they make it look!  Onwards to Hamilton.

South of Scotland Open
Dumfries & County GC	9th & 10th July 2009
Name	Club	Rd 1	Rd 2	Total
	CSS	69	69
IAN BROTHERSTON	DUMFRIES & CO.	66	70	136
GRAHAM BROWN	ROYAL LIVERPOOL	68	72	140
IAN TAYLOR	ROYAL BURGESS	69	72	141
MAITLAND POLLOCK	LOCHMABEN	72	70	142
JOHN W JOHNSTON	ROYAL ABERDEEN	71	71	142
JOHN FRASER	ROYAL BURGESS	71	71	142
ALISTAIR HARKNESS	SOUTHERNESS	71	71	142
ANTHONY CLARK	DUMFRIES & CO	70	72	142
ADRIAN DONKERSLEY	GERRARDS CROSS	72	71	143
DAVID J MILLER	BARASSIE	71	72	143
DAVID GARDNER	BROOMIEKNOWE	70	73	143
PETER JAMIESON	CATHKIN BRAES	76	68	144
BOB STEWART	TULLIALLAN	71	73	144
JIM KINLOCH	CARDROSS	67	77	144
JOHN BROADFOOT	TURNBERRY	78	67	145
RONNIE MACLEAN	HAMILTON	74	71	145
STEPHEN ELLIS	HERITAGE G.S.	72	73	145
KEITH McALLISTER	SOUTH SHIELDS	72	73	145
MICHAEL CURRIE	THE GLEN	70	75	145
DAVIE FULTON	DUMFRIES & COUNTY	69	76	145
JOHN JOHNSTON	LANARK	76	70	146
GORDON THOMSON	BEARSDEN	74	72	146
LINDSAY BLAIR	GRANGEMOUTH	74	72	146
NORMAN CAMERON	PORTERS PARK	73	73	146
SANDY PIRIE	HAZLEHEAD	72	74	146
JOHN ROBERTS	LANCASTER	72	74	146
BOB HUMBLE	KILSPINDIE	71	75	146
GORDON MACDONALD	CALLANDER	70	76	146
GEORGE RODAKS	MOFFAT	76	71	147
DEREK MURPHY	KINROSS	76	71	147
JIM McARTHUR	NEW CLUB	76	71	147
DAVID BUNKER	NAIRN DUNBAR	74	73	147
GEORGE PATERSON	NORTHERN	74	73	147
GEORGE BLAIR	HADDINGTON	73	74	147
GEORGE PAYNE	PRESTBURY	72	75	147
GLEN BALLANTYNE	WILLIAMWOOD	71	76	147
BOB EDGAR	BLACKPOOL N S	75	73	148
BRIAN SMITH	KILMACOLM	74	74	148
KEITH ROSS	BEITH	72	76	148
RICHARD GRAY	COWGLEN	78	71	149
STUART POND	WORKSOP	77	72	149
DONNIE LINDSAY	WINDYHILL	77	72	149
BILL McINTYRE	HARPENDEN	75	74	149
JIM WATT	EDZELL	73	76	149
ALISTAIR FIDDES	DEESIDE	72	77	149
PATRICK TOMISSON	NAIRN	70	79	149
COLIN MOIR	WORKSOP	79	71	150
WILLIAM ERSKINE	KILSYTH LENNOX	78	72	150
GRAEME MILLAR	SWANSTON NEW	76	74	150
TREVOR BENNETT	GREAT BARR	74	76	150
DEREK SIM	PANMURE	79	72	151
WILLIAM BROWN	STRATHAVEN	78	73	151
GORDON DOIG	SOUTHERNESS	77	74	151
SANDY QUINN	STIRLING	74	77	151
KEN FORREST	LENZIE	73	78	151
BRIAN GRIEVE	KING JAMES V1	78	74	152
KEITH HOWIE	WEST KILBRIDE	77	75	152
JOHN McDONALD	COWGLEN	77	75	152
IAN JEEN	MILNGAVIE	77	75	152
DAVID J SMITH	STIRLING	76	76	152
BRIAN CHRISTIE	WILTON	72	80	152
DONALD McCART	SHERWOOD FOREST	71	81	152
GLYN REES	FLEETWOOD	80	73	153
RONALD NELSON	POWFOOT	79	74	153
JOHN RUSSELL	MONARCH DUNES	76	77	153
BRIAN HIGHLEY	BUCHANAN CASTLE	75	78	153
KEN RUSSELL	WIGTOWN&BLADEN'H	80	74	154
JAMES PATON	KIRKINTILLOCH	78	76	154
RONNIE McLELLAN	TURNBERRY	78	76	154
PETER KINLOCH	CARDROSS	76	78	154
LINDSAY EDMOND	HADDINGTON	80	75	155
DENIS McQUADE	GLENBERVIE	77	78	155
TOM NICOL	ELDERSLIE	82	74	156
ALAN NELSON	BANCHORY	75	81	156
CLIVE BOURNE	THORNHILL	78	79	157
IAN DICKSON	LUNDIN	78	79	157
JIM BUNTING	BALLOCHMYLE	82	76	158
DAVID MACLEAN	HAMILTON	80	78	158
TOM CARSON	LOCKERBIE	77	82	159
ROBBIE NAIRN	LOCHMABEN	82	78	160
ERIC LINDSAY	BLAIRGOWRIE	76	85	161
MAURICE SHIELDS	WINDYHILL	82	80	162
IAN KERR	KILMACOLM	81	82	163
FRASER SHARP	BOAT OF GARTEN	75	89	164
MURRAY REID	DUMFRIES & CO.	83	82	165
ROGER REES	EDEN	82	83	165
IAN DONALDSON	KILLIN	79	86	165
ANGUS MARTIN	SOUTHERNESS	84	84	168
PHIL COSTELLO	HIRSEL	88	81	169
MICHAEL MATHER	BALLATER	86	85	171
DREW WILSON	CLOBER	86	85	171
VINCE ADAMS	EXETER	85	86	171
NEISH CHISHOLM	KEMNAY	88	85	173
NORMAN WILLIAMSON	BANCHORY	88	85	173
MARK LIRONI	CATHKIN BRAES	NR	80
ROBERT KERR	UPHALL	ret inj	inj
HARRY MILLIGAN	HAMILTON	NR	WD

 

 

 

 

Three in a row for the Monifieth Maestro

During his acceptance speech following conference of honorary membership of SSGS, Ian Hutcheon stated that, either he was getting less competitive, or the course was 10 shots harder. There was however a steely glint which brought to mind the famous Glaswegian expression "Aye, right!"

True to form he pulled together a trademark second round 68 which left him clear at the top for the third consecutive year. Getting Ian to talk about his round is akin to drawing teeth without the anaesthetic but he was partnered by El Presidente who describes the round as superbly controlled. Only bogey was when a bad kick off the right hand side of the 6th left him with an impeded backswing. That was counteracted by "easy birdies" at 1,8,17 and 18.  Highlight shot was from the downslope on the bank at the front of the par three 11th which Ian caressed up to 2 feet to save par.

Fine performance in second place by Tony McIntyre (Lundin) whose second round 71 was "best of the rest."  Picking up points on 147 were a resurgent David Smith (Stirling), whose first round 72 was remarkable for having started 6,5, and David Miller (Barassie) who demonstrated his liking for the course with another fine performance. On 148 were regulars Jim Watt and George Paterson. George, the new Aberdeen Links Champion, was left to regret a bucket and spade session in the bunkers at the18th in round one. Jim with typical good humour ignored his partners' attempts to flag down a passing ice cream van and buy him a 66!!

 

Scoreboard

Monifieth East of	Scotland Open
25&26 June 2009	CSS	75	73
IAN HUTCHEON	MONIFIETH	76	68	144
TONY McINTYRE	LUNDIN	75	71	146
DAVID J MILLER	BARASSIE	74	73	147
DAVID SMITH	STIRLING	72	75	147
JIM WATT	EDZELL	74	74	148
GEORGE PATERSON	NORTHERN	74	74	148
ALEX RITCHIE	BOTHWELL CASTLE	78	72	150
ERIC LINDSAY	BLAIRGOWRIE	78	72	150
ROBERT THOMSON	ST. ANDREWS	75	75	150
RICHARD T GRAY	COWGLEN	73	77	150
HENRY ANDERSON	GLENBERVIE	77	74	151
IAN JEEN	MILNGAVIE	78	74	152
AIDEN GROUNDS	FALKIRK TRYST	81	72	153
SANDY PIRIE	HAZLEHEAD	77	76	153
SANDY FAIRWEATHER	CALEDONIA CARNOUSTIE	76	77	153
JOHN FRASER	ROYAL BURGESS	81	73	154
PETER JAMIESON	CATHKIN BRAES	77	77	154
DAVID DOWNIE	KIRRIEMUIR	76	78	154
WILLIAM ERSKINE	KILSYTH LENNOX	80	75	155
BOB STEWART	TULLIALLAN	79	76	155
DEREK MURPHY	KINROSS	79	76	155
DOUGAL CHALMERS	PANMURE	79	76	155
COLIN MOIR	WORKSOP	78	77	155
IAN STEWART	CURRAGH	79	77	156
GEORGE RODAKS	MOFFAT	79	77	156
JALIL AMAN	GRANGEMOUTH	77	79	156
GORDON MACDONALD	CALLANDER	76	80	156
STEPHEN ELLIS	HERITAGE G S	83	74	157
MARSHALL DOUGLAS	THORNHILL	80	77	157
GEORGE BLAIR	HADDINGTON	79	78	157
JOHN JOHNSTON	LANARK	79	78	157
MICHAEL JENKINS	DUFF HOUSE ROYAL	79	78	157
ANDREW LAIRD	DEESIDE	78	79	157
DAVID IMRIE	THORNTON	78	79	157
DEREK SIM	PANMURE	79	79	158
BRIAN SMITH	KILMACOLM	79	79	158
IAN GOURLAY	STRATHAVEN	78	80	158
RONNIE McLELLAN	TURNBERRY	83	76	159
JIM KINLOCH	CARDROSS	79	80	159
SCOTT BRADY	BURNTISLAND	82	78	160
TONY STAFFORD	GLENEAGLES DUN OCHIL	82	78	160
FRED HUTCHEON	MONIFIETH	81	79	160
JOHN McDONALD	COWGLEN	81	79	160
BILL METHVEN	ROYAL ABERDEEN	80	80	160
JOHN W JOHNSTON	ROYAL ABERDEEN	76	84	160
DREW WILSON	CLOBER	85	76	161
RON McDONALD	MONIFIETH	83	78	161
DAVID A MILLAR	NEW CLUB	79	82	161
ALISTAIR FIDDES	DEESIDE	86	76	162
JOHN RUSSELL	MONARCH DUNES	86	76	162
JOHN SIM	DUFF HOUSE ROYAL	85	77	162
RICHARD GOODALE	ABERDOUR	82	81	163
WILSON MORTON	DUNBAR	80	83	163
JIM CAMPBELL	PANMURE	78	85	163
DAVID LEIGHTON	NORTHERN	82	82	164
GRAHAM SOMERS	BON-ACCORD	82	82	164
JIM EMSLIE	ROYAL ABERDEEN	78	86	164
GORDON THOMSON	BEARSDEN	88	77	165
TOM CARSON	LOCKERBIE	85	80	165
MICHAEL NIVEN	ALLOA	82	83	165
DENIS ALBUTT	ROYAL DORNOCH	87	79	166
JIM ROY	GRANGE	85	81	166
LEE BUSHBY	STRATHMORE	84	82	166
TREVOR BENNET	GREAT BARR	84	82	166
JAMES INGRAM	BOAT OF GARTEN	84	82	166
TIM HARTNETT	ST ANDREWS	82	84	166
BERT NICHOLSON	ROYAL DORNOCH	82	84	166
GORDON GRAY	NEWMACHAR	81	85	166
JOHN BROADFOOT	TURNBERRY	86	81	167
DAVID NELSON	ABOYNE	83	84	167
DENIS MCQUADE	GLENBERVIE	83	84	167
PETER KINLOCH	CARDROSS	87	81	168
DAVID GARDNER	BROOMIEKNOWE	82	86	168
ALAN NELSON	BANCHORY	86	83	169
CHARLES D STEWART	MORAY	90	80	170
STEVE HILLS	MONIFIETH	87	83	170
BRIAN HIGHLEY	BUCHANAN CASTLE	87	83	170
RICHARD L GRAY	LANARK	86	84	170
FRASER SHARP	BOAT OF GARTEN	86	84	170
IAN PEDDIE	TULLIALLAN	84	86	170
RONNIE GRANT	CALEDONIAN	88	83	171
MALCOLM SIM	GRANGE	87	84	171
BRIAN INGLIS	ARCHERFIELD	86	85	171
SANDY QUINN	STIRLING	85	86	171
LINDSAY EDMOND	HADDINGTON	85	86	171
NORMAN WILLIAMSON	BANCHORY	87	85	172
PETER STICKLEY	SAFETY BEACH	87	85	172
NEISH CHISHOLM	KEMNAY	87	86	173
GEORGE CANT	MONIFIETH	85	89	174
PHIL MAWHOOD	TULLIALLAN	86	89	175
JAMES SCOTT	PETERCULTER	89	87	176
ANGUS MARTIN	SOUTHERNESS	88	88	176
MICHAEL MATHER	BALLATER	94	84	178
NEIL MACDONALD	GLENBERVIE	87	91	178
TOM GRAY	LANARK	94	85	179
PETER HIGGINS	NEW CLUB	92	88	180
NIGEL PARKER	MURCAR	94	87	181
ALEC INGRAM	NEW CLUB	92	89	181
JOHNSTON MACKIE	GLENEARN	90	91	181
PHILIP COSTELLO	HIRSEL	82	99	181
DOUGIE ADAMS	DUNBAR	93	89	182
JOHN HARRISON	NEWMACHAR	90	94	184
IAN DONALDSON	KILLIN	92	93	185
LES FOWLER	ROYAL ABERDEEN	NR	91	0
KEITH HOWIE	WEST KILBRIDE	79	WD	0
GORDON DOIG	SOUTHERNESS	80	WD	0
IAN BROTHERSTON	DUMFRIES & CO.	ret inj	NS	0
ANDREW McGREGOR	BLAIRGOWRIE	NS		0
RON WOODLEY	DUNDAS PARK	94	NS	0
ALISTAIR THOMSON	KIRKCALDY	87	NR	0
KEN FORREST	LENZIE	85	NR	0
MARK LIRONI	CATHKIN BRAES	83	NR	0
IAN KERR	KILMACOLM	90	NR	0
DAVID MACLEAN	HAMILTON	NR	NR	0
BRIAN CHRISTIE	WILTON	81	NR	0

Gold Medal   Ian Hutcheon

Brinze Medal  David Smith

 

 

Heads or Tails- Taylor Heads

When asked about his prospects for Stirling, Ian Taylor was heard to say it was a toss up as to whioh swing turned up. As it happened his "A" swing was very much in evidence as his four under par aggregate of 140 was good enough for a two shot victory. His Thursday round was pretty consistent with birides at 5 and 17 balanced by bogeys at 14 and 15- the only deviations from par. Friday started with a birdie, par at 2 and then a crucial bogey at 3 where he hit 2 iron tee shot into an unplayable lie in the bush up the left. After taking his penalty drop he pulled his approach and then managed to get up and down. Ian then holed a good 25 footer at 4 for a par, then drive and 6 iron at the par five 5th to 10 feet above the hole. He managed to coax his swinging downhill putt in for an eagle, followed by a 30 footer on next green for a 2, so then 3 under, which he held together mainly hitting greens but made two crucial up and ins at 15 and 17 for pars, then again at last for closing birdie. Ian commented "This is only the second 36 hole open event I have won in my life!! Last one the Linlithgow open in 1980!!"  The prodigious hitter's other claim to fame was when he held the title of world haggis hurling champion in the 1970s (honest!)

CSS Both days 72

Player	Club	Rd 1	Rd 2	Total
Ian Taylor	Royal Burgess	72	68	140
Brian Smith	Kilmacolm	72	70	142
Eric Lindsay	Blairgowrie	71	71	142
David J Miller	Barrassie	75	69	144
Ian Brotherstone	Dumfries & Co	70	75	145
Gordon MacDonald	Callander	73	73	146
Ronnie Maclean	Hamilton	72	75	147
Keith Bruce	Edzell	72	75	147
Donald McCart	Sherwood Forest	73	75	148
Ian Jeen	Milngavie	75	74	149
Derek Murphy	Kinross	74	75	149
William Brown	Strathaven	78	72	150
David Gardner	Broomieknowe	77	73	150
Jim Watt	Edzell	76	74	150
Graeme Millar	Swanston New	75	75	150
Alan MacNaught	Colchester	78	73	151
Gordon Brown	Vale of Leven	74	77	151
Michael Jenkins	Duff House Royal	74	77	151
Alex Ritchie	Bothwell Castle	74	77	151
Bob Edgar	Blackpool N S	73	78	151
Scott MacDonald	Dunfermline	73	78	151
Alan Ferguson	Drumpellier	77	75	152
Denis McQuade	Glenbervie	76	76	152
John W Johnston	Royal Aberdeen	76	76	152
Stephen Ellis	Heritage G S	79	74	153
Jalil Aman	Grangemouth	78	75	153
John Broadfoot	Turnberry	78	75	153
Ronnie McLellan	Turnberry	78	75	153
David Smith	Stirling	77	76	153
John McDonald	Cowglen	77	76	153
Jim McArthur	New Club	77	76	153
George Rodaks	Moffat	76	77	153
Bob Stewart	Tulliallan	75	78	153
Henry Anderson	Glenbervie	75	78	153
Richard Gray	Cowglen	78	76	154
Colin Milne	Pitlochry	77	77	154
Aiden Grounds	Falkirk Tryst	76	78	154
Colin Christy	Kilmacolm	76	78	154
Colin Halcrow	Windyhill	76	78	154
David Imrie	Thornton	75	79	154
Michael Currie	The Glen	75	79	154
Partick Tomisson	Nairn	78	77	155
Sandy Pirie	Hazlehead	77	78	155
Scott Brady	Burntisland	76	79	155
Ken Forrest	Lenzie	81	75	156
Bob Humble	Kilspindie	78	78	156
Russell Campbell	Stirling	74	82	156
David Bunker	Nairn Dunbar	78	79	157
Keith McAllister	South Shields	78	79	157
David Millar	New Club	77	80	157
Billy Wallace	Strathaven	80	78	158
Iain Stewart	Curragh	79	79	158
Drew Wilson	Clober	77	81	158
Ken Thomson	Brammal Park	82	77	159
John Russell	Morarch Dunes	81	78	159
Tony McIntyre	Lundin	80	79	159
Gordon Thomson	Bearsden	78	81	159
Brian Halbert	Callander	76	83	159
Robert Kerr	Uphalll	81	79	160
George Blair	Haddington	79	81	160
Graham Brown	Royal Liverpool	78	82	160
John Sim	Duff House Royal	77	83	160
Brian Bingham	Haggs Castle	81	80	161
Colin Moir	Worksop	81	80	161
David Leighton	Northern	80	81	161
Lee Bushby	Strathmore	80	81	161
George Kay	Alloa	78	83	161
David Warren	North Berwick	84	78	162
Phil Costello	Hirsel	87	76	163
Ronald Nelson	Powfoot	84	79	163
Trevor Bennett	Great Barr	82	81	163
Peter Kinloch	Cardross	80	83	163
Keith Howie	West Kilbride	79	84	163
Michael Niven	Alloa	87	77	164
John Cunningham	Fraserburgh	86	78	164
Ken Lumsden	Glenbervie	84	80	164
Alan Nelson	Banchory	84	80	164
Brian Highley	Buchanan Castle	82	82	164
James Paton	Kirkintilloch	80	84	164
Colin McLachlan	Glenbervie	86	79	165
James Kinloch	Cardross	84	81	165
Sandy Cowie	Hilton Park	84	82	166
Neish Chisholm	Kemnay	86	81	167
Gordon Gray	Newmachar	83	84	167
David Halkerston	New Club	83	84	167
Johnston Mackie	Glenearn	82	85	167
Charles Brown	Frilford Heath	81	86	167
Les Fowler	Royal Aberdeen	81	86	167
Alistair Thomson	Kirkcaldy	87	81	168
Fraser Sharp	Boat of Garten	86	82	168
Ray Barton	Alloa	85	83	168
Ron McDonald	Monifieth	83	85	168
Gordon Graham	Irvine	82	86	168
Brian Christie	Wilton	82	86	168
Ian Smith	East Kilbride	82	88	170
David MacLean	Hamilton	89	82	171
Robbie Nairn	Lochmaben	87	84	171
Tom Carson	Lockerbie	83	88	171
Ian Donaldson	Killin	89	83	172
Jim Traynor	Hilton Park	84	88	172
David Laird	East Renfrewshire	85	88	173
Neil MacDonald	Glenbervie	85	89	174
Ian Kerr	Kilmacolm	85	90	175
Tom Nicol	Elderslie	89	87	176
David Nelson	Aboyne	89	89	178
Peter Stickley	Safety Beach	90	89	179
Michael Hill	Douglas Park	92	90	182
Ken Goodwin	Glenbervie	inj	79
Fraser McCathie	Helensborough	92	inj
George Taylor	Royal Burgess	79	NR
Lindsay Edmond	Haddington	84	NR
Harry Milligan	Hamilton	82	NR
Ian Dickson	Lundin	76	WD
George Paterson	Northern	79	WD
Kevin Mullins	New Club	inj	WD
George Cant	Monifieth	93	WD

 

 David Lane (Goring and Streatley) is the 2009 Scottish Seniors Amateur Champion after a fascinating three days golf at Panmure. Over a course prepared to absolutely prime condition, momentum moved back and forth at regular intervals. Day one saw Ian Hutcheon cruise to the front with a brilliant 67. David Lane was in touch with a fine 70 for second place. Joint third on the 73 mark were members Andrew Wight, Donnie McCart and Robert Gill. The evergreen Sandy Pirie was in touch on 75. Wednesday looked to be treading a predictable path until Ian Hutcheon fell foul of some of Panmure's hidden perils and dropped a series of shots over the last five holes. This allowed both David lane and John Fraser to move a stroke clear, John after an excellent 68, best of the day and second best of the tournament. Gordon MacDonald moved into contention with a very good 71 which included a lost ball at the par three 9th. Far travelled Robert Vallis (Bermuda) showed his mettle with a great 70 to tie third place. It was all set up for a very interesting final round. Panmure was in condition unequalled in anyone's memory of this championship. Slick, fair, but beware! was the message. The wind had moved from across the majority of holes to straight up and down. Combatants needed to stay in touch over the first 12 holes and then cope with the tricky downwind conditions for the last 6. Meanwhile back at the clubhouse John Johnston and David Downie had moved through the field with final round 73s, Sandy Pirie followed up on his high finish at Gailes with a steady 76 for 226 and a tie for 8th, one better than George Payne. Andrew Campbell (Kinross) posted a final round 72 which had him handily placed should there be any slip up by the leaders. So to the conclusion. John Fraser and Robert Vallis remained in touch but had fallen a couple of shots behind. "Hutch" and David Lane tied with five to go. Ian found tricky lies from off the putting surface at 14,15 and 16 and a run of par, bogey, bogey opened the door to the ultra consistent approach of the Goring and Streatley man. Five very solid pars were good enough for victory by two shots. Remarkable in itself is the fact that 1st and 2nd plus Sandy Pirie tied 8th, are all over 65. Fine wines indeed! Scores from Panmure

CSS Rd 1 73 Rd 2 73 Rd 3 73

1 LANE, David (65+) Goring & Streatley 70 75 74 219

2 HUTCHEON, Ian (65+) Monifieth 67 79 75 221

T3 CAMPBELL, Andrew Kinross 75 76 72 223

T3 FRASER, John Royal Burgess 78 68 77 223

T5 DOWNIE, David Kirriemuir 77 74 73 224

T5 BAKER, Stephen Woodside 74 74 76 224

T5 VALLIS, Robert Bermuda 76 70 78 224

T8 JOHNSTON, John Royal Aberdeen 78 75 73 226

T8 PIRIE, Alexande (65+) Hazlehead 75 75 76 226

T8 SLATER, Philip Sandiway 75 74 77 226

T11 PAYNE, George Prestbury 75 76 76 227

T11 MACDONALD, Gordon Callander 76 71 80 227

13 CRELLIN, Paul Prenton 78 77 73 228

T14 MACBRYDE, Keith Stone 74 80 75 229

T14 DONKERSLEY, Adrian Gerrards Cross 77 76 76 229

T14 REES, Glyn Fleetwoood 74 77 78 229

T14 FERGUSON, Alan Drumpellier 77 74 78 229

T14 PATERSON, George Northern 76 73 80 229

T19 HUGHES, Glyn Church Stretton 74 81 75 230

T19 WIGHT, Andrew Glencorse 73 80 77 230

T19 KING, Geoffrey West Essex 81 72 77 230

T19 MACDONALD, Scott Dunfermline 78 75 77 230

T19 PATTERSON, Tony Sunningdale 76 77 77 230

T19 COWE, Ralph Kelso 76 77 77 230

T19 BLACK, John Scotscraig 74 76 80 230

T26 STEWART, Robert Tulliallan 77 76 78 231

T26 BALDWIN, John Sunningdale 77 74 80 231

28 JACK, Robert Liberton 78 74 80 232

T29 CAMPBELL, Richard Kinross 79 76 78 233

T29 MACINTYRE, Bill Harpenden 77 78 78 233

T29 TOLLY, Rich USA 80 75 78 233

T29 GROUNDS, Aidan Falkirk Tryst 75 79 79 233

T29 TEMPLE, Martyn USA 76 76 81 233

T29 MCCART, Donald Sherwood Forest 73 78 82 233

T29 CLARK, Francis Royal Aberdeen 75 75 83 233

T36 WATT, Jim Edzell 75 79 80 234

T36 BROWN, William Strathaven 77 75 82 234

38 SWENSON, Norma USA 77 77 81 235

T39 HUBBARD, Jonathan Sunningdale 80 74 82 236

T39 GILL, Robert Gerrards Cross 73 79 84 236

T41 WALLACE, Robert Crosland Heath 78 76 83 237

T41 GRIFFITHS, Basil Llanymynech 77 75 85 237

43 HALCROW, Colin Windyhill 75 79 85 239

44 BRETT, Alistair Northumberland 81 74 86 251

 

Glasgow Gailes provided a stern test for the competitors with the natural perils of gorse and heather supplemented by stong and variable winds. The top two from last year's order of merit quickly re-joined battle with Bob Stewart coming out on top and SSGS Captain Gordon MacDonald chasing him home for second place. Close up third was John Fraser Special mention for Sandy Pirie, in there mixing it with the nippers throughout two rough days. Well done also the South of Scotland contingent. Our smallest region by number had three players in the top 20 CSS Round 1 74 Css Round 2 75 (Reduction Only) Player Club Rd 1 Rd 2 Bob Stewart Tulliallan 71 73 Gordon MacDonaldCallander 74 73 John Fraser Royal Burgess 72 76 Stuart Pond Worksop 77 74 Colin Christy Kilmacolm 76 75 Sandy Pirie Hazlehead 75 76 David Dickson Lochmaben 74 78 William Brown Strathaven 74 79 George Paterson Northern 73 80 Donald McCart Sherwood Forest 76 78 Brian Bingham Haggs Castle 72 82 Derek Murphy Kinross 78 77 Ken Russell Wigton & Blad 78 77 William Moore Ravenspark 78 77 George Rodaks Moffat 76 79 Tony Stafford Dun Ochil Gle 79 77 Ronnie MacLean Hamilton 77 79 Bill MacIntyre Harpenden 81 76 John Broadfoot Turnberry 81 76 Henry Anderson Glenbervie 78 79 Michael Currie Glen 78 79 William Erskine Kilsyth Lennox 78 79 Andrew Laird Deeside 77 80 Mark Lironi Kathkin Braes 76 81 Glyn Rees Fleetwood 74 83 Derek Sim Panmure 81 77 John Duff Mortonhall 80 78 Brian Smith Kilmacolm 79 79 Ian Taylor Royal Burgess 79 79 Ian Brotherston Dumfries & cty 78 80 Gordon Brown Vale of Leven 79 80 Stephen Ellis Heritage 78 81 Keith McAllisterSouth Shields 77 82 Alan McEwan Hamilton 82 78 Allistair RaphaelCanterbury 81 79 David Smith Stirling 79 81 Gordon Thomson Bearsden 79 81 James Haddow Darwen 78 82 Graeme Millar Swanston New 76 84 Jim Paton Kirkintilloch 83 78 Keith Bruce Edzell 82 79 Ian Cumming Eastwood 80 81 Jim Graham Clober 80 81 Wilson Morton Dunbar 80 81 Colin Halcrow Windyhill 79 82 Ian Dickson Lundin 79 82 Glen Ballantyne Williamswood 78 83 Alistair Fiddes Deeside 77 84 Iain Stewart Curragh 83 79 David Bunker Nairn Dunbar 82 80 Brian Campbell Ladbrook Park 81 81 Brian Halbert Callander 81 81 Donald Moody Bramford 78 84 Ian Peddie Tulliallan 76 86 Richard Goodale Aberdour 84 79 Tom Nicol Elderslie 83 80 James Kinloch Cardross 80 83 Robert Kerr Uphall 80 83 Ronnie McLennan Turnberry 77 86 John W Johnston Royal Aberdeen 83 81 Neil MacDonald Glenbervie 83 81 David Millar New Club 80 84 Peter Jamieson Cathkin Braes 80 84 Alan MacNaught Colchester 79 85 Mike Robson Kingsknowe 79 85 Tony McIntyre Lundin 86 79 John McDonald Cowglen 83 82 Bert Nicholson Royal Dornoch 81 84 Colin Moir Worksop 81 84 Ken Thomson Brammall Park 79 86 Richard Gray Cowglen 85 81 Alec Ingram New Golf Club 83 83 David Donaldson Glasgow 82 84 Michael Jenkins Duffhouse Royal 81 85 Billy Wallace Strathaven 80 86 Donnie Lindsay Windyhill 79 87 Keith Howie West Kilbride 87 80 John Sim Duffhouse Royal 84 84 Les Fowler Royal Aberdeen 83 85 Tim Hartnet St Andrews 80 88 Alan Nelson Banchory 83 87 Jim Bunting Ballochmyle 81 89 Tom Gray Lanark 88 83 Ian Kerr Kilmacolm 86 85 Brian Highley Buchanan Castle 85 86 Alistair Nicol Troon Portland 83 88 Brian Inglis Archerfield 87 85 Philip Addis Parkstone 85 87 John Campbell West Kilbride 89 84 Phil Costello Hirsel 88 85 Alex Ritchie Bothwell Castle 87 86 Alex Thomson Glasgow 83 90 Robbie Nairn Lochmaben 83 90 Ian Jeen Milngavie 85 89 David Nelson Aboyne 87 88 Lee Bushby Strathmore 85 90 Denis Albutt Royal Dornoch 90 87 Malcolm Sim Grange 88 89 Peter Burns Glasgow 87 91 Alan Chainey North Berwick 94 85 Peter Grey Brunston Castle 86 93 Ian Donaldson Killin 85 94 Charles Brown Auchterarder 91 89 Peter Kinloch Cardross 90 90 Denis McQuade Glenbervie 89 91 Richard Gray Lanark 87 94 Michael Mather Ballater 89 93 David Causon Elderslie 95 89 David Warren North Berwick N/R 82 Ken Goodwin Glenbervie N/R 83 David MacLean Hamilton NR 85 Trevor Bennet Great Barr NR 86 Bill Methven Royal Aberdeen 82 NR Fraser Sharp Boat of Garten 92 NR Gordon Doig Southerness 81 NR Jim Roy Grange 78 NR Jim Watt Edzell 80 NR Kevin Mullins New Club 87 NR David Leighton Northern 79 WD Ian Roughead Glenbervie NR WD L