SCOTTISH JUNIOR MASTERS QUALIFIER

FORT WILLIAM AND DURNESS YOUNGSTERS
HEAD QUALIFIERS AT INVERNESS

Fort William’s Gary Dunlope and Karen Murray (Durness) headed the 13 boys’ and girls’ qualifiers at Inverness Golf Club on Wednesday for the Scottish Junior Masters Grand Final over the Gleneagles Hotel’s Queen’s Course on Sunday, October 8.
Gary, playing off eight, scored 40pt under the Stableford format – three points clear of Nathan Skene (Garmouth & Kingston) (12), David Laing (Inverness) (9) and Sean Burgess (Nairn Dunbar) (17), who all scored 37pt.
A better inward half earned Nathan the second prize.
Top of the five girl qualifiers, Karen Murray scored 39pt off 32 of a handicap. She finished one ahead of Fiona Fullerton (Huntly) (19) with Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) who scored 37pt off +1 of a handicap.
Kelsey, Northern Counties women’s champion for the past two years, was round in a gross 70.
There had been no holes in one recorded in the four previous regional finals over the past few weeks but Andrew Patterson, a 19-handicapper at Duff House Royal, achieved the breakthrough ace in this the last of the series. Andrew, who finished with 30pt and did not qualify, had his hole in one at the 141yd second hole.


SCOTTISH JUNIOR MASTERS – Regional Qualifier No 5 – Inverness Golf Club.
Qualifiers
BOYS
40pt Gary Dunlope (Fort William) (18).
37 Nathan Skene (Garmouth & Kingston) (12) (better inward half), David Laing (Inverness) (9), Sean Burgess (Nairn Dunbar) (17).
36 Liam MacDonald (Brora) (8) (bih), Greg Matheson (Muir of Ord) (20), Callum MacLean (Inverness) (15).
35 Scott Duff (Strathpeffer Spa) (12) (Alexander Wiseman (Fraserburgh) (13) also scored 35 pt but was eliminated on a comparison of the inward halves).
GIRLS
39pt Karen Mackay (Durness) (32).
38 Fiona Fullerton (Huntly) (19).
37 Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) (+1) (bih), Tracey Stark (Inveraray) (22).
35 Sammy Vass (Tain) (6).