PAUL LAWRIE JUNIOR CHALLENGE
DAVID AND LAURA WIN TITLES AT
PAUL LAWRIE JUNIOR CHALLENGE
BANFF’s David Morrison and Laura Murray from Alford were the individual title winners of the inaugural Paul Lawrie Junior Match-play Challenge finals over the Torrance course, St Andrews Bay on Sunday.
Morrison , the Duff House Royal men’s club champion and course record-holder, scored a surprisingly big win over the favourite, Graeme Mitchell (Northern) in the boys’ final. David won by 6 and 5 over an opponent who reached the last 16 of the Allied Surveyors’ Scottish men’s amateur championship at Nairn last week.
Mitchell had a nightmare on the slick greens and windy conditions, setting the tone for his performance with four putts to lose the first. Graeme, the North of Scotland boys’ champion, never won a hole and “three-putted umpteen times.”
Morrison, however, did play well and won the first, sixth, eighth (with a birdie), 10th, 11th and 13th.
Laura Murray, returning to the course where she won the Scottish schoolgirls title last year, also made few mistakes in beat Gail Richens (Newmachar) by 8 and 7 in the girls final.
Gail, feeling under par in health context, suffered the same fate as Graeme Mitchell. She never won a hole and was seven down at the turn with only halves gained at the third and eighth.
Paul Lawrie paid all the expenses of the eight boys and girls who contested the weekend action in brilliant sunshine and a warm but testing wind, particularly today.
They stayed Saturday night at the five-star hotel and were given an hour-long clinic by Paul who also watched the Sunday matches.
Graeme Mitchell summed it up best of all: “I lost it on the greens in the final and was well beaten but we all had a terrific weekend. The atmosphere was brilliant and the involved of Paul Lawrie and John Caven was terrific. We’ve all come home with super memories”
Results:
BOYS – Semi-finals – G Mitchell (Northern) bt L Barbour (Peterhead) 4 and 3, D Morrison (Duff House Royal) bt G Carnie (Newburgh) 2 and 1.
Final – Morrison bt Mitchell 6 and 5.
Third place play-off – Carnie bt Barbour at 20th.
GIRLS – Semi-finals – L Murray (Alford) bt M Johnstone (Northern) 3 and 2, G Richens (Newmachar) bt L MacCallum (McDonald Ellon) 2 and 1.
Final – Murray bt Richens 8 and 7.
Third place play-off – MacCallum bt Johnstone 1 hole.
PAUL LAWRIE JUNIOR CHALLENGE
BANFF’s David Morrison and Laura Murray from Alford were the individual title winners of the inaugural Paul Lawrie Junior Match-play Challenge finals over the Torrance course, St Andrews Bay on Sunday.
Morrison , the Duff House Royal men’s club champion and course record-holder, scored a surprisingly big win over the favourite, Graeme Mitchell (Northern) in the boys’ final. David won by 6 and 5 over an opponent who reached the last 16 of the Allied Surveyors’ Scottish men’s amateur championship at Nairn last week.
Mitchell had a nightmare on the slick greens and windy conditions, setting the tone for his performance with four putts to lose the first. Graeme, the North of Scotland boys’ champion, never won a hole and “three-putted umpteen times.”
Morrison, however, did play well and won the first, sixth, eighth (with a birdie), 10th, 11th and 13th.
Laura Murray, returning to the course where she won the Scottish schoolgirls title last year, also made few mistakes in beat Gail Richens (Newmachar) by 8 and 7 in the girls final.
Gail, feeling under par in health context, suffered the same fate as Graeme Mitchell. She never won a hole and was seven down at the turn with only halves gained at the third and eighth.
Paul Lawrie paid all the expenses of the eight boys and girls who contested the weekend action in brilliant sunshine and a warm but testing wind, particularly today.
They stayed Saturday night at the five-star hotel and were given an hour-long clinic by Paul who also watched the Sunday matches.
Graeme Mitchell summed it up best of all: “I lost it on the greens in the final and was well beaten but we all had a terrific weekend. The atmosphere was brilliant and the involved of Paul Lawrie and John Caven was terrific. We’ve all come home with super memories”
Results:
BOYS – Semi-finals – G Mitchell (Northern) bt L Barbour (Peterhead) 4 and 3, D Morrison (Duff House Royal) bt G Carnie (Newburgh) 2 and 1.
Final – Morrison bt Mitchell 6 and 5.
Third place play-off – Carnie bt Barbour at 20th.
GIRLS – Semi-finals – L Murray (Alford) bt M Johnstone (Northern) 3 and 2, G Richens (Newmachar) bt L MacCallum (McDonald Ellon) 2 and 1.
Final – Murray bt Richens 8 and 7.
Third place play-off – MacCallum bt Johnstone 1 hole.
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