Edinburgh & East of Scotland Alliance at Craigielaw

KENNY GLEN WINS PATERSON
MEDAL ON COUNTBACK

By DUNCAN IRELAND
Just when you thought it couldn't get better, we get the day we had today at Craigielaw Golf Club. Fantastic!
A total of 111 players enjoyed a great day's weather and a course in excellent condition.
An incredibly tight finish saw Kenny Glen from the "Royal" snatch the Paterson Medal from long-time leader James Laurieston (Easter Moffat) on the better back nine.
Kenny's 35 back was good enough to beat James' 38, allowing him to take his first Edinburgh and East of Scotland Allance Trophy.
Spare a thought for Alexander Culverwell though. The Lothians champion also had a scratch 67 but he had to add his +1 handicap ... and that took him out of the running for the trophy.
On the scratch side of things, we also had four players tieing for third place on 68 - Andy Marshall, last week's winner Paul Wardell, Lloyd Saltman and Andy Oldcorn. They all just missed out on best scratch by one shot.
Things are starting to hot up in the race for Scratch Order of Merit points in order to qualify for the championship at Dalmahoy.

LEADING RETURNS
Paterson Medal - Overall winner - Kenneth Glen (Royal Musselburgh) 67 (better inward half).

SCRATCH
67 Kenneth Glen (Royal Musselburgh), Alexander Culverwell (Dunbar) (£90 voucher each).
68 Andrew Marshall (Houston DR), Andrew Oldcorn (King's Acre), Paul Wardell (Whitekirk) (£30 voucher each), Lloyd Saltman (Craigielaw) (£30 voucher).
Other scores:
70 C Lee (All Golf Swing Centre).
71 T Buchanan (Duddingston), C Fraser (Peebles).
72 S Grieve (King's Acre), D Miller (Duddingston), C Smith (Royal Musselburgh).
73 R Harrower (unatt), C Imlah (Peebles).
74 N Colquhoun (Merchants of Edinburgh), D Hume (Greenburn), J McGhee (Turnhouse), R Neill (West Lothian), N Shillinglaw (Glencorse), M Thomson (Cardrona), T Wilson (Glenbervie).
75 H Fraser (Niddry Castle), O Leslie (Prestonfield), A MacKenzie (Liberton), C Morris (Kingsknowe), R Noon (Longniddry), A Robson (Burntisland), G Wither (Lothianburn).
76 S Brown (Glencorse), H Cartmill (Bathgate), J Kerr (Deer Park), D P Miller (Murrayfield), G Thomson (Duddingston), S Walker (Ratho Park).

HANDICAP
67 James Laurieston (Easter Moffat) (10) (£100 voucher).
68 Douglas Ferguson (Dunfermline) (12) (£80 voucher).
69 Douglas Hume (Greenburn) (5), Alan Robson (Burntisland) (6) (£50 voucher each).
70 Stuart Brown (Glencorse) (6), Colin Fraser (Peebles) (1) (£10 voucher each).
Other scores:
71 H Cartmill (Bathgate) (5), S Wardlaw (Harburn) (11).
72 A Devlin (Pumpherston) (13), J Kerr (Deer Park) (4), A Love (Mortonhall) (5), W Marr (West Lothian (10), J Masterton (Mortonhall) (7), J Rankeillor (Edinburgh Western) (11), L Saltman (Craigielaw) (+4), G Thomson (Duddingston) (4), S Watson (Dundas Park) (5), T Wilson (Glenbervie) (2).
73 S Doyle (Liberton) (4), T Flaherty (Gullane) (9), H Fraser (Niddry Castle) (2), D Miller (Duddingston) (+1), N Shillinglaw (Glencorse) (1), S Walker (Ratho Park) (3).

TRAINEE PROFESSIONAL
71 Tom Buchanan (Duddingston), Norman Huguet (Royal Musselburgh) (£10 each).
SENIOR
71 Stuart Wardlaw (Harburn) (11), John Wardrop (Niddry Castle) (6) £10 voucher).