McINTOSH RETIRES, YOUNG IS

NEW SECRETARY OF

NORTH-EAST DISTRICT

Ill health has forced George McIntosh to stand down as secretary-treasurer of the North-east District of the Scottish Golf Unon.
His successor is George Young (pictured right) from Inverallochy, a former president of the district and manager of Fraserburgh Golf Club for a spell.
McIntosh was diagnosed as having Parkinson’s Disease in the 1990s when he was secretary-manager of Newmachar Golf Club. He fulfilled that role as well as becoming secretary-treasurer of the North-east District after Ian McPherson (Cruden Bay) died in 1996.
George took early retirement from the Newmachar post in 2003 due to his ongoing illness but retained the NE District post.
“I’ve enjoyed very much the years I’ve been involved with the district but I have to face up to the inevitable. My health is deteriorating to the point where I cannot continue to do the work.”
Born in Braemar in 1956, George McIntosh was a good golfer in his younger days and won every Braemar Golf Club trophy except the club championship.
He started his long career in golf administration when he was appointed secretary of the Braemar club in December 1979.
George Young, who worked for Aberdeenshire county council for many years, is father of Steven Young, who won the British boys title, the Scottish boys match-play championship three years in a row from 1993-95, and was capped for Scotland and then Great Britain & Ireland in the Walker Cup. Steven now lives in Texas.