North-east District Open field decimated by withdrawals
CAMPBELL AND STEWART SHARE LEAD AT A
VERY WET NEWMACHAR
Former Scottish match-play champion Glenn Campbell (Blairgowrie) and Duncan Stewart from Grantown on Spey lead at the halfway stage of the North-east District Open golf championship after a day of unrelenting rain over Newmachar Golf Club’s Swailend course near Aberdeen.
Both had two rounds of 70 for four-under-par 140. Campbell, named in the Scotland team earlier this week for the home internationals, has won the NE District Open title before, beating Laurie Phillips (Cruden Bay) in a play-off at Balgownie.
Former Scottish match-play champion Glenn Campbell (Blairgowrie) and Duncan Stewart from Grantown on Spey lead at the halfway stage of the North-east District Open golf championship after a day of unrelenting rain over Newmachar Golf Club’s Swailend course near Aberdeen.
Both had two rounds of 70 for four-under-par 140. Campbell, named in the Scotland team earlier this week for the home internationals, has won the NE District Open title before, beating Laurie Phillips (Cruden Bay) in a play-off at Balgownie.
Stewart, winner of the East of Scotland Open at Lundin Links earlier this "summer," is a little bit unlucky not even to be named a reserve to the Scotland team.
They hold a one-stroke advantage over Mark Hillson (Craigielaw) and former Newmachar club pro Glen Taylor, who joined Meldrum House Golf Club after being reinstated as an amateur. Taylor, pictured on the left, had only 22 putts in a second-round, seven-under-par 65, which may or may not be a Swailend course record but was definitely an 11-shot improvement on his opening round.
Taylor's second-round scorecard read:
OUT: 3-4-5-3-2-4-3-4-4-32 (four under par).
IN: 3-3-2-3-5-4-5-4-4-33 (three under par).
Glen had an eagle 3 at the 11th and birdies at the first, fourth, fifth, eighth, 12th and 13th. His only bogey came at the 16th.
Starting his round at the 10th, he had only three putts over the 10th-11th-12th-13th-14th. He single-putted the 10th, 11th and 12th and holed 40ft and 30ft pitches at the 13th and 14th.
"I celebrated my 45th birthday by breaking the Meldrum House course record with a 63 on August 1. This 65 was a similar type of round, holing everything, putts and pitches," said Taylor who has flourished in the leisure business by supplying keep-fit equipment to individuals, health clubs and the oil rigs.
Greg Paterson (St Andrews New) is sharing fifth place on 142 with the Fraserburgh pair of Jordan Findlay and Kris Nicol.
Paterson, a 21-year-old, +3 handicap player who lives in Drumoig, was a surprise, eight-shot winner of the Sutherland Chalice at Dumfries & Galloway a few weeks.
"I worked hard on my game with the help of coach Spencer Henderson," said Greg who had an eagle 3 at the 11th in his first-round 68 and a double bogey 6 at the second hole in his afternoon 74.
Paterson had never seen the Newmachar courses before today. In fact, he had never played golf in the Aberdeen area until today. Golf certainly broadens one's horizons!
Sunday’s third and fourth rounds will be played over the slightly tougher Hawkshill course, also designed by Dave Thomas, but if the rain continues unabated overnight there must be some doubt about the tournament going the scheduled four rounds.
The bad weather played its part in the decimation of the field with the number of withdrawals, “failed-to-shows” and "retired" after one round well into double figures.
The leading 40 players and ties with aggregates of 156 survived the halfway cut, which was tough luck on the only other four players who did complete 36 holes and are now eliminated. For all the difference it would have made to Sunday's time schedule, they could have been allowed to play on.
QUALIFIERS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
CSS 72 71
140 D Stewart (Grantown on Spey) 70 70, G Campbell (Blairgowrie) 70 70.
141 G Taylor (Meldrum House) 76 65, M Hillson (Craigielaw) 71 70.
142 G Paterson (St Andrews New) 68 74, Jordan Findlay (Fraserburgh) 71 71, K Nicol (Fraserburgh) 71 71.
144 K Shearer (Kemnay) 69 75, Jonathan Findlay (Fraserburgh) 73 71, M Buchan (Cruden Bay) 70 74, E McIntosh (Newmachar) 72 72.
145 M Lawrence (Newmachar) 70 75.
146 J Godward (McDonald Ellon) 71 75, G Esson (Portlethen) 77 69, A Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 76 70, D Gould (Ladybank) 75 71, P McLean (Peterhead) 75 71.
147 J Williamson (Turriff) 72 75, J Duff (Fraserburgh) 73 74, C Shaw (Royal Aberdeen) 78 69, E Forbes (Inverness) 76 71, B Fotheringham (Forres) 71 76, G Stewart (Murcar Links) 71 76.
148 J Scott (Deeside) 74 74, R Barr (Newmachar) 74 74, A Cameron (Inverness) 70 78.
149 F Milne (Fraserburgh) 75 74.
150 B Spoor (Westhill) 76 74, T McInroy (North Berwick) 77 73, J Duff (Newmachar) 74 76.
151 P Dempsey (Alloa) 74 77.
152 S Burt (Murcar Links) 75 77, A Hepburn (Fraserburgh) 79 73, F McCarron (Stonehaven) 79 73.
153 N Sadler (Murcar Links) 78 75, K Spence (Newmachar) 78 75, R Carson (Dalmahoy) 76 77.
155 R Hyland (Newmachar) 77 78, O Morton (Glenearn) 78 77, G Mitchell (Braemar) 75 80.
156 D Millar (Oldmeldrum) 75 81.
MISSED THE CUT
157 R Penny (Portlethen) 77 80.
158 G Sharpe (Murcar Links) 77 81, D Corkey (East Aberdeenshire) 80 78.
159 A Shah (East Aberdeenshire) 83 76.
They hold a one-stroke advantage over Mark Hillson (Craigielaw) and former Newmachar club pro Glen Taylor, who joined Meldrum House Golf Club after being reinstated as an amateur. Taylor, pictured on the left, had only 22 putts in a second-round, seven-under-par 65, which may or may not be a Swailend course record but was definitely an 11-shot improvement on his opening round.
Taylor's second-round scorecard read:
OUT: 3-4-5-3-2-4-3-4-4-32 (four under par).
IN: 3-3-2-3-5-4-5-4-4-33 (three under par).
Glen had an eagle 3 at the 11th and birdies at the first, fourth, fifth, eighth, 12th and 13th. His only bogey came at the 16th.
Starting his round at the 10th, he had only three putts over the 10th-11th-12th-13th-14th. He single-putted the 10th, 11th and 12th and holed 40ft and 30ft pitches at the 13th and 14th.
"I celebrated my 45th birthday by breaking the Meldrum House course record with a 63 on August 1. This 65 was a similar type of round, holing everything, putts and pitches," said Taylor who has flourished in the leisure business by supplying keep-fit equipment to individuals, health clubs and the oil rigs.
Greg Paterson (St Andrews New) is sharing fifth place on 142 with the Fraserburgh pair of Jordan Findlay and Kris Nicol.
Paterson, a 21-year-old, +3 handicap player who lives in Drumoig, was a surprise, eight-shot winner of the Sutherland Chalice at Dumfries & Galloway a few weeks.
"I worked hard on my game with the help of coach Spencer Henderson," said Greg who had an eagle 3 at the 11th in his first-round 68 and a double bogey 6 at the second hole in his afternoon 74.
Paterson had never seen the Newmachar courses before today. In fact, he had never played golf in the Aberdeen area until today. Golf certainly broadens one's horizons!
Sunday’s third and fourth rounds will be played over the slightly tougher Hawkshill course, also designed by Dave Thomas, but if the rain continues unabated overnight there must be some doubt about the tournament going the scheduled four rounds.
The bad weather played its part in the decimation of the field with the number of withdrawals, “failed-to-shows” and "retired" after one round well into double figures.
The leading 40 players and ties with aggregates of 156 survived the halfway cut, which was tough luck on the only other four players who did complete 36 holes and are now eliminated. For all the difference it would have made to Sunday's time schedule, they could have been allowed to play on.
QUALIFIERS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
CSS 72 71
140 D Stewart (Grantown on Spey) 70 70, G Campbell (Blairgowrie) 70 70.
141 G Taylor (Meldrum House) 76 65, M Hillson (Craigielaw) 71 70.
142 G Paterson (St Andrews New) 68 74, Jordan Findlay (Fraserburgh) 71 71, K Nicol (Fraserburgh) 71 71.
144 K Shearer (Kemnay) 69 75, Jonathan Findlay (Fraserburgh) 73 71, M Buchan (Cruden Bay) 70 74, E McIntosh (Newmachar) 72 72.
145 M Lawrence (Newmachar) 70 75.
146 J Godward (McDonald Ellon) 71 75, G Esson (Portlethen) 77 69, A Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 76 70, D Gould (Ladybank) 75 71, P McLean (Peterhead) 75 71.
147 J Williamson (Turriff) 72 75, J Duff (Fraserburgh) 73 74, C Shaw (Royal Aberdeen) 78 69, E Forbes (Inverness) 76 71, B Fotheringham (Forres) 71 76, G Stewart (Murcar Links) 71 76.
148 J Scott (Deeside) 74 74, R Barr (Newmachar) 74 74, A Cameron (Inverness) 70 78.
149 F Milne (Fraserburgh) 75 74.
150 B Spoor (Westhill) 76 74, T McInroy (North Berwick) 77 73, J Duff (Newmachar) 74 76.
151 P Dempsey (Alloa) 74 77.
152 S Burt (Murcar Links) 75 77, A Hepburn (Fraserburgh) 79 73, F McCarron (Stonehaven) 79 73.
153 N Sadler (Murcar Links) 78 75, K Spence (Newmachar) 78 75, R Carson (Dalmahoy) 76 77.
155 R Hyland (Newmachar) 77 78, O Morton (Glenearn) 78 77, G Mitchell (Braemar) 75 80.
156 D Millar (Oldmeldrum) 75 81.
MISSED THE CUT
157 R Penny (Portlethen) 77 80.
158 G Sharpe (Murcar Links) 77 81, D Corkey (East Aberdeenshire) 80 78.
159 A Shah (East Aberdeenshire) 83 76.
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