GARY ESSON BEATS NE
ALLIANCE FIELD OF 96
AT KEMNAY WITH
ONE-UNDER-PAR 70

Portlethen +2 amateur Gary Esson, pictured right, bogeyed two of the last three holes but still beat a field of 96 at today’s North-east Alliance competition at Kemnay Golf Club.
Esson’s 70 was the only round under the par of 71 and he was annoyed that his late slips cost him an even better score. An eagle 3 at the 502yd 15th was the highlight of his halves of 35 (one under par) and 35 (level par).
Esson also had birdies at the fourth, eighth and 11th. and bogeys at the third, 10th, 16th and 18th.
He won by a single shot from Tartan Tour professional Graeme McInnes (Murcar Links) and two amateurs, Stewart Finnie (Caledonian) and home club player Craig Carnegie.
Andrew Campbell (Deeside), who tied for fifth place with Mackenzie Club professional Colin Nelson on 72, had the best inward half of the day - 32.

Leading scratch
Par 71
70 G Esson (Portlethen).
71 G McInnes (Murcar Links), S Finnie (Caledonian), C Carnegie (Kemnay).
72 A Campbell (Deeside), C Nelson (Mackenzie Club).
73 P Lovie (Inchmarlo), C Stephen (Meldrum House), G Bruce (Westhill).
74 M Barnard (Inchmarlo), R Fitzpatrick (Inchmarlo).
75 A K Pirie (Hazlehead), S Scott (Auchmill).
76 S Davidson (Banchory), D Garrett (Huntly).
77 I Bratton (Newburgh), W S Urquhart (Murcar Links), G H Patgerson 9northern), D McDowell (Aberdeen City Council).
78 R Grant (Caledonian), D Nelson (Aboyne)
79 J Dalgarno (Hazlehead), S Pert (Huntly), D Randall (Banchory), C Alexander (Murcar Links), M Lawrie (Kemnay), D Clark (Duff House Royal).
80 J Moonie (Turriff), A Nelson (Banchory), N Reid (Deeside), A Doig (Caledonian).
81 K Smith (Aboyne),P Morrison (Oldmeldrum), L Roger (Royal Aberdeen), M Lees (Pine Lodge), D Read (Banchory), A Styles (Caledonian).
82 N Hardie (Kintore), R L Nicoll (Murcar Links), H McNaughton (Cruden Bay), S Chalmers (Banchory), I Thomson (Peterculter), B Shaw (Banchory), S Garden (Hazlehead).
83 P Farnan (Royal Aberdeen), I Strachan (Royal Aberdeen), H Roulston (Stonehaven).

Leading handicap
Class 1 – C Carnegie (Kemnay) (3) 68; S Finnie (Caledonian) (1), D Nelson (Aboyne) (8) 70; S Scott (Auchmill) (4), G Esson (Portlethen) (+1) 71; A Campbell (Deeside) (scr), J Dalgarno (Hazlehead) (6) 72; R Grant (Caledoian) (5), A K Pirie (2), A Nelson (Banchory) (7) 73; N Hardie (Kintore) (8), K Smith (Aboyne) (7), L Roger (Royal Aberdeen) (7), B Shaw (Banchory) (8), C Alexander (Murcar Links) (5), M Lawrie (Kemnay) (5) 74.
Class 2 – I Strachan (Royal Aberdeen) (12), J Penny (Huntly) (13), S Garden (Hazlehead) (11) 72; H McNaughton (Cruden Bay) (10) 72; D Randall (Banchory) (15), D Moir (Murcar Links) (13), M Ord (Royal Aberdeen) (12), D Barr (Murcar Links) (10), B Bavidge (Murcar Links) (9) 74.

Next Wednesday's competition is at McDonald Ellon Golf Club

PAR OF THE COURSE FOR KEMNAY GOLF CLUB
OUT:4-5-3-4-4-3-4-5-4--36. IN: 3-5-4-4-3-5-4-4-3-- 35

GARY ESSON 70
OUT: 4-5-4-3-4-3-4-4-4--35. IN: 4-4-4-4-3-3-5-4-4--35

GRAEME McINNES 71
3OUT: 4-7-3-4-4-3-3-4-4--36. IN: 4-5-3-4-3-5-4-4-3--35

CRAIG CARNEGIE 71
OUT: 4-5-3-3-5-3-5-4-4--37. IN: 4-5-3-4-3-5-3-4-3--34

STEWART FINNIE 71
OUT: 4-5-3-4-4-3-5-4-4--36. IN: 3-5-4-4-3-5-4-4-3--35

ANDREW CAMPBELL 72
OUT: 4-6-3-5-4-5-5-4-4--40. IN: 2-4-4-3-3-5-4-4-3--32

COLIN NELSON 72
OUT: 4-5-2-5-6-4-4-5-4--39. IN: 3-3-4-4-3-4-4-5-3--33

PATRICK LOVIE 73
OUT: 6-5-3-3-4-4-5-4-3--37. IN: 4-4-4-4-2-6-4-5-3--36

CRAIG STEPHEN 73
OUT: 5-6-3-4-5-2-4-4-4--37. IN: 3-5-7-4-3-4-3-4-3--36

GEORGE BRUCE 73
OUT: 3-5-4-6-4-4-5-4-3--38. IN: 3-4-4-4-3-4-4-5-4--35