MURCAR LINKS' MONOPOLY AT

NE ALLIANCE EVENT

Murcar Links players dominated today’s North-east Golfers’ Alliance competition at McDonald Ellon Golf Club.
Anthony Bews, a +3 handicapper, won the event with a one-under-par 69 in very wet underfoot conditions - so wet overnight that it was touch and go whether the head greenkeeper closed the course or not.

Professional Gary Forbes (pictured right) was runner-up with a 70 and a third Murcar Links player, tour professional Graeme McInnes, was joint third on 73 with another pro, Colin Nelson (Mackenzie Club).
Bews was the last man to finish in a field of 97 and he had birdies at the fourth, sixth and 17th with bogeys at the 11th and 13th in halves of 35 (two under par) and 34 (one over).
Playing partner Forbes had a bad start with bogeys at the first, third and fifth but he birdied the fourth, ninth, 13th and 14th to be on level terms with Bews playing the last.
Bews finished with a par and Forbes a bogey for 32 home.

Leading scores
Par 70
SCRATCH
69 A Bews (Murcar Links).
70 G Forbes (Murcar Links).
73 G McInnes (Murcar Links), C Nelson (Mackenzie Club).
74 A K Pirie (Hazlehead), S Chalmers (Banchory), G Esson (Portlethen), D Pocock (Pine Lodge, S Finnie (Caledonian), W S Urquhart (Murcar Links).
75 A Campbell (Deeside), G Bruce (Westhill), S Pert (Huntly).
76 S Scott (Auchmill), R Pirie (Caledonian).
77 L Taylor (Auchmill), C Clark (Mackenzie Club), R McDonald (Inchmarlo), G Paterson (Northern).
78 J Morris (Craibstone), P Lovie (Inchmarlo), C Alexander (Murcar Links), D Clark (Duff House Royal), M Lawrie (Kemnay).
79 P Morrison (Oldmedlrum)k D Bisset (Banchory), M Lees (Pine Lodge).

HANDICAP
Class 1 – D Bisset (Banchory) (8) 71; J Morris (Craibstone) (6), S Scott (Auchmill) (4), L Taylor (Auchmill ) (5), A K Pirie (Hazlehead) (2), A Bews (Murcar Links) (+3) 72.
Class 2 – S Garden (Hazlehead) (11) 71; D Moir (Murcar Links) (13) 72; C Cassie (Nigg Bay) (9), B Rae (Kemnay) (13) 74; F Barclay (Kintore) (9), D Wood (Newburgh) (14, B Bavidge (Murcar Links) (9), N Chisholm (Kemnay) (10).

LEADING SCORECARDS

ANTHONY BEWS 69

OUT: 4-4-4-4-4-3-3-4-5-35

IN: 4-4-3-5-4-3-4-3-4-34

GARY FORBES 70

OUT: 5-4-5-4-5-4-3-4-4-38.

IN: 4-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-5-32

PAR OF THE COURSE:

OUT: 4 4 4 5-4-4-3-4-5--37

IN: 4-3-3-4-4-3-4-4-4--33