Colin Nelson a winner again

as second half of NE Alliance

season starts at Craibstone

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Mackenzie Club, Hazleheadgolf shop professional Colin Nelson, a winner of the pre-Christmas competition, made it two victories in a row by heading a field of 80 when the North-east Alliance winter circuit resumed at Craibstone Golf Centre today.
Nelson, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, shot a two-under-par 67, adapting better than anyone to the hard fairways and winter greens. He birdied the first, third, fifth, seventh and 15th in halves of 33 (two under par) and 34 (level). His three bogeys came at the second, fourth and 10th.
Former Turriff professional James Mooney had his best round for some time, earning second place with a 69, in which he birdied the fourth, ninth and 15th.
Three amateurs – Philip McLean (Peterhead), Stewart Finnie (Caledonian) and John Nicolson (Auchmill) – tied for third place on 70. Finnie was set to fill the second spot until he bogeyed the 17th and 18th , having gained an eagle 3 at fourth.

Leading Scores (Par 69)
SCRATCH
67 C Nelson (Mackenzie Club).
69 J Mooney (unatt).
70 P McLean (Peterhead), S Finnie (Caledonian), J Nicolson (Auchmill).
71 S Davidson (Banchory), C Law (Hazlehead).
72 A Campbell (Deeside), G H Paterson (Northern), B Nicolson (Auchmill)., S Scott (Auchmill).
74 B Harper (Newburgh).
75 J Roberts (Cruden Bay), F Bisset (Banchory), D Clark (Duff House Royal).
76 D Bisset (Banchory), L Prouse (Hazlehead), N Parker (Murcar Links).
77 I Bratton (Newburgh), F G Gray (Newmachar), L Taylor (Auchmill), S Chalmers (Banchory). 78 J Borthwick (Craibstone), P Anderson (Deeside), S Murray (Newburgh), H Roulston (Stonehaven), N Williamson (Banchory).
79 S Pert (Huntly), J Morris (Craibstone), M Jenkins (Duff House Royal), N Stewart (Northern), J Duncan (Newburgh), J M Hamilton (Murcar Links).
80 W Main (Murcar Links), W Forbes (Murcar Links), G Allan (Newmachar).

HANDICAP
Class 1 – B Harper (Newburgh) (6) 66; S Scott (Auchmill) (4), J Nicolson (Auchmill) (2), C Law (Hazlehead) (3) 68; J Roberts (Cruden Bay) (6), J Forrest (Northern) (8) 69; J Borthwick (Craibstone) (8), S Finnie (Caledonian) (scr), B Nicolson (Auchmill) (2) 70.
Class 2 – D Bisset (Banchory) (9), N Parker (Murcar Links) (9) 67; W Forbes (Murcar Links) (12), J Penny (Huntly) (13) 68; J Jones (Craibstone) (17), R Alison (Deeside) (14), P Anderson (Deeside) (9), I Strachan (Royal Aberdeen) (12), N Williamson (Banchory) (9) 69.

CRAIBSTONE GOLF CENTRE SCORECARD 69

OUT: 4-3-4-5-5-3-3-4-4--35. IN: 3-4-3-4-4-4-4-4-4--34

COLIN NELSON 67

OUT: 3-4-3-6-4-3-2--4-4--33. IN: 4-4-3-4-4-3-4-4-4--34

JAMES MOONEY 69

OUT: 4-4-4-4--5-3-3-4-3--34. IN: 3-4-4-4-4-3-4-5-4--35

STEWART FINNIE 70

OUT: 4-2-4-3-5-4-4-4-4--34. IN: 4-4-3-4-4-3-4-5-5--36

PHILIP McLEAN 70

OUT: 5-3-4-4-5-4-3-4-3--35. IN: 4-4-3-4-4-3-4-5-4--35

JOHN NICOLSON 70

OUT: 3-5-4-4-5-3-3-3-4--34. IN: 4-4-4-5-5-3-3-4-4--36

Next week's competition is at Peterhead.