Young Calum scores first NorthAlliance scratch victory
By ROBIN WILSON
At the Reay fixture, a hole in one, his sixth in a long and illustrious career, by Wick member Ronnie Taylor helped cut into, for a second time in two successive North Golf Alliance fixtures, the scratch trophy lead held by Tain's Munro Ferries.
Taylor's ace with an eight-iron at the 144yd par-3 fifth hole help save his outward card to a four over par 38, especially as it followed 6s at the third and fourth holes and a 5 at the second hole. His inward half began much better with a birdie 3 and then a birdie at the long 14th to offset two three-putt bogeys on the 11th and 17th greens for his inward par 35 and 73.
But Taylor and three other members who scored 73 had to take a share of second place behind Brora's Under-16 Scottish international, Calum Stewart, pictured above by Robin Wilson, who matched the outward par of 34 with the help of a tap-in birdie 2 where Taylor had an eagle one, followed by a birdie 4 on the next hole.
At the Reay fixture, a hole in one, his sixth in a long and illustrious career, by Wick member Ronnie Taylor helped cut into, for a second time in two successive North Golf Alliance fixtures, the scratch trophy lead held by Tain's Munro Ferries.
Taylor's ace with an eight-iron at the 144yd par-3 fifth hole help save his outward card to a four over par 38, especially as it followed 6s at the third and fourth holes and a 5 at the second hole. His inward half began much better with a birdie 3 and then a birdie at the long 14th to offset two three-putt bogeys on the 11th and 17th greens for his inward par 35 and 73.
But Taylor and three other members who scored 73 had to take a share of second place behind Brora's Under-16 Scottish international, Calum Stewart, pictured above by Robin Wilson, who matched the outward par of 34 with the help of a tap-in birdie 2 where Taylor had an eagle one, followed by a birdie 4 on the next hole.
His two outward bogeys were at the first and seventh short holes. The only disappointment in the teenager's first Alliance scratch win was a double bogey 5 at the final hole on his card of round of three-over-par 72.
Taylor's one-shot reduction to his four-round aggregate score, in his attempt to retain the Scratch Quaich, has given him sole possession of second place with 291, but he remains seven strokes behind Ferries on 284.
Taylor's one-shot reduction to his four-round aggregate score, in his attempt to retain the Scratch Quaich, has given him sole possession of second place with 291, but he remains seven strokes behind Ferries on 284.
Thurso's Bryan Ronald made no alteration to his four scores and now has third place to himself on 292.
One of the most significant scratch 73s came from Mackintosh Salver contender Sean Sutherland (Bonar Bridge). After the previous week's Tain fixture where he slipped behind Caithness pair Grant Maxwell and Bryan Ronald, Sutherland responded with what might become a Salver- winning score. His 73 from halves of 37 and 36 reduced to a net 67 to lower his aggregate by four to 273 and take a three-shot lead to this weekend's penultimate fixture at Royal Dornoch. Maxwell and Ronald remain on 276 after their Reay scores.
A former Salver winner, Tain's Alec Gunn, denied Sutherland a double celebration when he joined the scratch group on 73 (36-37) and with his seven handicap his net 66 return won the Class I handicap section by one from the Bonar Bridge member. Local members John O'Brien and Fred Groves filed the next two slots with net 69s.
Outgoing home club captain, Ian Ross marked his recent retiral with a winning net 69, off 12, to win Class 2 followed by new member Garry MacLeod (Durness) and Andy MacKay (Reay), both with net 70s. Tain's Ali Melville, who won this section on his home course the previous week, slipped back to fourth place.
One of the most significant scratch 73s came from Mackintosh Salver contender Sean Sutherland (Bonar Bridge). After the previous week's Tain fixture where he slipped behind Caithness pair Grant Maxwell and Bryan Ronald, Sutherland responded with what might become a Salver- winning score. His 73 from halves of 37 and 36 reduced to a net 67 to lower his aggregate by four to 273 and take a three-shot lead to this weekend's penultimate fixture at Royal Dornoch. Maxwell and Ronald remain on 276 after their Reay scores.
A former Salver winner, Tain's Alec Gunn, denied Sutherland a double celebration when he joined the scratch group on 73 (36-37) and with his seven handicap his net 66 return won the Class I handicap section by one from the Bonar Bridge member. Local members John O'Brien and Fred Groves filed the next two slots with net 69s.
Outgoing home club captain, Ian Ross marked his recent retiral with a winning net 69, off 12, to win Class 2 followed by new member Garry MacLeod (Durness) and Andy MacKay (Reay), both with net 70s. Tain's Ali Melville, who won this section on his home course the previous week, slipped back to fourth place.
RESULTS
SCRATCH
72 C Stewart (Brora) (34-38).
72 C Stewart (Brora) (34-38).
73 J Sangster (Thurso) (38-35), R W Taylor (Wick) (38-35), S R Sutherland (Bonar Bridge) (37-36), A Gunn (Tain) (36-37).
HANDICAP
Class 1 – A Gunn (Tain) (7) 66; S R Sutherland (Bonar Bridge) (6) 67; J O'Brien (Reay) (6), F Groves (Reay) (8) 69; W Murray (Wick) (6) 70.
Class 2 – I Ross (Reay) (12) 69; G MacLeod (Durness) (28), A MacKay (Reay) (12) 70; A Melville (Tain) (12) 73.
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