Lochwinnoch player's 64 wins Renfrewshire

Golf Union senior championship

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Kilmacolm Golf Club hosted this year’s Renfrewshire Golf Union’s Senior Championship. There are three age categories and an overall winner who has recorded the best net score.
The large field enjoyed excellence both in terms of the weather and the condition of the course and, once again, the competitors showed that golf is not a sport where advancing years need to be a problem.
The winner of the young seniors category – 55 to 59 – was last year’s runner up, Bobby Blackwood of Cochrane Castle, who was out in an amazing 33 and was harbouring thoughts of entering this year’s Open at Turnberry until he ran up a 10 at the 13th hole and had to settle for a gross 76 – net 70. Alastair Sharp of Renfrew and Douglas Martin of Ranfurly Castle also recorded net 70 but had to settle for smaller cheques.
In the mid group – 60 to 64 – Douglas Crawford of Lochwinnoch had his match secretary rushing to amend his handicap when he birdied the first, went out in 37 and had a two at the seventeenth to record a net 64 – 80 less 16. Graham McKee of Erskine had set a challenging 72 less 5 for a net 67 early in the day but, again, had to settle for second place. John Wilson of Paisley was third.
In the over 65 age category, Bill McCorkell from Greenock, the defending champion, took the trophy home again with a net 66 leaving Peter Dickie of Ranfurly Castle and Tom Whyte of Kilmacolm – both net 67 – to rue the missed putt that cost them the winner’s cheque.
The RGU Seniors Champion for 2009 is Douglas Crawford.
The scratch prize, for those not appearing in the net prize list, went to John Taylor of Paisley with a gross 73.
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